University of Missouri
NCAA Zone D Diving Championships
Divers Set for NCAA Zone D Championships
3/10/2019 11:55:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Mizzou's men's and women's diving teams will vie for NCAA Championships berths as the programs compete at the three-day NCAA Zone D Diving Championships, held March 11-13, at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swim Center in Austin, Texas.
Zone D consists of divers from 18 different schools.
The meet gets underway on Monday with the men's 1-meter and women's 3-meter competition. Following preliminaries, 18 divers will advance to finals, with scores carried over. Tuesday's events include women's 1-meter and men's 3-meter, while both men's and women's platforms will take place on Wednesday.
The top five female and top four male divers from each event at their respective zone diving meet will be eligible to compete at the NCAA championships. Additional place finishers in each event at each zone are eligible based on the number of student-athletes from that zone who finished in the top 16 in that event at the previous year's championships NCAA championships. Based on last year's NCAA performances, Zone D will advance nine women on 1-meter and platform and 12 women on 3-meter, while nine men will qualify on 1-meter and platform and 11 on 3-meter.
Six Tigers are slated to compete at the Championships. Men's competitors include senior Kyle Goodwin and freshman Ike Khamis, while senior Payton Conrad, sophomore Amber Brickey and freshmen Tally Brown and Sarah Rousseau will go on the women's side.
Goodwin is a three-time NCAA qualifier and claimed All-America honorable mention honors on platform as a freshman.
SCHEDULE
Monday
11 a.m. - Men's 1-Meter
5 p.m. - Women's 3-Meter
Tuesday
11 a.m. - Men's 3-Meter
5 p.m. - Women's 1-Meter
Wednesday
10 a.m. - Men's Platform
2:20 p.m. - Women's Platform
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