Los Angeles, Calif. (January 19, 2019) – The Northern Arizona women's Diving team took part in the 3-meter event in the UCLA Diving Invite on Friday, Jan. 18. For the event, the Lumberjacks had six divers of the 60 participants in the Invite.
Out of the six divers in the 3-meter event, NAU was able to place two into the final 18. The two 'Jacks that moved on were senior
Christina Torrente and sophomore
Jenny Cheetham. Torrente entered the finals placed in 16th, while Cheetham entered the finals in 18th.
In the finals, Cheetham put together a spectacular performance as she was able to move up five spots to 13th overall with a final score of 540.85. Torrente would end up finishing in the same spot she entered the finals in with a final score of 532.20.
"Jenny had a great finals performance, and one of her best meets since she's been here at NAU," NAU associate head coach
Nikki Huffman said. " Even though Christina didn't move up she went for a very difficult dive and nailed it in the finals."
Senior 'Jack
Tatiana Kurach ended up just missing out on making the finals as she placed 21st overall with a score 239.95. The next highest Lumberjack was senior
Olivia Payne who placed 36th with a score of 220.75.
Northern Arizona will be back in action on Saturday, Jan. 19, as they compete on the platform in the UCLA Diving Invite.
