FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (March 8, 2021) – In her first NCAA Zone E Diving Championships, freshman
Victoria Knapp advanced to the final round of the 1-meter springboards to finish in 15th. Two more Lumberjacks also made their debuts in zones,
Alyssa Jones and
Maegan Jensen, who finished in 23rd and 29th, respectively.
"Victoria did an amazing job," head diving coach Nikki Huffman said. "It was actually a very consistent list and better than what she did at conference.
Tomorrow, the three Lumberjacks will move up to the 3-meter springboard beginning at 11:30 a.m. MST. The event will be live streamed on the NAU Swimming and Diving Facebook page and live results will be posted on
divemeets.com.
Knapp dove her way into finals after placing 12th in the preliminary round, tallying a score of 257.90. To finish in 15th, Knapp would add on 248.35 more points, wrapping up her total to 506.25.
The competition amongst divers would prove to be fierce in the final round, as the difference from 15th to 12th would be just 15 points.
"With the same amount of dives she did in finals, she was in 12th place in prelims. If she would've been able to hold onto that, she would've gone to nationals, which would've been fantastic," Huffman said. "But it was very, very close. She should be excited about that."
As their first NCAA Zones competition as well, Jones and Jensen made their appearances representing NAU this afternoon on the 1-meter.
Both Jones and Jensen appeared ready to take on the meet, but ultimately were outscored and unable to advance into the final round.
Jones would tally a preliminary score of 228.10 to finish in 23rd.
"Aly Jones dove really well. She had a pretty solid list," Huffman said. "Overall she just needed to clean up a couple things and she would've been great," Huffman said.
As the first time diving back since Feb. 25, Jensen would finish 29th with a preliminary mark of 190.15.
"Maegan Jensen has been out a lot, getting stalled due to contact tracing," Huffman said. "She did a great job. I know she isn't happy with it, but with her only being back a couple of days, it can be hard to find your rhythm again."
The three Lumberjacks will all be back for more with the 3-meter springboards beginning at 11:30 a.m. MST.
"I'm excited for the 3-meter tomorrow," Huffman said. Both Victoria and Maegan are better up there. Aly was second in the conference on 3-meter, so it'll be exciting to see what happens tomorrow."
Women 1m Championship (6 Dives) (Final)
Place Score Diver Name
1 641.70 Delaney Schnell (ARIZ)
2 605.25 Daphne Wils (HAWA)
3 557.85 Ximena Lechuga Gonzalez (SDSU)
4 555.45 Hannah Butler (UCLA)
5 552.65 Daria Lenz (STAN)
6 550.30 Nike Agunbiade (USC)
7 541.90 Mia Paulsen (STAN)
8 531.55 Melissa Mirafuentes (WYO)
9 530.55 Lizzy De Cecco (UTAH)
10 525.70 Briana Thai (CAL)
11 523.05 Kennedy Cribbs (BYU)
12 521.30 Emma Ruchala (UTAH)
13 514.35 Savannah Stocker (USC)
14 512.95 Lexi Mills (UTAH)
15 506.25
Victoria Knapp (NAZU)
16 502.50 Yuliya Tykha (FS)
17 494.45 Katelynn Shaheen (UCLA)
18 475.00 Julia Wortman (STAN)
Women 1m Championship (6 Dives) (Prelim / Quarterfinal)
Place Score Diver Name
1 328.50 Delaney Schnell (ARIZ)
2 310.60 Daphne Wils (HAWA)
3 290.60 Ximena Lechuga Gonzalez (SDSU)
4 290.45 Hannah Butler (UCLA)
5 275.50 Daria Lenz (STAN)
6 267.85 Nike Agunbiade (USC)
7 261.75 Lizzy De Cecco (UTAH)
8 261.25 Lexi Mills (UTAH)
9 259.65 Melissa Mirafuentes (WYO)
10 258.75 Savannah Stocker (USC)
11 258.30 Mia Paulsen (STAN)
12 257.90
Victoria Knapp (NAZU)
13 257.40 Kennedy Cribbs (BYU)
14 256.10 Emma Ruchala (UTAH)
15 250.50 Briana Thai (CAL)
16 246.10 Yuliya Tykha (FS)
17 243.35 Katelynn Shaheen (UCLA)
18 241.25 Julia Wortman (STAN)
19 239.75 Montse Urzua (UNLV)
20 239.25 Gracie Sleeman (ARIZ)
21 230.10 Elizabeth Mcknight (GCU)
22 229.95 Adia London (BYU)
23 228.10
Alyssa Jones (NAZU)
24 228.05 Lexi Letts (SDSU)
25 223.70 Morgan Paul (BYU)
26 216.95 Gina Cazares (SDSU)
27 215.45 Kinzie Etzelmiller (AFA)
28 207.45 Farrah Volpintesta (USC)
29 190.15
Maegan Jensen (NAZU)
