University of Tennessee Athletics
LeRoy Headed to NCAA Championships
March 14, 2008 | Women's Swimming & Diving
Results
AUBURN, Ala. ??? It took diver Lauren LeRoy just one day to qualify for the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championship meet. The senior placed second from the one-meter board in the Zone B Diving Championships today with 563.45 points. She scored 272.75 in the preliminaries to place third and moved up to second after a 290.70 point total in the finals. The top four finishers automatically qualified for the national championship meet.
???I am extremely happy with Lauren???s performance,??? head diving coach Dave Parrington said. ???She dove solidly today. She hit some key dives and did what she needed to do to take care of business. Now we can focus on getting her ready for the NCAA Championships. It???s all about preparation while we are here and getting everyone qualified.???
Senior Vicky Linnell also competed in the finals, finishing 13th overall. She improved upon her 15th-place score of 243.90 in the prelims with a 250.95 total in the finals. She ended with a 494.85 tally. Junior Staley McCartney came in 28th out of 46 divers. She totaled 218.35 points in six dives.
???Vicky did a good job today placing 15th in the prelims then moved up to 13th,??? Parrington said. ???She still has some work to do, but I feel very comfortable with the way she dove today. Staley wasn???t too far out from making the finals, so I???m very pleased with the result from her.???
The meet, held at the James E. Martin Aquatics Center, will continue tomorrow with the three-meter diving event beginning at 1 p.m. ET. The divers will compete from the platform on Sunday which is slated to begin at 11 a.m. All times are eastern.
Auburn University is one of five schools hosting the NCAA Zone Diving Championships this weekend. Zone A is hosted by the University of Buffalo in Buffalo, N.Y., Zone C is held at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, Zone D is at the University of Houston in Houston, Texas and Zone E is hosted by the U.S. Air Force Academy at Oklahoma City Community College in Oklahoma City, Okla.
The schools included in Zone B are: Alabama, Auburn, Campbell, College of Charleston, Clemson, Davidson, Duke, East Carolina, Florida, Florida A&M, Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Florida State, Georgia, Gardner-Webb, Georgia Tech, Georgia Southern, Kentucky, Louisiana State, Louisville, Maryland, Miami (Fla.), New Orleans, North Carolina, UNC-Wilmington, North Carolina A&T, North Carolina State, North Florida, Old Dominion, Radford, Richmond, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Virginia Military Institute, Virginia Tech and Western Kentucky. Only 12 female divers from Zone B will qualify for the NCAA Championships.
The NCAA Championship meet will be held in Columbus, Ohio, March 20-22.
