Three Tennessee Divers Earn NCAA Qualifications

ATHENS, Ga. – Tennessee's Bryden Hattie, Lynae Shorter and Nick Stone all posted qualifying scores during the Zone B Diving Championships on Monday at Gabrielson Natatorium.

After qualifying on 1-meter yesterday, Shorter once again battled the loaded field to earn her spot at next week's NCAA Championships. The freshman posted a combined score of 609.35 to finish seventh overall on 3-meter after entering finals in 11^th. She jumped four spots after notching a new personal-best score of 313.55.

Tanesha Lucoe narrowly missed the qualification cut by less than four points, placing ninth in finals with a total score of 602.15. If Lucoe can finish inside the top seven during tomorrow's platform event, she will also qualify for 3-meter. Rounding out things for the Lady Vols, Elle Renner (20th) and Maddie Reese (21st) both finished less than three points from moving on to finals.

Opening the men's competition for the week, Hattie and Stone both secured spots inside the top seven on 1-meter to punch their tickets to NCAAs. Hattie finished third overall with a combined score of 696.55, while Stone fought his way back to earn his qualifying bid by eclipsing 54 points on each of his last four dives. In ninth entering the final dive of the day, he scored 58.50 on a Reverse 1 1/2 Somersault 2 1/2 Twist Free to jump the two divers ahead of him.

Jacob Reasor advanced to the finals but fell short of the qualifier spots, placing 14^th with a combined score of 603.15. Owen Redfearn finished 29^th with a 268.05 effort.

Here are the details for the remainder of the week:

QUALIFYING SPOTS
Men
1-Meter: Bryden Hattie, Nick Stone
3-Meter: 7 spots
Platform: 10 spots

Women
1-Meter: Lynae Shorter
3-Meter: Lynae Shorter
Platform: 7 spots

SCHEDULE
Tuesday, March 12
11 a.m. - Men's 3-Meter Prelims
1:15 p.m. - Men's 3-Meter Finals
3:15 p.m. - Women's Platform Prelims
5:00 p.m. - Women's Platform Finals

Wednesday, March 13
11 a.m. - Men's Platform Prelims
1 p.m. - Men's Platform Finals
Men's & Women's Team Event

University of Tennessee Athletics

Players Mentioned

Bryden Hattie

Tanesha Lucoe

Jacob Reasor

Owen Redfearn

Maddie Reese

Elle Renner

Lynae Shorter

Nick Stone

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