Though we’re not DiveDove, we do dabble in diving coverage, and as diving can have a major impact on the NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships, we cover NCAA Zone Diving – mainly through the lens of how national diving qualifiers could impact the team points battles later this month.
2021 NCAA Zone Diving
- Zone A: Greensboro Aquatic Center / Greensboro, NC
- Thursday, March 11 – Saturday, March 13
- Live Results
- Zone B: Greensboro Aquatic Center / Greensboro, NC
- Sunday, March 7 – Tuesday, March 9
- Live Results
- Zone C: University of Kentucky / Lexington, KY
- Sunday, March 7 – Tuesday, March 9
- Live Results
- Zone D: University of Kentucky / Lexington, KY
- Thursday, March 11 – Saturday, March 13
- Live Results
- Zone E: Northern Arizona University / Flagstaff, AZ
- Monday, March 8 – Wednesday, March 10
- Live Results
The Stanford women will have three divers at NCAAs, with Julia Wortman joining Mia Paulsen and Daria Lenz on the final day of competition.
Arizona’s Delaney Schnell won her second event of the meet on platform, following a 1-meter win yesterday. She finished about 51 points ahead of Wyoming’s Melissa Mirafuentes, who booked NCAA trips on all three boards.
Stanford’s Wortman took 7th, sneaking in under the cut. She’ll compete only on platform at NCAAs, while Paulsen will contest both springboards and Lenz the 1-meter springboard and platform events. In other major team news, Cal’s Briana Thai booked NCAA berths in all three diving events via a sixth-place finish today.
On the men’s side, Stanford’s Conor Casey picked up his second win. He swept both the 1-meter and 3-meter springboards this week and will compete at NCAAs in both events.
USC’s Georgii Korovin came within three points of toppling Casey. Korovin will compete on all three boards at NCAAs.
Current Qualifiers
Reimbursed divers are in bold, with invited-but-not-reimbursed divers in non-bold. You can read more about the distinction below.
| Women | |
| Diver | Events |
| Daphne Wils, Hawaii | 1m, 3m |
| Delaney Schnell, Arizona | 1m, Pl |
| Ximena Lechuga Gonzalez, SDSU | 1m, 3m, Pl |
| Melissa Mirafuentes, Wyoming | 1m, Pl |
| Mia Paulsen, Stanford | 1m, 3m |
| Nike Agunbiade, USC | 1m, 3m, Pl |
| Hannah Butler, UCLA | 1m, 3m |
| Savannah Stocker, USC | 3m |
| Daria Lenz, Stanford | 1m, Pl |
| Katelynn Shaheen, UCLA | 3m, Pl |
| Briana Thai, Cal | 1m, 3m, Pl |
| Montse Urzua, UNLV | 3m |
| Julia Wortman, Stanford | Pl |
| Gracie Sleeman, Arizona | 3m |
| Lizzy de Cocco, Utah | 1m |
| Elma Lund, Hawaii | Pl |
| Kennedy Cribbs, BYU | 1m |
| Emma Ruchala, Utah | 1m, 3m |
| Men | |
| Diver | Events |
| Conor Casey, Stanford | 1m, 3m |
| Georgii Korovin, USC | 1m, 3m, Pl |
| Noah Vigran, Stanford | 3m, Pl |
| Luke McDivitt, Utah | 1m, 3m, Pl |
| Tony Chen, Utah | 1m, 3m |
| Bjorn Markentin, Arizona | 1m, 3m, Pl |
| Max Burman, Hawaii | 1m, 3m |
| Eric Correa, Arizona | 1m, 3m, Pl |
| Zachory Lundgren, Hawaii | Pl |
| Mickey Strauss, BYU | 1m, 3m, Pl |
SIMPLIFIED INVITE PROCEDURES
You can read a more in-depth look at the selection process here. Effectively, each Zone earns a specific number of qualifying spots in each event, based on how that Zone performed at NCAAs last year. Divers who place inside the qualifying places earn an NCAA invite. A diver invited in one event can compete at NCAAs in any other diving event where they were top 12 in their Zone meet. The highest-placing divers earn NCAA reimbursement, while lower-placing qualifiers can compete at NCAAs, but their school must pay for their travel and lodging at the meet.
Whatever happened to Carolina Sculti of Stanford? Is she injured this season?
Bruin parents are SO excited that we’ve got two more women going to NCAA’s, and each in two events. Thrilled the roster is set. “We Ready”. Let’s Gooooo!!!! 💙💛