IU Obtains Eight NCAA Bids on Friday

Friday, March 10

Bloomington, Ind.

1 p.m.

Indiana University

NCAA Zone C Diving Championships

3/10/2023 6:40:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving

Results

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana swimming and diving flexed its muscles during day to at the NCAA Zone C Diving Championships, improving its NCAA diving roster to eight. Four men and four women qualified for the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships in their respective events on Friday (March 10) inside the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center.

After five Hoosiers qualified during the opening day on Thursday, three more – freshman Maxwell Weinrich and sophomores Alaina Heyde and Megan Carter – punched their tickets to the national meet Friday afternoon.

Indiana earned half of the automatic qualifying bids on the men's 3-meter (four of eight) and two-fifths of the spots on women's 1-meter (four of 10).

MEN'S 3-METER
Sophomores Carson Tyler (824.10) and Quinn Henninger (821.65) took the top two qualifying spots on the 3-meter springboard. Tyler's showed his consistency once again with a low dive of 63.00. Henninger posted two dives scoring 80 points or better in the final as the duo confidently qualified in their second event.

Redshirt senior Andrew Capobianco (757.45) ran into some trouble in the prelim, combining for 66.75 points on his third and fourth dives. The veteran and two-time NCAA Champion in the event did well to recover, bookending the round with dives scoring better than 80 points. Capobianco had four 70-point dives in the final as he finished fifth in the running.

Needing a top-eight finish to qualify, Weinrich (740.75) executed a 5154B in the final round to score 74.80 points and improve from ninth to seventh place. The freshman earned his first-career NCAA bid and also qualified on the 1-meter board in the process; his top-12 performance on Thursday initially didn't qualify but, paired with Friday's automatic qualifier, now has him into both competitions.

WOMEN'S 1-METER
Junior Anne Fowler was again the top performer on the women's side with a 625.65 score. Sophomore Skyler Liu also earned her second auto bid Friday, placing third with a 603.95 score. Both divers posted dives scoring 50 points or better on five of six dives in the final.

Carter and Heyde both reached their first national championship meet. Carter stuck with the top of the pack all day, totaling 570.15 points for a sixth-place finish. Her best dive came in the final, scoring 54.60 points on a 5333D. Heyde consistently score at least 40 points on 11-of-12 dives and was the ninth of 10 qualifiers with a 541.30 cumulative mark.

NCAA ZONE C CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS
MEN'S 1-METER
1. Carson Tyler – 824.10 (Automatic Qualifier)
2. Quinn Henninger – 821.65 (Automatic Qualifier)
5. Andrew Capobianco – 757.45 (Automatic Qualifier)
7. Maxwell Weinrich – 740.75 (Automatic Qualifier)
20. William Jansen – 280.10

WOMEN'S 3-METER
1. Anne Fowler – 625.65 (Automatic Qualifier)
3. Skyler Liu – 603.95 (Automatic Qualifier)
6. Megan Carter – 570.15 (Automatic Qualifier)
9. Alaina Heyde – 541.30 (Automatic Qualifier)
27. Morgan Casey – 239.25

UP NEXT
The NCAA Zone C Diving Championships will conclude Saturday (March 11) as both the men and women complete in the platform diving event. The contest will begin at 11 a.m. ET, with the men kicking things off.

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