Towbin Tops 1m Dive on Second Day of NCAA Zone A Diving Championships
Annapolis, Md.- Senior Kylie Towbin (New Canaan, Conn.) won her second event of the week on Tuesday (March 12) at the NCAA Zone A Diving Championships at Lejeune Hall as she and junior Bryce Shelton (Vienna, Va.) qualified for a second event at the NCAA Championships.
Towbin won the women’s 1m dive, recording a combined score of 594.60. She advanced to the finals with the top preliminary score, recording 292.95 points in the opening six rounds. She would top the performance in the finals, recording a score of 301.65. The win is the second of the week for Towbin, who finished first with a score of 684.00 in the 3m dive on Monday. Towbin will compete for the first time at the NCAA Championships on the 1m board.
“Today was another good day for our divers as they continue to qualify for events at the NCAAs,” head diving coach Drew Livingston said. “Both Kylie (Towbin) and Bryce (Shelton) backed up their performance yesterday with a strong showing today, qualifying for their second events at NCAAs. Kylie deserves a lot of credit. She has put together two really dominant competitions back-to-back at the toughest competition of the year. Kirsten (Parkinson) also deserves a lot of credit for closing out her career on a high note. She made a great comeback from injury this year. I hope we have more student-athletes like Kirsten on this team moving forward.
“We have a good opportunity tomorrow on the platform events to get even more out of this meet. We’re looking forward to stepping up and closing this zone meet on a high note.”
Junior Bryce Shelton (Vienna, Va.) finished sixth on the 3m board with a score of 699.10. He topped his preliminary score of 334.25 in the finals, recording a score of 364.85 in the final six rounds of competition. Shelton advances to the NCAA Championships in the 3m dive by finishing in the top 12 of the event and qualifying for the NCAA Championships in the 1m dive on Monday.
Senior Kirsten Parkinson (Stamford, Conn.) and freshman Walker Creedon (Cary, N.C.) also advanced to the finals in an event, competing on the 1m and 3m board, respectively. Parkinson finished 14th overall with a score of 502.75. She battled her way into the 1m dive final with a preliminary score of 261.60, before diving 241.15 in the final. Creedon finished 11th on the men’s 3m board with a combined score of 642.60. He recorded a preliminary score of 316.50 and a final score of 326.10.
The Cavaliers will close the NCAA Zone A Diving Championships tomorrow as both the men and women compete on the platform. The women’s platform will open the competition at 11 a.m.