The Gators had mixed results on Day 1 of the NCAA Zone Diving Regional Championships on Monday.
On the women’s side, two of the three divers made the finals, but the best man finished in the back third of a 33-man field for Florida.
In the women’s 1-meter springboard, sophomore Kahlia Warner did well enough in prelims to crack the top 10 and earn a spot in the final, but fellow sophomore Delaney Dye came much closer to missing out.
Dye finished two spots ahead of the 18th-place cutoff line. Sophomore Emily Mosher sat toward the back of the 44-women field, finishing 30th.
Despite improving on her score from prelims to the final, Dye slipped a spot and finished in 17th place.
Warner scored only two points lower than her preliminary effort but dropped to 11th place. Miami senior Thea Vock captured first, sharing the podium with two Florida State divers: redshirt junior Katrina Young and senior Ariel Rittenhouse, who finished second and third, respectively.
It didn’t go as well for the men’s squad in the 3-meter boards. Its highest finisher was redshirt senior Chris Jones in 28th place, followed by sophomore Zach Hernandez in 32nd.
Neither diver came close to their season highs. Jones was about 40 points behind his season-best 312 points, while Hernandez was more than 120 points fewer than the team-best 356.85 point outing this season.
The meet will continue today with the men switching it up and taking on the 1-meter boards and the women competing on the 3-meter springboards.
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