Michigan
NCAA Zone C Diving Championships
Vander Kuyl, Kelemen Compete at Zone Diving Meet
3/16/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming & Diving
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The University of Michigan women's swimming and diving team sent two members to the NCAA Zone C Diving Meet on Friday and Saturday (March 15-16) at Purdue University's Boilermaker Aquatic Center. Junior Kelly Vander Kuyl (Rockford, Mich./Rockford HS) competed in all three events and sophomore Tealin Kelemen (Riverton, N.J./Moorestown Friends School) dove in the one- and three-meter events, but neither was able to earn one of the zone's seven spots in the NCAA Championships.
Vander Kuyl posted the highest finish of the weekend with a seventh-place showing and score of 335.25 in Saturday's 12-person platform competition. On Friday, Kelemen finished 23rd overall (227.55) and Vander Kuyl placed 28th (210.45) among 43 competitors on the one-meter springboard. In Saturday's three-meter event, Vander Kuyl finished in 28th place (217.55) and Kelemen was 30th (211.45) out of 42 competitors.
While neither diver qualified for the NCAA Championships, four Wolverine swimmers will represent U-M at next week's NCAA meet, which will be held March 21-23 at the University of Texas in Austin.
Event Winners/U-M Finishes
FRIDAY, MARCH 15
One-meter Diving
1. Kara Hajek-Gustafson, Purdue 291.65 23. Tealin Kelemen, U-M 227.55 28. Kelly Vander Kuyl, U-M 210.45
SATURDAY, MARCH 16
Three-meter Diving
1. Erin Quinn, Indiana 556.00 28. Kelly Vander Kuyl, U-M 217.55 30. Tealin Kelemen, U-M 211.45
Platform Diving
1. Sara Reiling, Indiana 438.20 7. Kelly Vander Kuyl, U-M 335.25
Zone C NCAA Championships Qualifiers
Kara Hajek-Gustafson, Purdue
Erin Quinn, Indiana
Sara Reiling, Indiana
Cassandra Cardinell, Indiana
Carly Weiden, Michigan State
Heather Mattingly, Notre Dame
Rebecca Cornthwaite, Minnesota
Contact: David Crabtree (734) 763-4423
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