DeShaw Closes Season at NCAA Zone Diving Championships

Thursday, March 10

West Lafayette, Ind.

1:00 PM

Michigan

NCAA Zone C Diving Championships

DeShaw Closes Season at NCAA Zone Diving Championships

3/10/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving

March 11, 2016

Collin DeShaw

» Freshman Collin DeShaw finished 11th on the one-meter springboard (588.60) to conclude his season on Friday (March 11) at the NCAA Zone C Diving Championships.

Site: West Lafayette, Ind. (Boilermaker Aquatic Center)
Event: NCAA Zone C Diving Championships (Day 2 of 2)
U-M Team Standing: No team scoring
Next U-M Event: Wed-Sat., March 23-26 -- at NCAA Championships (Atlanta, Ga.), 10 a.m./6 p.m.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Freshman Collin DeShaw of the No. 5-ranked University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team closed out his first season at the NCAA Zone C Diving Championships on Friday (March 11) inside the Boilermaker Aquatic Center.

DeShaw came close to qualifying for the NCAA Championships -- the top seven finishers on one-meter earned invites -- but made the final and finished 11th (588.60). He will not dive on platform tomorrow (Saturday, March 12).

The performance caps a successful postseason for DeShaw, the lone diver on the roster. He scored points in all three events at the Big Ten Championships in helping Michigan win its sixth consecutive conference title.

Eleven swimmers and all five relays will compete at the NCAA Championships, set for March 23-26 at the McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

Event Winners/U-M Finishers

Three-Meter Diving (Thursday, March 10) 1. Zhipeng Zeng, Ohio State     829.1024. Collin DeShaw, U-M           265.00 One-Meter Diving (Friday, March 11) 1. Zhipeng Zeng, Ohio State     733.9011. Collin DeShaw, U-M           588.60

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