Three Wolverine Divers Qualify for NCAA Championships

Saturday, March 12

West Lafayette, Ind.

11:00 AM

Michigan

NCAA Zone C Diving Championships

Three Wolverine Divers Qualify for NCAA Championships

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

March 12, 2016

Sarah Kamstra

» Sarah Kamstra, Elena Ghormley and Allie Murphy all qualified to next week's NCAA Championships after earning top-10 finishes on platform on Saturday.
» With the three divers added, U-M now has 12 individuals (nine swimmers, three divers) headed to the NCAA Championships, as well as all five relay teams.

Site: West Lafayette, Ind. (Boilermaker Aquatic Center)
Event: NCAA Zone C Diving Championships (Day 3 of 3)
U-M Team Standing: No team scoring
Next U-M Event: Wed.-Sat., March 16-19 -- at NCAA Championships (Atlanta, Ga.), 10 a.m./6 p.m.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A trio of divers from the third-ranked University of Michigan women's swimming and diving team punched their tickets to the NCAA Championships on Saturday (March 12), scoring top-10 finishes on the final day of the NCAA Zone C Diving Championships inside the Boilermaker Aquatic Center.

With Zone C allotted 10 qualifying spots on platform, a top-10 finish was needed to advance to the NCAA Championships. All five divers made the final, but it was junior Allie Murphy (eighth, 443.15), senior captain Sarah Kamstra (ninth, 442.25) and senior Elena Ghormley (10th, 441.30) that made the cut.

All three divers will be making their first appearance at the NCAA Championships. There, Murphy and Kamstra will also compete on three-meter by virtue of their top-12 finishes in that event yesterday (Murphy was 10th, Kamstra was 11th). They will not compete on one-meter.

The Wolverines' roster for the NCAA Championships now stands at 12 individuals.

Michigan closes its season out at the NCAA Championships, held Wednesday through Saturday (March 16-19) in Atlanta, Georgia.

Event Winners/U-M Finishers

Platform Diving1. Olivia Rosendahl, Northwestern        647.358. Allie Murphy. U-M                     443.159. Sarah Kamstra, U-M                    442.2510. Elena Ghormley, U-M                  441.3012. Nicole Honey, U-M                    430.3015. Keegan McCaffrey, U-M                409.90

Communications Contact: Brad Rudner