Michigan Divers Look To Earn NCAA Qualification at Zone C Championships

THIS WEEK
Sun-Tue., March 7 -- at NCAA Zone C Diving Championships (Lexington, Ky.) Meet Information

Sunday, March 7 -- at NCAA Zone C Diving Championships, 10:30 a.m.
Monday. March 8 -- at NCAA Zone C Diving Championships, 10:30 a.m.
Tuesday, March 9 -- at NCAA Zone C Diving Championships, 10:30 a.m.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Six members of the University of Michigan men's and women's swimming and diving teams will attempt to qualify for the NCAA Championships at the NCAA Zone C Diving Championships, Sunday through Tuesday (March 7-9) at the Lancaster Aquatic Center in Lexington, Ky. The NCAA Championships will be held March 17-20 (women) and March 24-27 (men) in Greensboro, N.C.

Participants

For the men, U-M is sending seniors Chris Canning and Ross Todd, while the women will be represented by seniors Nikki Canale and Christy Cutshaw, junior Allie Klein and sophomores Lauren Cheetham and Lucy Hogan.

• 2020-21 Diving Bests: Men | Women

Schedule

Sunday, March 7
Women's One-Meter (Preliminaries at 10:30 a.m., Final at 12:30 p.m.)
Men's Three-Meter (Preliminaries at 10:30 a.m., Final at Noon)

Monday, March 8
Women's Three-Meter (Preliminaries at 10:30 a.m., Final at 12:30 p.m.)
Men's Platform (Preliminaries at 10:30 a.m., Final at Noon)

Tuesday, March 9
Women's Platform (Preliminaries at 10:30 a.m., Final at 11:45 a.m.)
Men's One-Meter (Preliminaries at 10:30 a.m., Final at Noon)

All events occur simultaneously.

NCAA Championships Qualifying Procedures

The top five female and top four male divers from each event at their respective zone diving meet will be eligible to compete at the NCAA Championships. Additional place finishers in each event at each zone will be eligible based on the number of student-athletes from that zone who finished in the top 16 in that event at the previous year's NCAA Championships. All eligible divers must have achieved the zone qualifying score prior to the NCAA Championships in all events they wish to participate.

This year, Zone C is allotted the following spots per event:

	1M	3M	PL
MEN	7	7	10
WOMEN	7	6	10

Any diver that qualifies for the NCAA Championships will be allowed to optionally enter any other event(s) at the championships, provided that the diver finished in the top 12 at the same zone meet and has achieved the zone qualifying score for that event prior to the NCAA Championships.

NCAA Zone C Diving History

2019 (West Lafayette, Ind.)
Ross Todd: 4th on PL (714.40), 7th on 1M (687.90), 22nd on 3M (299.50)
Chris Canning: 14th on PL (618.20), 16th on 3M (630.65), 17th on 1M (585.00)

Christy Cutshaw: 6th on PL (513.10), 15th on 3M (547.60), 29th on 1M (243.55)
Nikki Canale: 14th on PL (460.65), 19th on 1M (254.85), 19th on 3M (261.45)
Allie Klein: 11th on 1M (532.30), 38th on 3M (232.40)

2018 (Columbus, Ohio)
Ross Todd: 6th on PL (709.70), 9th on 3M (698.15), 14th on 1M (616.15)
Chris Canning: 13th on 3M (664.05), 16th on PL (597.30), 31st on 1M (254.05)

Nikki Canale: 8th on 3M (566.60), 13th on 1M (538.10) and 17th on PL (417.85)
Christy Cutshaw: 6th on PL (542.85), 13th on 3M (551.45), 25th on 1M (252.75)

Quick Hits

• The NCAA Zone C Diving Championships are in Lexington, Ky., for the second consecutive year. The meet was canceled midway through preliminaries last year on the first day due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Three Wolverines have previously made the NCAA Championships from Zones: Ross Todd (2018, 2019), Nikki Canale (2018) and Christy Cutshaw (2018, 2019).

• Michigan diving has seen a resurgence under the tutelage of diving coach Mike Hilde. On the women's side, at least two divers have qualified in four consecutive years. On the men's side, Hilde coached Ross Todd to a Big Ten individual title (one-meter) and Big Ten Diver of the Year honors in 2020.

• At the Big Ten Diving meet last week in West Lafayette, Ind., the women scored 187 points -- close to last year's total (195) -- while the men scored 95. Todd (one-meter, platform), Canale (one-meter) and Hogan (one-meter) all made event finals.