Canale Earns Trip to NCAA Championships at Zone Diving Meet

Sunday, March 7

Lexington, Ky.

10:30 AM

Michigan

NCAA Zone C Diving Championships - Day 1

Nikki Canale (Michigan Photography)

Canale Earns Trip to NCAA Championships at Zone Diving Meet

3/7/2021 2:10:00 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving

By: Brad Rudner

» The first day of the NCAA Zone C Diving Championships took place Sunday in Lexington, Ky.
» The three-day event is to determine which divers will earn trips to the NCAA Championships.
» Nikki Canale won her spot at the NCAA Championships with a fourth-place finish on one-meter (558.25).
» Ross Todd narrowly missed qualifying on three-meter, finishing eighth.

Site: Lexington, Ky. (Lancaster Aquatic Center)
Event: NCAA Zone C Diving Championships (Day 1 of 3)
U-M Team Standing: No team scoring
Next U-M Event: Monday, March 8 -- at NCAA Zone C Diving Championships (Lexington, Ky.), 10:30 a.m.

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Senior Nikki Canale earned a trip to nationals on Sunday (March 7) as the University of Michigan divers opened up the NCAA Zone C Diving Championships at Lancaster Aquatic Center. The women were on one-meter springboard, while the men were on three-meter springboard.

Women

Canale won a trip to the NCAA Championships with a fourth-place finish on one-meter (558.25). It will be her second career appearance after qualifying as a freshman in 2018.

Junior Allie Klein finished 12th (520.95) and will be able to dive one-meter at NCAAs should she qualify on either three-meter or platform. Sophomore Lucy Hogan was 12th (520.95), and sophomore Lauren Cheetham placed 18th (411.60), though she was unable to finish the final due to injury.

Senior Christy Cutshaw missed the final by one spot, taking 19th (245.75).

Men

Senior Ross Todd narrowly missed out on NCAA qualification, finishing in eighth on three-meter (727.50). The top seven were guaranteed spots at NCAAs. Todd was only .35 points behind Ohio State's Jacob Siler, who finished seventh. But by virtue of a top-12 finish, Todd can still dive three-meter at NCAAs should he qualify on another event.

The NCAA Zone C Diving Championships runs through Tuesday (March 9) inside Lancaster Aquatic Center. Monday's action will begin at 10:30 a.m. with the men on platform and the women on three-meter.