Indiana freshman Tarrin Gilliland won the platform diving title on Saturday night at the 2021 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships in Greensboro with 338.40 as she won ahead of Arizona junior Delaney Schnell (331.80) and Purdue’s Maycey Vieta (316.80).
Vieta was joined in the final by two other teammates as Maggie Merriman (312.30) and Emily Bretscher (278.00) finished in fourth and seventh respectively. The Big Ten was well represented in the final with five total finalists – Nebraska’s Abigail Knapton was eighth with 276.70 points.
Texas’ Paola Pineda finished in fifth place at 304.30 as the Longhorns now have a 2.5 point lead over NC State for second place heading into the final event, the 400 free relay. The Longhorns also placed 10th and 12th in the B-Final.
North Carolina’s Aranza Vazquez (280.50) placed sixth as she and Pineda were both in all three diving A-finals.
Indiana now has three NCAA titles in platform diving, as Gilliland joins the likes of Cassandra Cardinell (2005) and Jessica Parratto (2015) as winners of the event for the Hoosiers.
Event 20 Women Platform Diving
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Meet: M 396.75 3/23/2013 Haley Ishimatsu, USC
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Gilliland, Tarrin FR Indiana 301.85 338.40 20
2 Schnell, Delaney JR Arizona 369.10 331.80 17
3 Vieta, Maycey SO Purdue 298.80 316.80 16
4 Merriman, Maggie JR Purdue 299.35 312.30 15
5 Pineda, Paola JR Texas 282.60 304.30 14
6 Vazquez-Montano, Aran FR UNC 278.15 280.50 13
7 Bretscher, Emily SR Purdue 278.10 278.00 12
8 Knapton, Abigail SR Nebraska 313.05 276.70 11
=== Consolation Final ===
9 Agunbiade, Nike SO USC 261.50 294.70 9
10 Skilken, Jordan SO Texas 269.75 281.15 7
11 Hidalgo, Camryn SR GT 261.60 280.00 6
12 Boyle, Janie SO Texas 271.75 253.10 5
13 Mirafuentes, Melissa SO Wyoming 259.70 245.00 4
14 Lenz, Daria JR Stanford 259.35 240.15 3
15 Bradescu, Anna FR GT 263.80 236.00 2
16 Watson, Aliyah SO Duke 261.55 235.75 1
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 20 1. Virginia 457 2. Texas 326.5 3. NC State 324 4. California 258 5. Alabama 226 6. Michigan 202.5 7. Ohio St 189.5 8. Georgia 157 9. Kentucky 152 10. Stanford 149 11. UNC 140 12. Tennessee 125 13. Texas A&M 107.5 14. Indiana 96 15. Louisville 94 16. Northwestern 88 17. Florida 84.5 18. Missouri 79 19. Wisconsin 59 20. Purdue 56 21. Southern California 51 22. Virginia Tech 43 23. Miami 42 24. Minnesota 40 25. Arizona 34.5 26. Nebraska 33 27. Arkansas 26 28. Georgia Tech 24 29. Notre Dame 12 30. Houston 9 30. Lsu 9 32. Fgcu 6 32. San Diego St 6 34. Duke 5 35. Wyoming 4 36. Akron 3 37. U.S. Navy 1 37. Oakland 1
