Minnesota Sarah Bacon backed up her 1m diving title on Friday night at the 2021 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships in Greensboro with a win in the 3-meter springboard as the only to break 400 with 408.60.
Bacon won her first 3-meter title at NCAAs as she now has four individual titles total in her career, taking three 1-meter titles in her three collegiate years. Bacon finished ahead of ACC trio Aranza Vazquez (384.75) of North Carolina, Camryn Hidalgo (356.40) of Georgia Tech, and Emma Gullstrand (355.30) of Miami as Vazquez and Gullstrand are both freshmen.
“My coach helps me stay calm between dives, and we have been working on consistency on 3-meter the whole year. It is exciting to finally show it in that performance,” Sarah Bacon said after the race. “I am feeling better than ever, and diving-wise, I think I look better than ever, so I am going to use these events to help me motivate me forward toward the Olympic trials.”
Texas’ Paola Pineda (351.10) finished in fifth to put Texas one point behind NC State for second place with just the 200 medley relay to go tonight.
Purdue’s Emily Bretscher (345.30), Texas A&M’s Charlye Campbell (343.30) and Nebraska’s Abigail Knapton (342.90) also competed in the championship final.
Minnesota now has four national titles in the 3-meter diving as Sarah Bacon joins Kelci Bryant (2010) and Yu Zhou (2015, 2017) as winners of the event for the Golden Gophers.
Event 13 Women 3 mtr Diving
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Meet: M 437.75 3/20/2009 Christina Loukas, Indiana
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Bacon, Sarah SR Minnesota 380.70 408.60 20
2 Vazquez-Montano, Aran FR UNC 352.50 384.75 17
3 Hidalgo, Camryn SR Georgia Tech 361.50 356.40 16
4 Gullstrand, Emma FR Miami 345.40 355.30 15
5 Pineda, Paola JR Texas 359.30 351.10 14
6 Bretscher, Emily SR Purdue 345.55 345.30 13
7 Campbell, Charlye SR TAMU 347.85 343.30 12
8 Knapton, Abigail SR Nebraska 339.20 342.90 11
=== Consolation Final ===
9 Lavenant, Montserrat FR LSU 313.75 348.30 9
10 Vallee, Mia SO Miami 331.50 341.70 7
11 Gilliland, Tarrin FR Indiana 327.10 341.30 6
12 Schultz, Brooke JR Arkansas 315.65 334.95 5
13 McCool, Ashley SR Florida 322.65 321.30 4
14 Crawford, Mackenzie SO Ohio St 331.55 316.65 3
15 Fowler, Anne FR Indiana 323.40 312.90 2
16 Straub, Kelly SR Notre Dame 335.15 274.70 1
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 13 1. Virginia 310 2. NC State 201 3. Texas 200 4. California 180 5. Ohio St 145.5 6. Alabama 129 7. Michigan 125.5 8. Kentucky 114 9. Stanford 112 10. Georgia 109 11. UNC 94 12. Florida 74.5 13. Louisville 71 14. Tennessee 70 15. Missouri 65 16. Texas A&M 64 17. Indiana 55 18. Northwestern 52 19. Miami 42 20. Minnesota 40 21. Wisconsin 39 22. Southern California 38 23. Virginia Tech 28 24. Nebraska 22 25. Arkansas 21 26. Arizona 17.5 27. Georgia Tech 16 28. Purdue 13 29. Lsu 9 30. Houston 6 30. San Diego St 6 32. Notre Dame 4 32. Duke 4 34. Akron 3
