Minnesota senior Sarah Bacon won her third straight 1-meter diving title on Thursday at the 2021 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships with 357.20 points to back up her titles from 2018 and 2019. Bacon is now the second swimmer to win the 1-m diving title at least three times as she joins Florida’s Megan Neyer with her four wins from 1982-1984 and 1986. This is also Minnesota’s fourth NCAA title in the 1-m after Bacon’s three and Kelci Bryant’s title in 2011.
Bacon was one of just two seniors in the field as she held off a charge from North Carolina freshman Aranza Vazquez (348.45) and 2018 3-m champ Brooke Schultz (335.85) of Arkansas.
“My history on 1-meter gave me the confidence today,” Sarah Bacon said after the race. “With that being said, I want to carry that confidence into 3-meter.”
Texas’ Paola Pineda finished fifth at 329.00 to put Texas in third place in the team standings as the Longhorns are looking for their first top four finish since 2001.
Arizona’s Delaney Schnell was fourth at 334.45 while Indiana’s Anne Fowler (318.65) was sixth ahead of Texas A&M’s Charlye Campbell (294.10) and Miami’s Mia Vallee (289.70).
Event 6 Women 1 mtr Diving
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Meet: M 363.20 3/21/2019 Sarah Bacon, Minnesota
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Bacon, Sarah SR Minnesota 341.85 357.20 20
2 Vazquez-Montano, Aran FR UNC 315.40 348.45 17
3 Schultz, Brooke JR Arkansas 303.20 335.85 16
4 Schnell, Delaney JR Arizona 335.45 334.45 15
5 Pineda, Paola JR Texas 308.25 329.00 14
6 Fowler, Anne FR Indiana 317.55 318.65 13
7 Campbell, Charlye SR Texas A&M 290.05 294.10 12
8 Vallee, Mia SO Miami 304.00 289.70 11
=== Consolation Final ===
9 Gullstrand, Emma FR Miami 289.55 323.90 9
10 McCool, Ashley SR Florida 278.60 308.95 7
11 Knight, Kyndal JR Kentucky 278.80 297.55 6
12 Gilliland, Tamin FR Indiana 283.20 290.50 5
13 Wilson, Aimee JR Texas A&M 280.85 289.05 4
14 Agunbiade, Nike SO USC 287.00 282.40 3
15 Pullinger, Maddison JR Duke 279.95 275.25 2
16 Crawford, Mackenzie SO Ohio St 286.20 273.40 1
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 6 1. Virginia 150 2. California 114 3. Texas 87 4. NC State 84 5. Ohio St 77.5 6. Georgia 73 7. Alabama 72 8. Stanford 62 9. UNC 55 9. Missouri 55 11. Florida 51.5 12. Kentucky 51 13. Michigan 48 14. Louisville 36 15. Indiana 30 16. Texas A&M 26 17. Tennessee 23 17. Wisconsin 23 19. Minnesota 20 19. Miami 20 21. Northwestern 18 22. Arkansas 16 23. Arizona 15 24. Southern California 13 25. Virginia Tech 11 26. Akron 3 26. Nebraska 3 28. Duke 2 29. Houston 1
