Aaron Fleshner Wins NCAA Zone B Championship

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Knoxville, Tenn.

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Junior All-American Aaron Fleshner added the 2009 NCAA Zone B Three-meter Championship to the one-meter title he won at the SEC Championships earlier this season.

Aaron Fleshner Wins NCAA Zone B Championship

3/14/2009 12:00:00 AM | Swimming & Diving

March 14, 2009

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - junior Aaron Fleshner won the three-meter board on day two of the NCAA Zone B Diving Championships being held at the Jones Center in Knoxville, Tenn. this weekend.

"Aaron is having an outstanding season and today was just another example of that," Alabama head coach Eric McIlquham said. "We just need to finish off strong tomorrow and see if we can't get some more bodies to the NCAA Championships."

Fleshner, who qualified for the NCAA Championships on Friday after taking second off the one-meter board, won the three-meter event with a combined prelims and finals score of 799.10, more than 25 points better than second place. Sophomore Adam Booher finished 12th in finals with 657.55 points.

Booher, who finaled off the three-meter and platform events at the recent SEC Championships, would need to finish among the top-three off the platform, the meet's final event, on Sunday to earn an NCAA bid.

Freshman Carrie Dragland, who earned an NCAA bid on Friday after taking second off the three-meter board, finished seventh off the one-meter board, scoring 531.50 points between prelims and finals. Sophomore Lauren Dunn took 25th, junior Elizabeth Hughes 29th and sophomore Olivia Covey 39th off the one-meter board, scoring 231.80, 223.20 and 207.65 points respectively.

Hughes, who won the platform event at this year's SEC Championships, will have a chance to advance to her first NCAA Championships on Sunday with a top-3 finish off the platform.