Alabama Swimming and Diving Contingent Set for NCAA Zone B Diving Championships

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Alabama swimming and diving is sending four divers to the NCAA Zone B Championships, which will be held March 7-9 at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, N.C.

Halia Bower and Tanesha Lucoe will represent the Crimson Tide women and Hunter Jaynes and Kevin Li will compete for the UA men.

While swimmers qualify for the upcoming NCAA Championships by virtue of times posted during the season, divers qualify exclusively through the five Zone meets. Each Zone has a set number of slots per event. For the women, Zone B has seven slots off both the 1-meter and 3-meter springboard events and eight off the platform, while the men have 10 off the 1-meter and eight each off the 3-meter board and platform.

In addition to hosting both the Zone B and Zone A meets, Greensboro is also the site of the men's and women's 2021 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships.

The Crimson Tide Contingent

Halia Bower and Tanesha Lucoe are slated to compete in the women's 1-meter and 3-meter springboard events
Lucoe is also entered in the platform
Hunter Jaynes and Kevin Li are slated to compete off both springboards and the platform on the men's side of the meet.
Lucoe finished first and second off the platform at the last two Southeastern Conference Championships
Lucoe finished second in the platform event at last year's NCAA Zone B Championships to earn an NCAA Championships berth, prior to the national championships being canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Li qualified NCAA Championships off the 1-meter and 3-meter boards out of last year's Zone B Championships, prior to the national championships being canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

The 2021 Zone B Championships

There will 66 divers from 15 different schools at this week's Zone B Championships, including SEC rivals Auburn, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee
The meet starts Sunday at 9:30 a.m. CT, with the women's 1-meter competition and the men's 3-meter
On Monday, men will compete off the platform, while the women head to the 3-meter.
The men close the meet with the 1-meter, while women finish out the meet with the platform event on Wednesday

Up Next

The Crimson Tide women are already sending 11 swimmers to the NCAA Championships, which will be held March 17-20
Swimming qualifiers for the men's NCAA Championships will be announced Wednesday, March 10
The men's national championships will be held March 24-27

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