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Tennessee Diving Invitational
Alabama Posts Three Individual Top-10 Finishes on Day One of the Tennessee Diving Invitational
1/3/2022 4:58:00 PM | Swimming & Diving
Tanesha Lucoe, Halia Bower and Courtney Russo all finished in the top-10 off the 1-meter springboard on day one in Knoxville
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Alabama opened the Tennessee Diving Invitational in Knoxville, Tenn., with a trio of top-10 finishes on Monday, including a bronze-medal effort by Tanesha Lucoe.
Lucoe tallied 278.50 points in the final of the 1-meter board, moving up two places third after finishing fifth with 263.55 points in prelims. Halia Bower (266.40) took sixth, while Courtney Russo (255.75) finished ninth in finals. Russo's total in finals was a season-best mark.
The Alabama men finished second, just behind Tennessee, with 370.15 points, in a new experimental team scoring format that has each team putting up two or three divers who combine for six dives, with at least one dive coming off the 1-meter, 3-meter and platform. Kevin Li dove off the 1-meter and twice off the 3-meter, while Mohamed Farouk dove off the 3-meter and twice off the 10-meter platform.
The Tennessee Invitational Format
- In additional to the traditional 1-meter and 3-meter springboard events and the platform, the meet will also feature a new team-style event
- For the team events, three divers from each squad will perform a combined six dives (two or three dives each) to make up a team score
- Teams must have at least one dive from the 1-meter, 3-meter and the platform
- In the springboard events (1-meter and 3-meter) the top-12 performers will advance to the finals
Tennessee Diving Invitational Field and Schedule
- In addition to Alabama and the homestanding Volunteers, this week's field includes Auburn, Georgia, Miami (Ohio), Missouri, South Carolina and Wisconsin
- Competition will begin each day at 11 a.m. CT
- Tuesday's events include the men's 1-meter and women's 3-meter prelims and finals
- Wednesday includes the men's 3-meter prelims and finals, the women's platform and the women's team event, which gets underway at 3 p.m. CT
- The meet concludes Thursday with the men's platform event
Crimson Tide Divers
- Alabama's women are led off the 1-meter springboard (283.43) and platform (276.00) by All-American and two-time Southeastern Conference medalist Tanesha Lucoe
- Halia Bower leads the Crimson Tide women off the 3-meter board (318.75)
- Lucoe has qualified for the NCAA Zone B Diving Championships off the 1-meter, 3-meter and platform, while Bower has qualified off the 1-meter and 3-meter
- The men are led by rookie Mohamed Farouk, who competed at the FINA World Junior Diving Championships in mid-December, finaling off the platform and taking ninth overall, off the 1-meter (376.50) and platform (359.20), both at the Tennessee Invitational in November
- All-American Kevin Li leads the Tide off the 3-meter (363.90) at the Auburn Diving Invitational in December
- Farouk has already qualified for the NCAA Zone B Diving Championships off the 1-meter, 3-meter and platform, while Li and Hunter Jaynes have qualified off the 1-meter and 3-meter boards
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