Alabama Diving Contingent Set for NCAA Zone B Championships

ATLANTA, Ga. – Alabama swimming and diving is sending six divers to the NCAA Zone B Championships, March 6-9 at the McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta, Ga., on the Georgia Tech campus.

Halia Bower, Natalie Donkle and Tanesha Lucoe will represent the Crimson Tide women while Mohamed Farouk, 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 10 slots off both the 1-meter and 3-meter springboard events and nine off the platform, while the men have eight off the 1-meter, 11 off the 3-meter board and seven on the platform.

In addition to hosting the Zone B meet, Atlanta is also the site of the men's and women's 2022 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships.

The Crimson Tide Contingent

Tanesha Lucoe and Mohamed Farouk are slated to compete on the 1-meter and 3-meter springboards and the platform events
Halia Bower, Natalie Donkle, Hunter Jaynes and Kevin Li are slated to compete off both the 1-meter and 3-meter springboard events
Lucoe finished first or second off the platform at the last three Southeastern Conference Championships, including her second gold at the 2022 championships
Lucoe has earned back-to-back NCAA Championship berths off the platform
Li qualified to the NCAA Championships in the springboard events in both 2020 and 2021
Li and Farouk both scored in the championship final of the 1-meter springboard, while Farouk finished fifth off the platform at the 2022 SEC Championships

The 2022 Zone B Championships

There will be 100 divers from 19 different schools at this year's Zone B Championships, including SEC rivals Auburn, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee
The meet starts Sunday at 1 p.m. CT, with the prelims of the women's 1-meter competition, while finals get underway at 3:45 p.m. CT
Events will get underway at 10 a.m. CT on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
Monday will include the men's 1-meter and women's 3-meter
Tuesday will feature the men's 3-meter and women's platform
Wednesday will bring the Zone B Championships to a close with the men's platform

Up Next

The Crimson Tide women are already sending 10 swimmers in individual events to the NCAA Championships, which will be held March 16-19
Swimming qualifiers for the men's NCAA Championships will be announced Wednesday, March 9
The men's national championships will be held March 23-26

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