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March 14, 2013
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Divers Hailey Casper and Harrison Jones punched their tickets to the NCAA Championships, Thursday, at the Zone E Diving Championships in Colorado Spring, Colo.
Casper qualified for her first NCAA Championship appearance finishing second of the women’s 3-meter springboard. The junior finished a two-round total of 691.10, just behind first-place qualifier Samantha Pickens of Arizona.
Also qualifying on the first day, senior Harrison Jones took second place on the 1-meter springboard. Jones along with Stanford’s Kristian Ipsen will move on to the NCAA Championships with the ASU diver scoring a total of 824.10 through two rounds. In 2009, while competing for USC, the senior finished fourth in the event at nationals.
The women’s 1-meter springboard and men’s 3-meter springboard continues tomorrow with divers freshman Morgan Weller, sophomore Sydney Czaus and junior Riley McCormick all looking to qualify for nationals.
The meet will send eight men and six women in total to the NCAA Championships. The women's and men’s swimming and diving NCAA Championships will both be held in Indianapolis, Ind., with the women competing Mar. 21-23 and the men competing Mar. 28-30.
Qualifying finishes are as follows:
Men
1st Qualifier: 1st place finisher on platform
2nd Qualifier: 1st place finisher on 3-meter
3rd Qualifier: Kristian Ipsen, Stanford
4th Qualifier: 2nd place finisher on 3-meter
5th Qualifier: Harrison Jones, Arizona State
6th Qualifier: 3rd place finisher on 3-meter
7th Qualifier: Rafael Quintero, Arizona
8th Qualifier: 2nd place finisher on platform
Women
1st Qualifier: 1st place finisher on platform
2nd Qualifier: Samantha Pickens, Arizona
3rd Qualifier: 1st place finisher on 1-meter
4th Qualifier: Hailey Casper, Arizona State
5th Qualifier: 2nd place finisher on 1-meter
6th Qualifier: 3rd place finisher on 3-meter