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3/13/2024 6:55:00 PM | Swimming & Diving
PRINCETON, N.J. – The University of Pittsburgh diving team saw five Panthers punch their tickets to the NCAA Championships on the final day of Zones at the DeNunzio Pool, Wednesday afternoon. Freshman Mariana Osorio Mendoza and junior Cameron Cash smashed the Princeton pool records in the platform competitions.
Mendoza earned a spot in her first-ever NCAA Championships after placing first overall (573.00) in the women's platform finals. Mendoza put her name up on the boards at Princeton as her final score of 300.85 shattered their pool women's platform record. Junior Jess Vega secured second overall with her score of 499.80 to punch her ticket to the NCAA Championships. This will be Vega's second appearance at the NCAA Championships after qualifying last year in the platform competition.
Also competing today, senior Emma Gravgaard completed her collegiate career after posting a total score of 422.20 to claim tenth overall on platform.
For the men's team, Jackson Salisbury claimed fourth overall (684.25) to punch his ticket to the 2024 Men's NCAA Championships in the platform competition. Cash was right behind in fifth (660.65) and Daley Fraser posted a total score of 643.25 to also earn spots in the NCAA Championships for platform. Cash's preliminary score of 408.00 crushed the Princeton men's platform pool record.
Freshman Chase Marafioto also competed on the men's platform finals – posting 609.80 points to claim 12th overall.
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The 2024 Women's NCAA Championships will take place on March 20-23 at the Jack Bauerle Pool at the Gabrielsen Natatorium in Athens, Georgia.
