Dive-by-Dive Scoring / Photo Gallery
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Five more top-seven finishes on the tower Saturday at the Zone C Diving Championships punctuated a week in which all eight active Purdue divers qualified for the NCAA Championships.
For the third year in a row, all of the Boilermakers' divers that competed at Zone qualified for NCAAs. They combined for 16 event bids at the national championship meets.
Emily Bretscher and Emily Meaney qualified for the NCAA Championships in all three diving events this week. They finished 2-3 on the tower Saturday.
Two-time Big Ten champion Brandon Loschiavo was victorious on the platform once again. He over the two lists of competition, he outscored all non-Boilermakers by 220 points.
Freshmen Ben Bramley and Maggie Merriman joined Loschiavo in earning their bids at NCAAs on Saturday. Bramley finished second to Loschiavo and also earned a 3-meter berth at NCAAs in the process. Merriman took seventh on 10-meter to clinch her bid.
Loschicavo, Bretscher, Meaney and Merriman all improved on their prelim scores in the final. Meaney's 50.8-point improvement from the prelim to the final was the best of the bunch.
The Purdue women will be represented by six student-athletes at the NCAA Championships, with swimmers Taite Kitchel and Jinq En Phee joining Morgan Meixner, Bretscher, Meaney and Merriman. Nine men will represent the Boilermakers at NCAAs the following week. Swimmers Trent Pellini, Nikola Acin, James Boone, Erik Juliusson and Joe Young will join Joe Cifelli, Greg Duncan, Bramley and Loschiavo. The men's nine qualifiers are their most since 2015.
The University of Texas is hosting both the Men's and Women's NCAA Championships. The women's meet is March 20 to 23 and the men's is the following week, March 27 to 30.
NCAA ZONE C DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
PURDUE SCORES – MEN'S PLATFORM
Brandon Loschiavo, 943.70 – Finished 1st (487.45 Final, 456.25 Prelim)
Ben Bramley, 840.95 – Finished 2nd (412.25 Final, 428.70 Prelim); Also Qualified for NCAAs on 3-Meter
PURDUE SCORES – WOMEN'S PLATFORM
Emily Meaney, 552.50 – Finished 12th (301.65 Final, 250.85 Prelim)
Emily Bretscher, 542.25 – Finished 5th (275.80 Final, 266.45 Prelim)
Maggie Merriman, 510.00 – Finished 7th (261.10 Final, 248.90 Prelim)
AUTOMATIC QUALIFYING SPOTS TO NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS FROM ZONE C
Top 12 in an event also qualify for NCAAs if he or she has already auto-qualified
1-Meter - Women: 9 // Men: 11
3-Meter - Women: 8 // Men: 8
Platform - Women: 12 // Men: 8
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Five more top-seven finishes on the tower Saturday at the Zone C Diving Championships punctuated a week in which all eight active Purdue divers qualified for the NCAA Championships.
For the third year in a row, all of the Boilermakers' divers that competed at Zone qualified for NCAAs. They combined for 16 event bids at the national championship meets.
Emily Bretscher and Emily Meaney qualified for the NCAA Championships in all three diving events this week. They finished 2-3 on the tower Saturday.
Two-time Big Ten champion Brandon Loschiavo was victorious on the platform once again. He over the two lists of competition, he outscored all non-Boilermakers by 220 points.
Freshmen Ben Bramley and Maggie Merriman joined Loschiavo in earning their bids at NCAAs on Saturday. Bramley finished second to Loschiavo and also earned a 3-meter berth at NCAAs in the process. Merriman took seventh on 10-meter to clinch her bid.
Loschicavo, Bretscher, Meaney and Merriman all improved on their prelim scores in the final. Meaney's 50.8-point improvement from the prelim to the final was the best of the bunch.
The Purdue women will be represented by six student-athletes at the NCAA Championships, with swimmers Taite Kitchel and Jinq En Phee joining Morgan Meixner, Bretscher, Meaney and Merriman. Nine men will represent the Boilermakers at NCAAs the following week. Swimmers Trent Pellini, Nikola Acin, James Boone, Erik Juliusson and Joe Young will join Joe Cifelli, Greg Duncan, Bramley and Loschiavo. The men's nine qualifiers are their most since 2015.
The University of Texas is hosting both the Men's and Women's NCAA Championships. The women's meet is March 20 to 23 and the men's is the following week, March 27 to 30.
NCAA ZONE C DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
| DAY 3 AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS FOR NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS | |
| WOMEN'S PLATFORM (TOP 12 FINISHERS) Jessica Parratto, Indiana Emily Meaney, Purdue Emily Bretscher, Purdue Olivia Rosendahl, Northwestern Lara Tarvit, Ohio State Christy Cutshaw, Michigan Maggie Merriman, Purdue Lexi Barker, Ohio State Kyndal Knight, Kentucky Molly Fears, Louisville Ling Kuhn, Illinois Courtney Clark, Kentucky |
MEN'S PLATFORM (TOP 8 FINISHERS) Brandon Loschiavo, PUrdue Ben Bramley, Purdue Jacon Siler, Ohio State Christo Law, Ohio State Ross Todd, Michigan Jacob Fielding, Ohio State Andrew Capobianco, Indiana Krisztian Somhegyi, IUPUI |
PURDUE SCORES – MEN'S PLATFORM
Brandon Loschiavo, 943.70 – Finished 1st (487.45 Final, 456.25 Prelim)
Ben Bramley, 840.95 – Finished 2nd (412.25 Final, 428.70 Prelim); Also Qualified for NCAAs on 3-Meter
PURDUE SCORES – WOMEN'S PLATFORM
Emily Meaney, 552.50 – Finished 12th (301.65 Final, 250.85 Prelim)
Emily Bretscher, 542.25 – Finished 5th (275.80 Final, 266.45 Prelim)
Maggie Merriman, 510.00 – Finished 7th (261.10 Final, 248.90 Prelim)
AUTOMATIC QUALIFYING SPOTS TO NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS FROM ZONE C
Top 12 in an event also qualify for NCAAs if he or she has already auto-qualified
1-Meter - Women: 9 // Men: 11
3-Meter - Women: 8 // Men: 8
Platform - Women: 12 // Men: 8