EMU Diving Preps for NCAA Zone Diving Championships

Dive at NCAA Zone Diving Championships
Dates	Monday and Tuesday, March 7-8
Venue	Ann Arbor, Mich.-Canham Natatorium
NCAA Zone Diving Info	Meet Information
Live Coverage	Live Results
Preview Info	Team Information Guide
Twitter	@EMUSwimDive \| @EMUAthletics

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University diving team will send four divers to the NCAA Zone C Diving Championships, March 7-9, hosted by the University of Michigan inside the Canham Natatorium.

Eastern divers competing include senior Bethany Berger (Batavia, Ohio-Glen Este), sophomore Keira Veltigian (Oxford, Mich.-Oxford), and freshmen Camryn Hughes (London, Ontario-Sir Frederick Banting Secondary) and Rebekah Knapp (Mesa, Ariz.-Skyline). Berger, Hughes, and Knapp each qualified for the 1-meter and 3-meter events while Veltigian qualified for the 1-meter event.

The diving zone championships will begin Monday, March 7, with the 1-meter preliminaries and championship. The 3-meter dive will take place Tuesday, March 8. Both days are set to begin at 1 p.m.

Zone C is allotted nine spots on 1-meter, 10 spots on 3-meter, and nine spots on the 10-meter platform diving. The top 18 divers after each preliminary round will advance to the championship rounds. For more information on the NCAA Zone C Diving Championships, click here.

Berger tallied a season-best score of 315.68 in the 1-meter dive versus Ball State, Jan. 22. The senior diver also earned a season-high of 326.15 in the 3-meter dive in the Mid-American Conference Championships, Feb. 25. Veltigian qualified for the 1-meter event with a season-best score of 276.75 at the MAC Championships, Feb. 24.

Meanwhile, Hughes took bronze in the 1-meter at the MAC Championships, Feb. 24, with a score of 290.65 to qualify. Asa for the 3-meter, the freshman tallied a score of 299.9 at the league championships, Feb. 26.

Knapp came on late in the season, tallying a season-best score of 270.95 in the 1-meter at the MAC Championships, Feb. 24, and a score of 289.35 in the 3-meter in the same weekend, Feb. 26.

For updates on all things Eastern Michigan swim and dive, continue to check EMUEagles.com and be sure to follow the team on Twitter, @EMUSwimDive, and Instagram, @emuswimanddive.

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Bethany Berger

Camryn Hughes

Rebekah Knapp

Keira Veltigian

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