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Friday, January 10
Buffalo, N.Y.
11 a.m.
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at
Buffalo Diving Invite
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Lupa Punches Ticket to NCAA Zone Diving Championships in Platform, Eastern Divers Complete UB Diving Invite
1/12/2025 1:01:00 PM | Swimming & Diving
Lupa is the fourth Eastern diver to qualify for the meet this season
Full Results
BUFFALO, N.Y. (EMUEagles.com) – Eastern Michigan University diving freshman Megan Lupa qualified for the NCAA Zone Diving Championships in the platform dive with a score of 229.90 points as the Eagles' divers competed at the three-day UB Diving Invitational, hosted by the University at Buffalo, at the Dorsi Raynolds Pool, Friday-Sunday, Jan. 10-12.
Lupa (Campden, Ontario/West Niagara Secondary) is the fourth EMU diver to qualify for the meet this season. She will join teammates Malia Maire (San Luis Obispo, Calif./San Luis Obispo) (one-meter), Rebekah Knapp (Mesa, Ariz./Skyline) (one-meter and three-meter), and Ciara Wheeler (Johnston, Iowa/Johnston) (one-meter) at the event hosted by Ohio State University, in Columbus, Ohio, March 10-12.
How it Happened – Day One, Three-Meter Dive
Maire, Lupa, and Taityn Speier (Fairfax, Va./WT Woodson) made the top-12 finals cut. Maire led the way placing third with 268.95 points, followed by Lupa in fifth (254.35) and Speier in 12th (238.35). Other notables from the preliminary round included Adley Zamore's (Tampa, Fla./H.B. Plant) personal-best outing as she placed 14th, scoring 224.50.
Maire led the Eagles again in the finals and improved her prelim score by 8.95, placing fourth with a total of 277.90. Lupa again finished two spots behind in sixth, posting a personal-best 272.65 after increasing her score by 18.3 points from the prelims. Speier improved three spots from the prelims to the finals, placing ninth in the final round, scoring 232.60.
How it Happened – Day Two, One-Meter Dive and Team Diving
Day two consisted of the one-meter dive and team diving. Lupa, Maire, and Aisling Gutierrez (New Kent, Va./New Kent) each qualified for the one-meter finals via a top-12 finish in the preliminary round. Lupa set a personal-best in the prelims, posting a score of 260.20, the highest score of any Eagle in the event.
In the finals, Lupa placed seventh (238.05), Gutierrez slotted 10th (222.70), and Maire followed in 11th (213.95).
The team diving event featured 11 dives from four different heights (one-meter, three-meter, five-meter, 10-meter). The Eastern A team placed fourth out of six teams in the event, scoring 218.25.
How it Happened – Day Three
Lupa excelled again in the platform dive on the third and final day. The freshman placed first in the prelims, scoring 224.00. She would fall to second place in the finals despite increasing her score by nearly six points to 229.90.
Lupa's score in the final round punched her ticket to the 2025 NCAA Zone Diving Championships in the platform dive. She will join teammates Maire, Knapp, and Wheeler at the competition. Maire previously qualified in the one-meter with a score of 270.45 against Oakland, Nov. 21, while Knapp qualified in the three-meter after posting a score of 317.25, against Cleveland State, Oct. 18, and in the one-meter with a 267.00 performance versus Oakland, Nov. 21. Wheeler punched her ticket via a 267.38 outing in the one-meter against Indiana State, Nov. 9.
EMU Individual Results
*Denotes Personal-Best
Bold Denotes NCAA Zone Diving Championships Cut
Three-Meter Dive – Jan. 10
Prelims
3. Malia Maire – 268.95
5. Megan Lupa – 254.35
12. Taityn Speier – 238.35
13. Rebekah Knapp – 226.95
14. Adley Zamore – 224.50*
18. Cate Migliori – 220.85
29. Anya Ferner – 176.90
Finals
4. Malia Maire – 277.90
6. Megan Lupa – 272.65*
9. Taityn Speier – 232.60
One-Meter Dive – Jan. 11
Prelims
3. Megan Lupa – 260.20*
8. Malia Maire – 239.65
11. Aisling Gutierrez – 225.15
15. Rebekah Knapp – 216.95
23. Adley Zamore – 193.60
24. Taityn Speier – 192.55
29. Cate Migliori – 176.90
30. Anya Ferner – 173.95
Finals
7. Megan Lupa – 238.05
10. Aisling Gutierrez – 222.70
11. Malia Maire – 213.95
Team Diving – Jan. 11
4. EMU A – 218.25
Platform Dive – Jan. 12
Prelims
1. Megan Lupa – 224.00
Finals
2. Megan Lupa - 229.90* NCAA ZONES CUT
Up Next
The Eastern divers will join the swimmers to compete together for the first time in 2025 as the Eagles are slated to host the University of Toledo Rockets at Jones Natatorium Friday, Jan. 17, at 5 p.m.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (EMUEagles.com) – Eastern Michigan University diving freshman Megan Lupa qualified for the NCAA Zone Diving Championships in the platform dive with a score of 229.90 points as the Eagles' divers competed at the three-day UB Diving Invitational, hosted by the University at Buffalo, at the Dorsi Raynolds Pool, Friday-Sunday, Jan. 10-12.
Lupa (Campden, Ontario/West Niagara Secondary) is the fourth EMU diver to qualify for the meet this season. She will join teammates Malia Maire (San Luis Obispo, Calif./San Luis Obispo) (one-meter), Rebekah Knapp (Mesa, Ariz./Skyline) (one-meter and three-meter), and Ciara Wheeler (Johnston, Iowa/Johnston) (one-meter) at the event hosted by Ohio State University, in Columbus, Ohio, March 10-12.
How it Happened – Day One, Three-Meter Dive
Maire, Lupa, and Taityn Speier (Fairfax, Va./WT Woodson) made the top-12 finals cut. Maire led the way placing third with 268.95 points, followed by Lupa in fifth (254.35) and Speier in 12th (238.35). Other notables from the preliminary round included Adley Zamore's (Tampa, Fla./H.B. Plant) personal-best outing as she placed 14th, scoring 224.50.
Maire led the Eagles again in the finals and improved her prelim score by 8.95, placing fourth with a total of 277.90. Lupa again finished two spots behind in sixth, posting a personal-best 272.65 after increasing her score by 18.3 points from the prelims. Speier improved three spots from the prelims to the finals, placing ninth in the final round, scoring 232.60.
How it Happened – Day Two, One-Meter Dive and Team Diving
Day two consisted of the one-meter dive and team diving. Lupa, Maire, and Aisling Gutierrez (New Kent, Va./New Kent) each qualified for the one-meter finals via a top-12 finish in the preliminary round. Lupa set a personal-best in the prelims, posting a score of 260.20, the highest score of any Eagle in the event.
In the finals, Lupa placed seventh (238.05), Gutierrez slotted 10th (222.70), and Maire followed in 11th (213.95).
The team diving event featured 11 dives from four different heights (one-meter, three-meter, five-meter, 10-meter). The Eastern A team placed fourth out of six teams in the event, scoring 218.25.
How it Happened – Day Three
Lupa excelled again in the platform dive on the third and final day. The freshman placed first in the prelims, scoring 224.00. She would fall to second place in the finals despite increasing her score by nearly six points to 229.90.
Lupa's score in the final round punched her ticket to the 2025 NCAA Zone Diving Championships in the platform dive. She will join teammates Maire, Knapp, and Wheeler at the competition. Maire previously qualified in the one-meter with a score of 270.45 against Oakland, Nov. 21, while Knapp qualified in the three-meter after posting a score of 317.25, against Cleveland State, Oct. 18, and in the one-meter with a 267.00 performance versus Oakland, Nov. 21. Wheeler punched her ticket via a 267.38 outing in the one-meter against Indiana State, Nov. 9.
EMU Individual Results
*Denotes Personal-Best
Bold Denotes NCAA Zone Diving Championships Cut
Three-Meter Dive – Jan. 10
Prelims
3. Malia Maire – 268.95
5. Megan Lupa – 254.35
12. Taityn Speier – 238.35
13. Rebekah Knapp – 226.95
14. Adley Zamore – 224.50*
18. Cate Migliori – 220.85
29. Anya Ferner – 176.90
Finals
4. Malia Maire – 277.90
6. Megan Lupa – 272.65*
9. Taityn Speier – 232.60
One-Meter Dive – Jan. 11
Prelims
3. Megan Lupa – 260.20*
8. Malia Maire – 239.65
11. Aisling Gutierrez – 225.15
15. Rebekah Knapp – 216.95
23. Adley Zamore – 193.60
24. Taityn Speier – 192.55
29. Cate Migliori – 176.90
30. Anya Ferner – 173.95
Finals
7. Megan Lupa – 238.05
10. Aisling Gutierrez – 222.70
11. Malia Maire – 213.95
Team Diving – Jan. 11
4. EMU A – 218.25
Platform Dive – Jan. 12
Prelims
1. Megan Lupa – 224.00
Finals
2. Megan Lupa - 229.90* NCAA ZONES CUT
Up Next
The Eastern divers will join the swimmers to compete together for the first time in 2025 as the Eagles are slated to host the University of Toledo Rockets at Jones Natatorium Friday, Jan. 17, at 5 p.m.
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