SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The Notre Dame women’s swimming and diving team is set to send four divers to the NCAA Zone C Championships this upcoming week. Graduate student Kelly Straub, senior Annie Wiese, junior Samantha Gillis and freshman Calie Brady will compete from March 7-9 to earn a spot at the NCAA Championships next week in Atlanta. The event will take place at the Canham Natatorium in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Straub qualified in all three events (1-Meter, 3-Meter and Platform) and is coming off a bronze medal from the ACC Championships. She made the finals in the 3-meter and platform events down in Atlanta and had the third-best score in the platform finals (287.65) to walk away with the bronze medal, the second of her career at ACC’s.
Wiese earned her spots in the 1-meter and 3-meter events after her scores against Purdue and at the Tim Welsh Invitational. She qualified in the 3-meter after a season-best mark of 299.55 against Purdue to place fourth. In the 1-meter, her season-best mark of 291.90 came at the Tim Welsh Invitational, where she also placed fourth in the event.
Brady’s qualifying scores both came at the Tim Welsh Invitational. She finished second in the 3-meter (318.50) and second in the 1-meter (303.60) to earn her spot at the Zone Meet. Gillis earned her qualifying score at the dual meet against UIC. She placed fifth in the 3-meter with a season-best score of 285.75.
On Monday, the women’s 1-meter diving event will take place where three of the four Irish divers will compete. Tuesday holds the women’s 3-meter diving and all four Irish divers will be competing. Then Straub will compete in the platform diving event on Wednesday to conclude the meet.
Zone 3 Schedule
Monday, March 7
Women’s 1-Meter Diving (Straub, Wiese & Brady)
Tuesday, March 8
Women’s 3-Meter Diving (Straub, Wiese, Brady & Gillis)
Wednesday, March 9
Women’s Platform Diving (Straub)
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