University of Connecticut Athletics
University of Connecticut
Women's Diving Championship
Marcello Qualifies for Nationals in 1 & 3M
3/11/2019 10:50:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Senior captain Monica Marcello qualified for NCAA National Championships in the 3M Dive on Monday afternoon at the NCAA A Diving Zones at the US Naval Academy.
Marcello secured second place in the preliminaries with a mark of 307.10 and then bettered her mark in the finals with a score of 632.35 to capture a runner-up finish. Marcello took second place among a tough field of 30 different schools, eight conferences and 55 total divers.
Marcello becomes the first Husky since Alli Butera in 2017 to reach the NCAA National Championships. The Championships take place in Austin, Texas from March 20-23.
The UConn diving team has a legacy of reaching the pinnacle of the sport under head coach John Bransfield with divers qualifying for Nationals in seven of the past nine years (2011, '12, '13, '15, '16, '17, '19).
Marcello is coming off a stellar performance at The American Conference Championships where the Middletown, Conn. native set the Conference record in the 3M dive en route to gold and secured a silver medal in the 1M event.
Erin Clifford (27th), Kamrin Dawkins (40th) and Elizabeth Drab (43) all competed in the preliminary round of Zones but did not finish high enough (top-18) to reach the finals.
The Huskies will continue the NCAA Zone A Championships on Tuesday in the 1M dive.
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Day Two Update
After a tough start in preliminaries, senior diver Monica Marcello worked her way back from a 12th place mark to soar into fourth place and qualify for NCAA Championships in the 1M diver.
Among a field of 66 divers, Marcello posted a 256.55 in the preliminaries to advance to the finals in 12th place. The UConn captain buckled down and worked her way back with each of her six dives in the finals.
She totaled a score of 539.80 to earn a berth into the NCAA Championships for the 1-meter in Austin, Texas from March 20-23.
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