BATON ROUGE, La. — The LSU Diving team returns to competition this week at the USA Winter National Diving Championships in Columbus, Ohio Dec. 16-21 and in Baton Rouge for the LSU Diving Invitational Dec. 15-17.
Lady Tiger divers Cassie Weil and Alex Bettridge will travel to USA Diving Winter Nationals. Weil will compete on three-meter and platform, while Bettridge will compete on both springboards as well as platform. The divers are invited based on previous marks and this competition is used to qualify for the FINA World Cup, United States Diving Championships and USA Olympic Trials.
“This event (USA Diving Winter Championships) is over 100 of the nation’s elite divers,” LSU Diving coach Doug Shaffer said. “This is a reward for all of their hard work. I want to see them compete hard and perform against the best.”
Daniel Helm, Andrew Suchla, Allie Alter, Katie Lagarde and Madison Sthamann will remain in Baton Rouge for the LSU Diving Invitational. The Tigers will host divers from Auburn and Alabama.
“The environment coming off of finals is challenging in itself,” Shaffer added. “The fact that we have this competition this time of the year is by design. I just want to see good performances as we move forward.”
LSU has been out of competition for three weeks due to finals. At the midseason meet, Weil took home the win on three-meter and Bettridge followed in second. Bettridge also finished second on one-meter.
Sthamann also had a break out performance with a win on platform. The freshman’s score of 306 was the second-highest score in school history. For the men, Helm also finished second on platform.
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ORDER OF EVENTS
LSU Diving Invite
Monday
Prelims Men’s 1M and Women’s 3M: 11 a.m.
Finals Men’s 1M and Women’s 3M: 4 p.m.
Tuesday
Prelims Men’s 3M and Women’s 1M: 11 a.m.
Finals Men’s 3M and Women’s 1M: 4 p.m.
Wednesday
Men’s and Women’s Combined Platform Final: 11 a.m.
USA Diving Winter Nationals
Tuesday
Women’s 1M Semi-final: 12:50 p.m.
Women’s 1M Final: 7 p.m.
Wednesday
Women’s 10M Quarterfinal: 1 p.m.
Women’s 10M Semi-final: 7 p.m.
Thursday
Women’s 3M Quarterfinal: 10:00 a.m.
Women’s 3M Semi-final: 5:30 p.m.
Saturday
Women’s 10M Final: 1:45 p.m.
Sunday
Women’s 3M Final: 12:30 p.m.