BATON ROUGE, La.- Sophomore diver Lizzie Cui was selected as SEC Female Diver of the Week for her performance against Tulane the SEC office announced Tuesday.
Over the weekend at the Reily Natatorium, Cui swept both the three-meter and one-meter events, posting scores of 339.45 and 312.22 respectively. Her score of 312.22 is a personal best on one-meter, improving to seventh on LSU’s all-time list.
“Lizzie performed well against Tulane and definitely rose to the occasion in a challenging environment,” said head diving coach Doug Shaffer.
“She has made great progress increasing her degree of difficulty while fine-tuning her competitive list. I’m proud for her to receive this recognition of her success.”
On the year, Cui earned a second place finish on the three-meter in the final round of the Mizzou Diving Invite, posting a personal best of 350.70 to earn a spot at third on the all-time list. Cui also compiled a score of 304.15 to garner third overall on one-meter at the invite.