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Adrian Abadia Season 2023-24

Position
Diving
Height
5'7
Class
Junior
Hometown
Palma de Mallorca, Spain
High School
IES CTEIB
Experience
2L

Abadia’s Top Scores
One-Meter: 383.20 2021 Texas Diving Invitational
Three-Meter: 418.25 2022 NCAA Zone D Regional
Platform: 299.00 2021 Rocky Mountain Invitational

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2022-23)
In a dual meet with South Carolina, placed third on 3M (333.90) and fifth on 1M (282.23) … In a tri-team meet with Denver and Air Force, swept the springboard events – 1M (324.05) and 3M (417.25; No. 4 in LSU history) … Against Auburn, claimed first on 1M (391.20) and third on 3M (391.20) … In the second consecutive SEC dual meet against Alabama, swept the springboard events – 1M (296.85) and 3M (370.13) … At the Texas Diving Invite, claimed eighth on 3M (334.10) and seventh on 1M (335.80) … At the Auburn Diving Invite, finished in fourth place on 3M (382.45) and fifth on 1M (320.75) … Against FSU, placed second on 3M (363.00) and seventh on 1M (280.65) … Against Texas A&M claimed second on 3M (347.33) and fourth on 1M (316.88) … At SEC’s, placed 10th on 3M (340.25), 15th on 1M (277.95) and 15th on platform (295.85) … At the Zone D diving regional, placed second on 3M (778.60) and 1M (738.65) … At NCAA’s, competed in the consolation final on 3M (14th – 392.00) and on 1M (10th – 376.15; No. 6 in LSU history) … Earned two second-team All-American honors.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2021-22)
Opened the season against Grand Canyon with two second-place finishes on the one-meter and the three-meter diving events; scored 372.98 on the one-meter and 377.25 on the three-meter… At the Rocky Mountain Invitational, he placed second twice in the one-meter springboard (356.80) and in the three-meter springboard (404.70)… Against Alabama, he had two more second-place finishes with a score of 368.25 on the one-meter and 401.25 on the three-meter… At the Texas Diving Invitational, placed fifth on the one-meter with a final score of 383.20… At the Auburn Diving Invitational, placed fourth in the one-meter and three-meter with respective scores of 356.25 and 396.95; also claimed seventh place on platform with a final score of 288.15… Against Texas A&M, he finished in second on three-meter with a final score of 401.70 and fifth on one-meter with a final score of 307.73… At the 2022 SEC Championships, made both three-meter and one-meter final, placing eighth on three-meter with a score of 360.20 and sixth on one-meter with a score of 336.90… At the NCAA Zone D diving regional, qualified for the NCAA Championships on one-meter and three-meter with two top-8 finishes, placing seventh on one-meter with a score of 706.80 (Prelim: 346.05) and third on three-meter with a score of 799.20 (Prelim: 418.25)… At NCAA Championships, he placed 17th on one-meter with a final score of 327.90 and 19th on three-meter with a final score of 358.90

HIGH SCHOOL
Won the bronze and silver medal in the 2021 Junior European Championships held in Rijeka, Croatia… Obtained sixth place in the three-meter synchronized diving event at the FINA Diving World Cup held in Tokyo, Japan

PERSONAL
Teammates and friends call him “Adri”… Born April 5, 2002… His hometown is Palma de Mallorca, Mexico, where he attended IES CTEIB… His mother’s name is Maritza Garcia Arias… Has one sibling… He chose LSU because “they gave me a lot of confidence, both from the coach and from my new teammates.”

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