ATLANTA, Ga. – Three Florida State divers competed in finals on Tuesday at the 2022 NCAA Zone B Championships at the McAuley Aquatics Center. Jesco Helling made the men’s 3-meter final, while Victoria Cervantes and Izzy Gregersen advanced to the women’s platform final. Helling squeezed into the 3-meter final in 18th place, taking the last spot at 326.55. Improving every dive from his prelims round, Helling slowly climbed the ranks each round, until moving into 12th place following his front 3 ½ somersault pike that scored a total of 66.65 behind marks of 7.0 and 7.5. Helling added 63 points on his final dive, an inward 2 ½ somersault pike. However, stayed in 12th with a a total of 692.70 on the day and 366.15 for the round. Should Helling advance to the NCAA Championships on platform, he will be permitted to add 3-meter to his list since he finished in the top 12. David Vargas placed 21st with a total of 321.55 and Darwin Nolasco followed in 27th at 297.45.
Results
ATLANTA, Ga. – Three Florida State divers advanced to finals at the 2022 NCAA Zone B Championships at the McAuley Aquatics Center on Monday.
David Vargas and Jesco Helling competed in finals of men’s 1-meter, while Izzy Gregersen advanced in the women’s 3-meter.
Vargas and Helling started the day by finishing prelims in 12th and 13th place respectively.
Vargas started off strong, but slipped to 12th following his final two dives, finishing with a total of 305.25. On the contrary, Helling got off to a slow start, but scored above 50 points on his final four dives to move up to 13th place at 303.10.
With scores carrying over to finals, Vargas put together a solid round, receiving scores between 6.0-7.0 on each of his six dives but remained in 12th with a final total of 642.85, despite adding 337.60 points to his prelims score.
Should Vargas qualify for NCAAs on 3-meter or platform, he will be permitted to add 1-meter to his list since he finished in
Live Results
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Seven Florida State divers will look to qualify for the NCAA Championships at the Zone B Championships from March 6-9 at the McAuley Aquatics Center in Atlanta, Ga.
Victoria Cervantes, Izzy Gregersen, Kayleigh Clark and Vivian Johnson will compete in all three women’s diving events, while Jesco Helling, Darwin Nolasco and David Vargas will dive in all three men’s.
“It’s been a long road to get here this season,” FSU head diving coach John Proctor said. “We’ve had some ups and downs along the way, but this is the meet that matters the most. This is our only shot to make it to NCAAs and our zone is one of the toughest in the country. We’re ready. We’re looking good, and we’re ready to go.”
The women will compete on 1-meter on Sunday at 2 p.m., followed by 3-meter on Monday and platform on Tuesday.
The top 10 finishers after finals in both springboard events and the top nine on platform will join the swimmers at t
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Members of the No. 21/24 Florida State swimming and diving teams will be racing at the UGA Last Chance Invite in Athens, Ga., at the Gabrielsen Natatorium form Feb. 25-26. “We’re excited to see some more fast swims,” FSU head coach Neal Studd said. “We’ll see if we can get a couple more to NCAAs, including that women’s 200 free relay.” Prelims will start at 10 a.m., both days, while finals will begin at 5 p.m. on Saturday and 4 p.m. on Sunday. Live timing will be available via Meet Mobile. Saturday’s Events: 200 free relay 100 fly 500 free 200 IM 50 free 200 back 100 breast 200 free Sunday’s Events: 400 IM 100 free 200 fly 200 breast 100 back 1650 free ACC Swimming and Diving Recap For the first time in conference history, the ACC Swimming and Diving Championships were held together from Feb. 15-19 at the McAuley Aquatics Center. The Seminoles set four FSU records and had 21 top-10 program swims. The women’s 200 medley relay earned bro
Results
ATLANTA, Ga. – The 2022 ACC Swimming and Diving Championships continued Friday at the McAuley Aquatics Center with the No. 21/24 Florida State swimming and diving teams represented in four championships heats.
The No. 24 women were led by captain Nina Kucheran, who placed fourth in the 100 breast behind a personal best of 59.04 and freshman Edith Jernstedt placing seventh in the 200 fly with a time of 1:55.80.
Mason Herbet took seventh in the 100 back (46.43), but later turned in his career best while leading off the 400 medley relay at 45.85.
David Vargas ended the individual events for the night by placing fifth in the men’s platform with a total of 363.65.
“Tonight was exciting,” FSU head coach Neal Studd said. “We had some huge personal bests. Edith got the night going with an awesome 200 fly and Nina put together two great individual swims and was fantastic on the relay. Mason had a great morning swim to get him in the final and jus