Swimming & Diving: Bell’s second-place finish highlights second day at NCAA Zone A Championships

Courtesy UVA Media Relations

Senior Jenn Bell led the Virginia divers with a second-place finish on the 1-meter at the NCAA Zone A Championships on Tuesday in Morgantown, W. Va.

Bell totaled a score of 588.85 to finish second in her second event of the three-day meet. Bell scored a 288.60 in prelims and improved her score to a 300.25 in finals.

Sophomore Lizzy Kaye also advanced to the finals of the 1-meter. Kaye was 10th after prelims with a 263.80 and jumped into fifth place after her 289.70 in the finals.

Senior Charlotte Bowen rounded out the trio in finals on the 1-meter for UVA’s women. Bowen finished 17th with a total of 508.50. She scored a 252.55 in prelims and a 255.95 in finals.

Junior Oliver Mills advanced to the finals for the second day, finishing 16th on the men’s 3-meter event with a total score of 632.35.

In prelims, junior Maddy Grosz finished 65th on the 1-meter with a 198.85. Senior Joseph Perreault was 24th on the men’s 3-meter with a 290.10 and sophomore Nicholas Sanders waws 34th with a 271.70.