2022 UIC Diving Invitational
- Saturday, February 5, 2022
- Chicago, Ill.
- Results
Courtesy: UIC Athletics
Season highs and podium finishes abounded for the Flames, as the host team dominated the UIC Diving Invitational on Saturday.
Cydney Liebenberg won the 1-meter and 3-meter events. Felix Lafortune nearly gave the Flames a clean sweep, taking first in the 3-meter and second in the 1-meter. Cole Tremewan finished right behind Lafortune in both events. Ciara McCliment was second on the 3-meter board.
Liebenberg scored 309.00 in the 1-meter event, and 324.30 in the 3-meter. Both of those scores were season highs, and they gave her a total of 11 NCAA Zone-qualifying scores on the season. She has finished first on the 1-meter board in six of seven meets this season, and has five first-place showings on the 3-meter board.
McCliment’s scores of 304.80 in 3-meter and 272.55 in 1-meter were both season highs. She posted her first Zone cut on the 1-meter board. Having already achieved a Zone score in 3-meter, she eclipsed her previous high score by over 10 points and claimed second place.
Gabby Richards also turned in two season high scores. She posted a 208.35 on 1-meter and a 236.95 on 3-meter.
Lafortune was coming off a program record performance in 3-meter, and while his score of 373.85 was well off his new record, it was also his second-highest score of the season by nearly the same margin. His win in 3-meter was his fifth of the season. He scored 317.60 in taking second in 1-meter.
Tremewan eclipsed 300 points in 1-meter diving for the second time of his freshman campaign, posting a total of 311.55 to set a season high and take third place. Combined with his score of 318.20 in 3-meter, which was good for second place, he had his best combined performance of the season.
Hunter Trautmann set a career high on the 1-meter board. His score was 248.40. He scored 207.40 in the 1-meter event.
Divers from Illinois, Chicago, Milwaukee, Green Bay, Eau Claire, Carthage, and Lake Forest combined for a field of over 20 female divers and upwards of 18 male competitors. Team scores were not kept. The Flames will next compete at the Horizon League Championships, beginning February 16.*
*SwimSwam note: UIC was expelled from competing at the Horizon League Championships on Feb. 9.
