The Bruin Invite UCLA Diving Invitational began this Saturday and finished on Monday highlighting some of the best divers in the state of California.
Haley Ishimatsu was one of the biggest names, and continue to be one of the biggest names in the entire NCAA for USC.
Last season, she managed to make two NCAA Championship finals in diving, coming home with a win in the Platform event. There’s no doubt that she’s on her mark now, and one of the top divers heading into the meet.
Day one featured the 3 meter event, with each athlete taking place in six individual dives. Haley Ishimatsu of the University of Southern California was the top performer in the event, winning with a grand total of 601.65 points ahead of Aimee Harrison from the University of Hawaii.
Harrison had the best preliminary dive with a total of 286 points, however in total she managed 588.15 points to finish second.
The battle for third was very close as Natalie Kalibat and Annika Lenz were within approximately two points of each other; however it was Kalibat from USC who took down the UCLA diver 565.30 to 563.30.
Women 3m Championships total rankings.
Second place finisher in the 3 meter event Aimee Harrison from Hawaii was able to win the 1m championship event. She put up 595.90 points to take down UCLA’s Maria Polyakova. Polyakova was a close second with 595.20 points.
Haley Ishimatsu added another medal with a bronze medal performance. She took down Annika Lenz from UCLA with 576 points, leaving Lenz fourth with 570.60. Lenz dove well in the preliminary round racking up the best score of 284.25 points.
Women 1m Championships total rankings.
Ishimatsu was at it again, winning the third event, the platform, to secure the best overall performance at the competition. She led by a large margin in the preliminary round, and took that success to the final where she totaled 604.70 points to win.
For the second time that competition, she was the only diver to create over 600 points in an event.
Annika Lenz was second behind the USC diver, grabbing 559.80 points for Cal. Eleanor Smart was over 100 points behind to grab third for UCLA, rounding out the top three with 496 points.
