Liberty Finishes 9th in WVU Invite Team Diving Event

The Liberty diving contingent finished ninth in the team diving event at the WVU Invite, Saturday at The Aquatic Center at Mylan Park in Morgantown, W.Va.

Liberty Results

• Team Diving Event – Liberty A - 9th place in 216.15 (Maddie Freece, Mary Herndon, Grace Gooding)

• Team Diving Event – Liberty B - 11th place in 205.45 (Elizabeth Mumau, Sarah Simpson, Meagan Tuohy)

Notable

• The host West Virginia Mountaineers won the team diving event with 279.25 points. Alabama placed second at 271.90. Liberty’s A Time finished ninth with 216.15.

• The Lady Flames are diving against 13 different schools at that meet this weekend. This weekend’s meet in Morgantown features three-meter today, one-meter tomorrow and a team event on Saturday.

• Liberty split its swimmer and divers this weekend. The Lady Flames’ swimmers will compete at the TYR ’85 Invite, tomorrow through Sunday at Liberty Natatorium

• Liberty’s divers are competing against divers from Alabama, Army, Colgate, Duquesne, East Carolina, James Madison, Navy, Seton Hall, St. Bonaventure, Toledo, Villanova, West Virginia and Youngstown State.

Historically Speaking

• This is the first team diving event Liberty has competed in program history.

Up Next

Liberty’s swimmers are currently in the middle of day two of the TYR ’85 Invite, with tonight’s finals starting at 6 p.m. at Liberty Natatorium.