Freece Earns 5th Place at WVU Invite in One-Meter Diving

Liberty junior Maddie Freece highlighted Liberty’s diving contingent on day two of the WVU Invite, earning fifth place on one-meter springboard, Friday at The Aquatic Center at Mylan Park in Morgantown, W.Va.

Liberty A Finalist

• Jr. Maddie Freece – One-meter diving (6) (5th in A Final – 264.40, qualified in 257.15)

Notable

• Alabama’s Courtney Russo won the A Final with 288.85 points, while Duquesne’s Amy Read finished second with 280.55.

• Freece has increased her score in one-meter diving each meet so far this season.

• Mary Herndon narrowly missed a spot in the B Final, scoring 227.30 for 22nd overall. Meagn Tuohy (30th – 217.60), Elizabeth Mumau (34th – 213.50), Grace Gooding (36th – 212.50) and Sarah Simpson (57th – 160.80) all competed for the Lady Flames.

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

• Liberty split its swimmer and divers this weekend. The Lady Flames’ swimmers completed day one at the TYR ’85 Invite, today 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.

Up Next

Tomorrow’s action at the WVU Invite concludes with the team event. Morning prelims begin at 10 a.m., with finals set for 6 p.m.