Four Wolverine Men Headed to NCAA Zone C Diving Championships

THIS WEEK
Thu-Sat., March 14-16 -- at NCAA Zone C Diving Championships (West Lafayette, Ind.)
Thursday, March 14 -- One-meter springboard, 1 p.m.
Friday, March 15 -- Three-meter springboard, 1 p.m.
Saturday, March 16 -- 10-meter platform, 1 p.m.
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Four members of the University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team will attempt to qualify for the NCAA Championships at the NCAA Zone C Diving Championships, to be held Thursday through Saturday (March 14-16) at the Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center in West Lafayette, Indiana. The NCAA Championships will be held March 27-30 in Austin, Texas.

The divers heading to West Lafayette include sophomore Chris Canning, redshirt junior Collin DeShaw, junior Jake Herremans and sophomore Ross Todd. The men will do one-meter on Thursday (1 p.m.), three-meter on Friday (1 p.m.) and platform on Saturday (1 p.m.).

NCAA Championships Qualifying Procedures

The top four male divers from each event at their respective zone diving meet will be eligible to compete at the NCAA Championships. Additional place finishers in each event at each zone will be eligible based on the number of student-athletes from that zone who finished in the top 16 in that event at the previous year's NCAA Championships. All eligible divers must have achieved the zone qualifying score prior to the NCAA Championships in all events they wish to participate.

For the men, in total, Zone C is allotted 11 spots on one-meter and eight spots on both three-meter and platform. Any diver that qualifies for the NCAA Championships will be allowed to optionally enter any other event(s) at the championships, provided that the diver finished in the top 12 at the same zone meet and has achieved the zone qualifying score for that event prior to the NCAA Championships.

NCAA Zone C Diving History

2018 (Columbus, Ohio)
Ross Todd: 6th on PL (709.70), 9th on 3M (698.15), 14th on 1M (616.15)
Jake Herremans: 11th on 1M (643.85), 12th on PL (642.70), 21st on 3M (314.65)
Chris Canning: 13th on 3M (664.05), 16th on PL (597.30), 31st on 1M (254.05)
Collin DeShaw: Did not compete (redshirt)

2017 (Bloomington, Ind.)
Jake Herremans: 12th on 1M (590.60), 15th on PL (611.50), 19th on 3M (288.00)
Collin DeShaw: 15th on 1M (581.10), 17th on PL (526.15), 18th on 3M (573.25)

2016 (West Lafayette, Ind.)
Collin DeShaw: 7th on 1M (530.10), 10th on 3M (554.00)

Quick Hits

• The last time U-M had two or more divers qualify for the NCAA Championships was 1999 (Brett Willmot, Josh Trexler).

• Ross Todd qualified for the NCAA Championships last season on three-meter and platform, becoming the program's first diving qualifier since Jason Coben in 2004.

• All four divers scored points in all three events at the Big Ten Championships. Ross Todd made two finals, finishing runner-up on platform and seventh on three-meter. He is the program's first diver to win a Big Ten medal since Jason Coben in 2004.

• Chris Canning (2nd, 335.10 on 1M) and Jake Herremans (3rd, 383.65 on platform) moved up on the school's all-time diving bests lists with their performances at the Big Ten Championships.

• The divers will be coached this week by graduate assistant Dani VanderZwaag, an alumna and former diver from 2015-18. She will coach in place of diving coach Mike Hilde, whose wife, Kathryn, gave birth to twin girls last week.