NCAA Diving Regionals Concluded on Saturday

GRANVILLE, OH -- The NCAA Division III Diving Regionals concluded on Saturday, March 1, at Denison University, as 10 North Coast Athletic Conference divers competed for a chance to move on to Greensboro, North Carolina, for the swimming & diving national championships.
 
In the men's one-meter competition, Denison junior Nick Fogle (Corcoran, MN/Providence Academy) posted 475.80 points to take first and complete the sweep of the regional diving competition. Big Red junior Brendan Stanley (Fort Collins, CO/Fort Collins) recorded 455.35 points to take second, while Kenyon first-year James Lackner (La Grange, KY/Oldham County) recorded 367.85 points for 17th in the one-meter competition.
 
In day two of the women's competition on the three-meter board, Denison senior Alexis Radhakrishnan (Lexington, KY/Paul Laurence Dunbar) finished in fifth, compiling a score of 450.80, while senior teammate Kerstyn Johnson (Lawrenceville, NJ/Lawrence) placed seventh with 436.50 points. Big Red junior Lu-Si Minnich (Indianapolis, IN/Lawrence Central) recorded 432.20 points for ninth, while Kenyon first-year Nadia Milovich (Westlake, OH/Westlake) took 17th with 374.90 points and Owl sophomore Lucy Cassell-Kelly (Ann Arbor, MI/Community) collected 19th with 351.35 points. Kenyon sophomore Olive O'Dorisio (Columbus, OH/Bishop Watterson) and senior Naomi Kennel (Rochester, MN/Mayo) took 24th (343.20) and 27th (340.70), respectively.
 
Qualifiers for the 2025 NCAA Division III Championships will be announced next week. The qualifiers to the National Championships will be determined by first-place finishers from each board, using two of the allocated spots. If the same person finishes first on both boards, only one allocation will be used for that athlete. Next, second-place finishers from each board will be selected, using two of the allocated spots. If the same person finishes second on both boards, or one/both of the athletes have already been selected, only one or no allocations will be used. This will continue with each finishing spot (third, fourth, fifth, etc.) until all the allocated spots have been assigned for each region. If there is one allocation left and two divers who have not been selected are up for qualification, finishing in the same ranking on each board, the committee will use the diver's combined score made up of their one-meter and three-meter scores. The competitor who has the highest score will be invited to the meet, earning the final allocation.
 
The 2025 NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships will be held over a four-day period, March 19-22, at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, North Carolina.
 
NCAC Divers Compete at Diving Regionals on Friday
Ten North Coast Athletic Conference divers took center stage during day one of the NCAA Division III Diving Regional on Friday, February 28, at Denison University.

In the men's three-meter competition, Denison junior Nick Fogle (Corcoran, MN/Providence Academy) claimed first place with 515.55 points, while Big Red classmate Brendan Stanley (Fort Collins, CO/Fort Collins) finished just behind Fogle in second with 481.80 points. Kenyon first-year James Lackner (La Grange, KY/Oldham County) placed 14th with 370.60 points.

In the women's one-meter competition, Denison senior Kerstyn Johnson (Lawrenceville, NJ/Lawrence) finished in fifth, compiling a score of 429.45, while classmate Alexis Radhakrishnan (Lexington, KY/Paul Laurence Dunbar) placed seventh overall with 416.60 points and Big Red junior Lu-Si Minnich (Indianapolis, IN/Lawrence Central) recorded 401.80 points for 10th. Kenyon first-year Nadia Milovich (Westlake, OH/Westlake) led the Owls with 355.70 points for 21st, while senior teammate Naomi Kennel (Rochester, MN/Mayo) posted 349.95 points for 24th, sophomore Lucy Cassell-Kelly (Ann Arbor, MI/Community) followed in 25th with 347.10 points and sophomore Olive O'Dorisio (Columbus, OH/Bishop Watterson) finished in 28th with 327.25 points.

NCAA Regional Diving will conclude on Saturday, March 1, at Denison University with the men's one-meter and women's three-meter diving.

The qualifiers to the National Championships will be determined by first-place finishers from each board, using two of the allocated spots. If the same person finishes first on both boards, only one allocation will be used for that athlete. Next, second-place finishers from each board will be selected, using two of the allocated spots. If the same person finishes second on both boards, or one/both of the athletes have already been selected, only one or no allocations will be used. This will continue with each finishing spot (third, fourth, fifth, etc.) until all the allocated spots have been assigned for each region. If there is one allocation left and two divers who have not been selected are up for qualification, finishing in the same ranking on each board, the committee will use the diver's combined score made up of their one-meter and three-meter scores. The competitor who has the highest score will be invited to the meet, earning the final allocation.
 
The 2025 NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships will be held over a four-day period, March 19-22, at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, North Carolina.
10 NCAC Divers Selected for NCAA Regionals
The NCAA has announced the list of participants for the 2025 NCAA Division III Diving Regional events, with 10 student-athletes from the North Coast Athletic Conference qualifying to compete in one of the four regional competitions across the country. Divers from Denison and Kenyon will be competing at the Region I event, Friday-Saturday, February 28 - March 1, at Denison's Trumbull Aquatics Center in Granville, Ohio.

On the women's side, Denison will be represented by seniors Kerstyn Johnson (Lawrenceville, NJ/Lawrence) and Alexis Radhakrishnan (Lexington, KY/Paul Laurence Dunbar) and junior Lu-Si Minnich (Indianapolis, IN/Lawrence Central), as the Big Red host the Region 1 event. Kenyon will be represented by senior Naomi Kennel (Rochester, MN/Mayo), sophomores Lucy Cassell-Kelly (Ann Arbor, MI/Community) and Olive O'Dorisio (Columbus, OH/Bishop Watterson) and first-year Nadia Milovich (Westlake, OH/Westlake).
 
For the men, Denison and Kenyon will represent the NCAC in the regional meet. Big Red juniors Nick Fogle (Corcoran, MN/Providence Academy) and Brendan Stanley (Fort Collins, CO/Fort Collins) and Owls' first-year James Lackner (La Grange, KY/Oldham County) will compete in the Region 1 event in Granville.

To qualify for participation in a regional meet a diver must achieve the qualifying standard at least once at a bona fide conference championship or twice (on the same board) during at any other bona fide competition and submit appropriate documentation of qualifying performances to the diving coordinator. If a diver only qualifies on one board, they may still dive both events at the regional meet.

Each regional meet will be given a fixed number of qualifiers. This number will be determined by the number of divers eligible to compete in a given region who have also submitted all necessary information to compete in regional competition. At the end of the qualification period, all divers eligible to compete in a regional qualifier will be determined by the criteria listed above. The number of eligible divers at each region will be divided by the number of eligible divers at all regions and then multiplied by 24 for men and 29 for women to determine the ratio for the number of assigned qualification spots. Regardless of ratios, no region will have less than two qualifiers.

The qualifiers to the National Championships will be determined by first-place finishers from each board, using two of the allocated spots. If the same person finishes first on both boards, only one allocation will be used for that athlete. Next, second-place finishers from each board will be selected, using two of the allocated spots. If the same person finishes second on both boards, or one/both of the athletes have already been selected, only one or no allocations will be used. This will continue with each finishing spot (third, fourth, fifth, etc.) until all the allocated spots have been assigned for each region. If there is one allocation left and two divers who have not been selected are up for qualification, finishing in the same ranking on each board, the committee will use the diver's combined score made up of their one-meter and three-meter scores. The competitor who has the highest score will be invited to the meet, earning the final allocation.

The 2025 NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships will be held over a four-day period, March 19-22, at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, North Carolina.

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