Gracia Leydon-Mahoney Wins Stanford’s NCAA Record 5th Platform Title

2016.03.18 2016 Womens NCAA Swimming Championships_Gracia-Leydon-Mahoney-Stanford

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Stanford’s Gracia Leydon-Mahoney held off Minnesota’s Zhou Yu to win the women’s platform diving event at the 2016 NCAA Division I Women’s Championships.

Needing a huge finish in the team battle, Leydon-Mahoney gave Stanford the win with 346.15 points. That made her just the third platform winner from Stanford as she broke a tie with Texas for the most NCAA wins in the event with five.

Stanford, however, has not won the event since 2001.

Previous Stanford Winners:

1992 Eileen Richetelli, Stanford, 582.90
1993 Eileen Richetelli, Stanford, 530.95
1995 Eileen Richetelli, Stanford, 630.10
2001 Erin Sones, Stanford, 463.05

Zhou took second for Minnesota with 331.80 points, while Arizona State’s Mara Aiacoboae placed third with 289.10 points.

Northwestern’s Olivia Rosendahl (285.15), LSU’s Cassie Weil (284.45), Stanford’s Lilly Hinrichs (275.10), Missouri’s Madeline McKernan (262.95) and Harvard’s Jing Leung (226.60) also competed in the finale.

                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Leydon-Mahoney,  SO Stanford           300.55     346.15         20  
  2 Zhou, Yu         JR Minnesota          328.50     331.80         17  
  3 Aiacoboae, Mara  SO Arizona St         286.60     289.10         16  
  4 Rosendahl, Oliv  FR Northwestern       275.35     285.15         15  
  5 Weil, Cassie     SR LSU                283.40     284.45         14  
  6 Hinrichs, Lilly  SR Stanford           291.15     275.10         13  
  7 McKernan, Madel  SO Missouri           280.30     262.95         12  
  8 Leung, Jing      SO Harvard            278.50     226.60         11  
 
                            === B - Final ===                            
 
  9 Dawson, Elisa    SO UNC                273.05     299.90          9  
 10 Palmer, Krysta   SR Nevada             252.00     275.05          7  
 11 Kalonji, Alais   FR Tex AM             271.25     255.40          6  
 12 Ramberg, Jessic  SR Minnesota          268.60     242.80          5  
 13 Tenenbaum, Lexi  JR Minnesota          265.50     239.80          4  
 14 Campbell, Kari   SR Wyoming            252.15     229.25          3  
 15 Belanger, Elois  FR UCLA               251.70     209.85          2  
 16 Nied, Allyson    FR S. Carolina        254.85     175.60          1

                Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 20                 
 
  1. Georgia                           380   2. Stanford                          365
  3. California                        332   4. Texas A&M                         277
  5. Virginia                          250   6. Indiana                           228
  7. Southern Cali                   204.5   8. Louisville                        196
  9. Missouri                          139  10. Michigan                          132
 11. NC State                          127  12. Arizona                           108
 13. Tennessee                          89  14. Ohio St                            82
 15. Texas                              71  16. Minnesota                          70
 17. UCLA                               68  18. Florida                          57.5
 19. Nevada                             56  19. UNC                                56
 21. Wisconsin                          49  22. Kentucky                           40
 23. Purdue                             35  24. Miami University (Ohio)            33
 25. Virginia Tech                      23  26. Lsu                                21
 27. Alabama                            20  28. Penn St                            19
 29. South Carolina                     18  29. Umbc (W)                           18
 31. Arizona St                         16  32. Northwestern University            15
 33. Auburn                             14  34. Harvard                            11
 34. Kansas                             11  34. Air Force (W)                      11
 37. Denver                             10  38. Iowa                                9
 39. University of Nebraska-Lincoln      7  40. Miami (Fl)                          6
 40. Smu                                 6  42. Pittsburgh                          4
 42. University of Hawaii (W)            4  44. Wyoming (W)                         3
 44. Eastern Mich                        3  46. Cincinnati                          2
 47. Florida Gulf                        1  47. Rutgers                             1

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