Nevada’s Sharae Zheng Sweeps Springboard Diving Titles With 3M Win

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Nevada’s Sharae Zheng swept the springboard diving events as the one-meter winner claimed the three-meter title at the 2016 NCAA Division I Women’s Championships.

Zheng won the three-meter with 404.70 points. That’s Nevada’s 5th NCAA title now. Previously, Limin Liu won the women’s 100-meter fly in 2000 and went back-to-back in the 200 fly in 1999 and 2000.

She joins several divers to have won both the one and three-meter events, last done by Georgia’s Laura Ryan in 2014.

Miami (Ohio)’s Pei Lin suffered a balk that wound up costing her the title as she settled for second with 399.40 points.

Florida’s Kahlia Warner finished third overall with 387.20 points.

UCLA’s Maria Polyakova (381.95), Minnesota’s Zhou Yu (364.45), Purdue’s Mary-Beth Dunnichay (331.90), Stanford’s Gracia Leydon-Mahoney (329.45) and Indiana’s Lacey Houser (297.60) completed the championship finale.

                           === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Zheng, Sharae    FR Nevada             367.10     404.70         20  
  2 Lin, Pei         JR Miami (OH)         344.35     399.40         17  
  3 Warner, Kahlia   SR Florida            381.20     387.20         16  
  4 Polyakova, Mari  SO UCLA               347.40     381.95         15  
  5 Zhou, Yu         JR Minnesota          337.35     365.45         14  
  6 Dunnichay, Mary  SR Purdue             321.85     331.90         13  
  7 Leydon-Mahoney,  SO Stanford           328.70     329.45         12  
  8 Houser, Lacey    SR Indiana            333.70     297.60         11  
 
                            === B - Final ===                            
 
  9 Dawson, Elisa    SO UNC                321.40     378.40          9  
 10 Belanger, Elois  FR UCLA               312.15     340.75          7  
 11 Layland, Wally   SO Miami (FL)         308.15     329.20          6  
 12 Hamperian, Rebe  JR Kentucky           317.90     315.45          5  
 13 Sharp, Meme      SO Pittsburgh         309.80     309.40          4  
 14 Cui, Lizzie      FR LSU                316.00     278.55          3  
 15 Ball, Olivia     SO Georgia            318.80     276.00          2  
 16 Black, Alyssa    JR Rutgers            317.05     255.40          1

                Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 13                 
 
  1. Georgia                           261   2. California                      233.5
  3. Stanford                          225   4. Texas A&M                       173.5
  5. Virginia                          166   6. Louisville                        144
  7. Indiana                           139   8. Southern Cali                   138.5
  9. Missouri                           84  10. NC State                           83
 11. Arizona                            80  12. Michigan                           74
 13. Tennessee                          73  14. UCLA                               66
 15. Ohio St                            59  16. Nevada                             49
 16. Texas                              49  18. UNC                                45
 19. Florida                          35.5  20. Miami University (Ohio)            33
 20. Minnesota                          33  22. Purdue                             32
 23. Wisconsin                          25  24. Kentucky                           20
 24. Alabama                            20  26. South Carolina                     17
 27. Penn St                            13  28. Kansas                             11
 29. Auburn                             10  29. Denver                             10
 31. Iowa                                9  32. University of Nebraska-Lincoln      7
 33. Miami (Fl)                          6  33. Virginia Tech                       6
 33. Smu                                 6  36. Air Force (W)                       4
 36. University of Hawaii (W)            4  36. Pittsburgh                          4
 39. Lsu                                 3  39. Eastern Mich                        3
 41. Umbc (W)                            2  42. Rutgers                             1
 42. Florida Gulf                        1

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