Zhipeng Zeng Becomes 3rd Buckeye To Win Platform Diving Event

2016.03.24 NCAA Mens Swimming Championships_Zhipeng Zeng Ohio State 1M

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Ohio State’s Zhipeng Zeng won Ohio State’s third platform diving title at the 2016 NCAA Division I Men’s Championships.

Zeng turned in a winning tally of 499.10 points to join David Pichler (1991) and Sean Moore (2008) as Buckeyes to win the event.

Arizona’s Rafael Quintero took second with 482.30 points, while Auburn’s Scott Lazeroff finished third with 436.75 points.

Texas’ Mark Anderson (421.55), Minnesota’s Manny Pollard (393.75), Stanford’s Theodore Miclau (378.00), Florida State’s Dylan Grisell (366.75) and Tennessee’s Mauricio Robles Rodriguez (351.20) rounded out the top eight.

                           === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Zeng, Zhipeng          SO Ohio St            509.25     499.10   20  
  2 Quintero, Rafael       SR Arizona            475.70     482.30   17  
  3 Lazeroff, Scott        FR Auburn             399.25     436.75   16  
  4 Anderson, Mark         JR Texas              414.70     421.55   15  
  5 Pollard, Manny         SR Minnesota          390.50     393.75   14  
  6 Miclau, Theodore       SO Stanford           390.25     378.00   13  
  7 Grisell, Dylan         JR FSU                393.40     366.75   12  
  8 Robles Rodriguez, Mau  SR Tennessee          394.65     351.20   11  
 
                            === B - Final ===                            
 
  9 Barnard, Matt          JR Minnesota          358.65     399.15    9  
 10 Gismervik, Amund       SR Hawaii             371.65     362.10    7  
 11 Masterton, Sebastian   FR Kentucky           373.20     353.60    6  
 12 Gotro, Jordan          JR SCAR               364.30     349.40    5  
 13 Goodwin, Kyle          FR Missouri           360.20     340.05    4  
 14 Homza, Bradley         JR GT                 378.10     335.40    3  
 15 Showalter, Max         FR Purdue             368.70     325.20    2  
 16 Henschel, Tyler        SO Tex AM             379.50     283.80    1

                Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 20                  
 
  1. Texas                           507.5   2. California                        351
  3. Florida                           302   4. NC State                          274
  5. Georgia                         211.5   6. Alabama                           199
  7. Tennessee                         178   7. Missouri                          178
  9. Louisville                      156.5  10. Indiana                         150.5
 11. Auburn                            143  12. Michigan                          140
 13. Southern Cali                     113  14. Stanford                         98.5
 15. Ohio St                            91  16. Arizona                            87
 17. South Carolina                     71  18. Virginia Tech                    44.5
 19. Minnesota                          41  19. Wisconsin                          41
 21. Brigham Young                      40  22. University of Miami                31
 22. Pittsburgh                         31  24. Penn                               26
 25. Texas A&M                          20  26. UNC                                16
 26. Air Force                          16  28. Virginia                           15
 28. Cleveland St                       15  30. Oakland                            13
 31. Hawaii                             12  31. Florida St                         12
 33. George Washington                  11  33. Yale                               11
 35. Univ of Utah                        9  35. Unlv                                9
 37. Georgia Tech                        8  37. Princeton                           8
 39. Duke                                7  40. Lsu                                 6
 40. Iowa                                6  40. Kentucky                            6
 43. Purdue                              5  44. Cornell                             2
 44. Penn State University               2  44. Harvard                             2
 44. Arizona St                          2

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