Hunt Advances Past D-II Nationals Diving Qualifying Round For First Time

Ashland University sophomore Riley Hunt will advance from the NCAA Division II nationals diving qualification round for the first time, and will compete at the 2025 NCAA Division II Championships in Indianapolis, Ind., on Wednesday (March 12) and Friday (March 14).
 
In the qualification round on Tuesday (March 11) in Indianapolis, Hunt placed 13^th in women's 1-meter diving with 217.05 points and 31^st in women's 3-meter diving with 197.10 points.
 
Hunt will compete in women's 1-meter diving on Wednesday at 10 a.m. (prelims) and 5:30 p.m. (finals), and in women's 3-meter diving at 10 a.m. (prelims) and 5:30 p.m. (finals).
 
In moving on to Day 1 of diving prelims, Hunt becomes the first Eagle to compete at the national meet at the preliminary level since Franci Aleksi and Amar Sapcanin did so in 2020 prior to nationals being canceled at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
Also on Tuesday, junior Joey Lenczyk, in his second year in the nationals qualifying round, finished tied for 29^th in the men's 3-meter diving with 205.40 points, and was 34^th in the men's 1-meter diving with 172.90 points.