
Rutgers To Host NCAA Zone A Diving Championships
Mar 06 | Women's Swimming & Diving
PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- Rutgers diving is set to host the 2025 NCAA Zone A Diving Championships from March 10-12 at the Rutgers Aquatics Center at the Sonny Werblin Recreation Center. The meet will determine the zone's 2025 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships qualifiers.
Live results from the meet are available at DiveMeets.com, while the live stream information can be found at ScarletKnights.com.
Monday, March 11
Women's 3-meter Prelim A – 10 a.m.
Men's 1 -meter Prelim – Noon - 3 p.m.
Women's 3-meter B Prelim – 2:30 p.m.
Men's 1-meter Final – 3:30 p.m.
Women's 3-meter Final – 5 p.m.
Tuesday, March 11
Women's 1-meter A prelim: 10:15 a.m.
Men's 3-meter – Noon
Women's 1 M-meter B prelim – 3:00 p.m.
Men's 3-meter – 3:15 p.m.
Women's 1-meter final – 6 p.m.
Wednesday, March 12
Women's platform prelim – 9:30 a.m
Women's Platform final – 11:30 a.m.
Men's Platform Prelim – 2 p.m.
Men's Platform Final – 4 p.m.
2025 Number of Qualifying Spots Per Zone
* Any diver that is eligible to compete as noted above will be allowed to optionally enter any other event(s) at the championships, provided that the diver finished in the top 12 at the same zone meet and has achieved the zone qualifying score for that event prior to the NCAA championships.
Competition will include divers from Rutgers, Boston University, Brown, Bryant, Buffalo, Columbia, UConn, Cornell, Dartmouth, Delaware, Duquesne, Fairfield, Georgetown, George Washington, Harvard, Holy Cross, James Madison, Lafayette, LaSalle, Liberty, UMass, Marshall, Navy, Northeastern, Richmond, Rhode Island, Penn State, Pitt, Princeton, Sacred Heart, Seton Hall, St. Bonaventure, Towson, UMBC, Villanova, Virginia, Virginia Tech, West Virginia and Yale.
Scarlet Knights competing at Zones include:
1M – Katerina Hoffman, Holly Prasanto, Amelia Scott, Bailee Sturgill, Madilyn Varnum
3M – Sephora Ford, Katerina Hoffman, Holly Prasanto, Amelia Scott, Bailee Sturgill, Madilyn Varnum
Platform – Sephora Ford, Katerina Hoffman, Amelia Scott, Bailee Sturgill, Madilyn Varnum
Rutgers had three divers qualify for the evening session on 1M for the first time since 2017 as Bailee Sturgill led the Scarlet Knights in taking seventh overall on 1M with a score of 286.50 in her first-ever Big Ten appearance. The freshman qualified for finals after taking seventh in the preliminary round with a score of 277.55. Senior Holly Prasanto and freshman Katerina Hoffman both advanced to the consolation final. Prasanto was 3.35 points away from the top eight and finished prelims ninth with a score of 273.50. She went on to take sixth in the consolation final with a 275.05. Hoffman was 14th after the first round scoring a 267.70 and was third in the consolation final with a score of 285.10.
Hoffman returned to the evening session for the second straight day, qualifying for the 3M consolation finals. The freshman Scarlet Knight collected a score of 279.60 after the day's first six dives to place 14th out of the prelims. Hoffman placed eighth in the consolation round with a 269.35. Sturgill, who placed seventh on 1M, made another trip to the podium on platform to place eighth with a score of 251.25. She advanced after finishing eighth in prelims with a score of 265.30.
Junior Sephora Ford was also in the platform evening session, reaching the platform consolation finals, where she took third after totaling 244.70. In prelims, Ford scored 222.20, coming in 14th after five dives for her first Big Ten finals appearance.
1-Meter Diving (6 Dives)
1. Addison Walkowiak - 340.25 - 2018
2. Alyssa Black - 314.85 - 2015
3. Abigail Knapton - 313.13 - 2021
4. Giulia Vittorioso - 312.55 - 2022
5. Katerina Hoffman - 310.65 - 2024
6. Savana Trueb - 310.10 - 2022
7. Holly Prasanto - 304.05 - 2024
8. Erin Saunders - 302.70 - 2009
9. Bailee Sturgill - 297.30 - 2024
10. Nicole Scott - 296.92 - 2012
3-Meter Diving (6 Dives)
1. Addison Walkowiak - 369.05 - 2018
2. Abigail Knapton - 359.10 - 2022
3. Holly Prasanto - 353.55 - 2022
4. Alyssa Black - 352.43 - 2017
5. Nicole Scott - 342.95 - 2014
6. Katerina Hoffman - 333.65 - 2024
7. Amelia Scott - 331.95 - 2024
8. Bailee Sturgill - 330.65 - 2024
9. Jennifer Betz - 329.80 - 2011
10. Savana Trueb - 326.10 - 2022
Platform Diving (5 Dives)
1. Abigail Knapton - 333.25 - 2022
2. Bailee Sturgill - 313.45 - 2025
3. Sephora Ford - 302.50 - 2025
4. Savana Trueb - 295.60 - 2021
5. Nicole Scott - 295.10 - 2014
6. Addison Walkowiak - 290.95 - 2018
7. Giulia Vittorioso - 278.25 - 2023
8. Katerina Hoffman - 273.65 - 2024
9. Rachel Byrne - 265.90 - 2018
10. Jenna Douglass - 234.80 - 2022
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Live results from the meet are available at DiveMeets.com, while the live stream information can be found at ScarletKnights.com.
| SCHEDULE OF EVENTS |
Monday, March 11
Women's 3-meter Prelim A – 10 a.m.
Men's 1 -meter Prelim – Noon - 3 p.m.
Women's 3-meter B Prelim – 2:30 p.m.
Men's 1-meter Final – 3:30 p.m.
Women's 3-meter Final – 5 p.m.
Tuesday, March 11
Women's 1-meter A prelim: 10:15 a.m.
Men's 3-meter – Noon
Women's 1 M-meter B prelim – 3:00 p.m.
Men's 3-meter – 3:15 p.m.
Women's 1-meter final – 6 p.m.
Wednesday, March 12
Women's platform prelim – 9:30 a.m
Women's Platform final – 11:30 a.m.
Men's Platform Prelim – 2 p.m.
Men's Platform Final – 4 p.m.
| NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFICATIONS |
2025 Number of Qualifying Spots Per Zone
| Women | 1M | 3M | PL | MEN | 1M | 3M | PL |
| Zone A | 7 | 6 | 5 | Zone A | 4 | 5 | 5 |
* Any diver that is eligible to compete as noted above will be allowed to optionally enter any other event(s) at the championships, provided that the diver finished in the top 12 at the same zone meet and has achieved the zone qualifying score for that event prior to the NCAA championships.
| TEAM COMPETING |
Competition will include divers from Rutgers, Boston University, Brown, Bryant, Buffalo, Columbia, UConn, Cornell, Dartmouth, Delaware, Duquesne, Fairfield, Georgetown, George Washington, Harvard, Holy Cross, James Madison, Lafayette, LaSalle, Liberty, UMass, Marshall, Navy, Northeastern, Richmond, Rhode Island, Penn State, Pitt, Princeton, Sacred Heart, Seton Hall, St. Bonaventure, Towson, UMBC, Villanova, Virginia, Virginia Tech, West Virginia and Yale.
| RUTGERS DIVING |
Scarlet Knights competing at Zones include:
1M – Katerina Hoffman, Holly Prasanto, Amelia Scott, Bailee Sturgill, Madilyn Varnum
3M – Sephora Ford, Katerina Hoffman, Holly Prasanto, Amelia Scott, Bailee Sturgill, Madilyn Varnum
Platform – Sephora Ford, Katerina Hoffman, Amelia Scott, Bailee Sturgill, Madilyn Varnum
| RUTGERS DIVING AT BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS |
Rutgers had three divers qualify for the evening session on 1M for the first time since 2017 as Bailee Sturgill led the Scarlet Knights in taking seventh overall on 1M with a score of 286.50 in her first-ever Big Ten appearance. The freshman qualified for finals after taking seventh in the preliminary round with a score of 277.55. Senior Holly Prasanto and freshman Katerina Hoffman both advanced to the consolation final. Prasanto was 3.35 points away from the top eight and finished prelims ninth with a score of 273.50. She went on to take sixth in the consolation final with a 275.05. Hoffman was 14th after the first round scoring a 267.70 and was third in the consolation final with a score of 285.10.
Hoffman returned to the evening session for the second straight day, qualifying for the 3M consolation finals. The freshman Scarlet Knight collected a score of 279.60 after the day's first six dives to place 14th out of the prelims. Hoffman placed eighth in the consolation round with a 269.35. Sturgill, who placed seventh on 1M, made another trip to the podium on platform to place eighth with a score of 251.25. She advanced after finishing eighth in prelims with a score of 265.30.
Junior Sephora Ford was also in the platform evening session, reaching the platform consolation finals, where she took third after totaling 244.70. In prelims, Ford scored 222.20, coming in 14th after five dives for her first Big Ten finals appearance.
| RUTGERS RECORD BOOK |
1-Meter Diving (6 Dives)
1. Addison Walkowiak - 340.25 - 2018
2. Alyssa Black - 314.85 - 2015
3. Abigail Knapton - 313.13 - 2021
4. Giulia Vittorioso - 312.55 - 2022
5. Katerina Hoffman - 310.65 - 2024
6. Savana Trueb - 310.10 - 2022
7. Holly Prasanto - 304.05 - 2024
8. Erin Saunders - 302.70 - 2009
9. Bailee Sturgill - 297.30 - 2024
10. Nicole Scott - 296.92 - 2012
3-Meter Diving (6 Dives)
1. Addison Walkowiak - 369.05 - 2018
2. Abigail Knapton - 359.10 - 2022
3. Holly Prasanto - 353.55 - 2022
4. Alyssa Black - 352.43 - 2017
5. Nicole Scott - 342.95 - 2014
6. Katerina Hoffman - 333.65 - 2024
7. Amelia Scott - 331.95 - 2024
8. Bailee Sturgill - 330.65 - 2024
9. Jennifer Betz - 329.80 - 2011
10. Savana Trueb - 326.10 - 2022
Platform Diving (5 Dives)
1. Abigail Knapton - 333.25 - 2022
2. Bailee Sturgill - 313.45 - 2025
3. Sephora Ford - 302.50 - 2025
4. Savana Trueb - 295.60 - 2021
5. Nicole Scott - 295.10 - 2014
6. Addison Walkowiak - 290.95 - 2018
7. Giulia Vittorioso - 278.25 - 2023
8. Katerina Hoffman - 273.65 - 2024
9. Rachel Byrne - 265.90 - 2018
10. Jenna Douglass - 234.80 - 2022
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