Gators Find Success at Zones, Qualifying Six for NCAA Championships

Wednesday, March 13

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Gators Find Success at Zones, Qualifying Six for NCAA Championships

Wednesday, March 13, 2024 | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving

By: Abby Wisecup

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Following the final day of the NCAA Diving Zone B action, the Florida diving squad qualified six Gators, as two qualified in the Men's Platform event on Wednesday in Athens, Ga.

All four Gators competing advanced to the finals, with Anton Svirskyi leading the way for Florida, registering a combined score of 731.90 to finish third overall. The senior's qualifying score also gave him an NCAA Championship qualification in the 1-Meter after finishing in the top-12 Monday afternoon.

Skip Donald secured two spots for himself as well, earning eighth place with a combined score of 679.40. The fifth-year diver will make his second-consecutive NCAA Championships appearance, qualifying in both Platform and in the 3-meter after placing in the top-12 on Tuesday.

Elisha Dees advanced to the afternoon session after finishing 10th with a 322.40 prelim score, while Conor Gesing just barely made the cut in 18th place (291.55). Both came up short of the top-10 qualifying spots, with Dees placing 13th with 648.00 and Gesing in 17th with a score of 610.05.

Hear from Head Diving Coach Bryan Gillooly
"Today was incredible for so many reasons. Not only did Anton and Skip get two more spots for us on platform but that also qualifies them both on a springboard event as well. This team really came together and showed tons of heart, never giving up and rising to the occasion when it counted most. Gator Nation can be very proud of this group of student athletes. That brings us to a total of four men and two women diving in twelve events at the NCAA Championships. That's a great accomplishment in itself. We are looking forward to finishing the season strong at nationals!"

Up Next
The women's swimming and diving team will return to Athens for the NCAA Women's Championships on March 20-23, while the men's team travels to Indianapolis on March 27-30.
Results from Wednesdays prelims and finals as well as the remaining schedule can be found below.

Event

Results

Men's Platform Finals

Elisha Dees

Round 1 – 43.50 / 365.90 | 14th Place
Round 2 – 52.80 / 418.70 | 13th Place
Round 3 – 59.40 / 478.10 | 12th Place
Round 4 – 62.70 / 540.80 | 13th Place
Round 5 – 44.20 / 585.00 | 17th Place
Round 6 – 63.00 / 648.00 | 13th Place

Skip Donald

Round 1 – 63.00 / 386.70 | 9th Place
Round 2 – 50.40 / 437.10 | 10th Place
Round 3 – 55.50 / 492.60 | 11th Place
Round 4 – 54.00 / 546.60 | 11th Place
Round 5 – 67.20 / 613.80 | 8th Place
Round 6 – 65.60 / 679.40 | 8th Place

Conor Gesing

Round 1 – 52.00 / 343.55 | 17th Place
Round 2 – 45.50 / 389.05 | 16th Place
Round 3 – 48.00 / 437.05 | 17th Place
Round 4 – 58.90 / 495.95 | 17th Place
Round 5 – 60.45 / 556.40 | 17th Place
Round 6 – 53.65 / 610.05 | 17th Place

Anton Svirskyi

Round 1 – 59.40 / 416.45 | 4th Place
Round 2 – 47.85 / 464.30 | 5th Place
Round 3 – 78.20 / 542.50 | 4th Place
Round 4 – 63.00 / 605.50 | 4th Place
Round 5 – 51.20 / 656.70 | 4th Place
Round 6 – 75.20 / 731.90 | 3rd Place

Men's Platform Prelims

Elisha Dees

Round 1 – 40.50 | 19th Place
Round 2 – 51.20 / 91.70 | 18th Place
Round 3 – 61.20 / 152.90 | 16th Place
Round 4 – 62.70 / 215.60 | 10th Place
Round 5 – 51.00 / 266.60 | 13th Place
Round 6 – 55.80 / 322.40 | 10th Place

Skip Donald

Round 1 – 63.00 / 386.70 | 9th Place
Round 2 – 50.40 / 437.10 | 10th Place
Round 3 – 57.00 / 172.50 | 7th Place
Round 4 – 36.00 / 208.50 | 13th Place
Round 5 – 68.80 / 277.30 | 7th Place
Round 6 – 46.40 / 323.70 | 9th Place

Conor Gesing

Round 1 – 53.30 | 11th Place
Round 2 – 40.30 / 93.60 | 16th Place
Round 3 – 57.00 / 150.60 | 17th Place
Round 4 – 38.75 / 189.35 | 17th Place
Round 5 – 55.80 / 245.15 | 17th Place
Round 6 – 46.40 / 291.55 | 18th Place

Anton Svirskyi

Round 1 – 44.55 | 18th Place
Round 2 – 72.60 / 117.15 | 8th Place
Round 3 – 42.50 / 159.65 | 13th Place
Round 4 – 63.00 / 222.65 | 8th Place
Round 5 – 72.00 / 294.65 | 4th Place
Round 6 – 62.40 / 357.05 | 4th Place

Number of Qualifying Spots Zone B:

Women
- 10 1-meter spots
  - Camyla Monroy
  - Carina Lumina
- 8 3-meter spots
  - - Camyla Monroy
  - Carina Lumina
- 7 platform spots
  - Camyla Monroy
Men
- 7 1-meter spots
- 7 3-meter spots
  - Peyton Donald
  - Skip Donald
- 10 platform spots
  - Anton Svirskyi
  - Skip Donald

Note: If diver qualifies in one of the events, they will only have to place in the top 12 in the other events to dive in those as well.

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