Lancer Invite brings great results for GCU

Saturday, October 16

Riverside, Calif.

10 a.m.

Grand Canyon

Lancer Diving Invitational

10/16/2021 3:55:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving

Lancer Dive Invite Final Results

Mcknight wins 1- and 3-meter events; Poole earns 2 NCAA zone qualifying scores

By: Chelsie Davidson

The Grand Canyon men's and women's diving team competed Saturday at the Lancer Invite against host California Baptist, UC San Diego, and Air Force with the Lopes getting two first-place finishes from sophomore Lizzy Mcknight and two NCAA zone qualifying scores by sophomore Isaac Poole.

In the women's 1-meter springboard, Mcknight won the event alongside CBU's Kiree Lowe, as each earned a score of 237.75. GCU junior Abigail Erickson placed fourth with a mark of 233.70 and freshman teammate Reagan Fulton was 12th with 163.05.

Poole won the men's 1-meter event with a final score of 329.85 points for his first NCAA zone qualifying score. He also finished more than 20 points ahead of the defending WAC Men's Diver of the Year in CBU's Evan Honer.

Sophomores Reece Robles and Nicholas Gunn earned seventh- and eighth-place finishes, respectively, for the Lopes in the 1-meter event. Robles finished with a score of 259.88, while Gunn earned a mark of 256.73.

Mcknight earned her second win of the afternoon on the 3-meter springboard with a score of 265.65 for her second NCAA zone qualifying score of the season while Erickson came in second with 245.85 points.

Fulton finished with 221.03 points while freshman Shiori Bak placed eighth with 216.38.

For the men, Poole also earned a second-place finish at 3 meters with a score of 323.85 for his second NCAA zone qualifying score of the afternoon. Poole battled with Honer once again but came up exactly five points shy of winning.

Gunn took home third with a score of 266.85 points while Robles followed in fourth with 255.00 points.

"I though both the men and women did well particularly in this early season invite highlighted by Lizzy's wins," said Hunter Shafer head diving coach. "Isaac did great winning against the WAC champion last year on 1 meter and a close second on 3 meter. All the divers did well giving us an overall team win. I am very happy with the event."

Next, the Lopes will travel to Loyola Marymount for a tri-meet with Seattle U. The two-day event will start Friday at noon in Los Angeles.