Lopes take 9 top-3 finishes at Lumberjack Invite

Friday, November 17

Flagstaff, Ariz.

Grand Canyon

NAU Diving Invitational

Photo by: Nathan Peters

11/20/2023 10:45:00 AM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving

Poole, Bak secure zone cuts in meet at Northern Arizona

By: Nathan Peters

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - The Grand Canyon men's and women's diving team completed the Lumberjack Diving Invite with nine top-3 finishes over the weekend.

The Lopes got off to a great start Friday when Isaac Poole, Reece Robles and Bryce Porter took the top three spots in the 3-meter competition.

Poole finished the weekend with three zone cut scores. The senior scored 323.25 points on Friday to get the win.

Saturday's 1-meter competition was once again highlighted by Poole with his first-place score of 314.55 points to secure his second zone cut. In addition, Porter secured his second third-place finish of the weekend.

To close the weekend, Sunday's standings on platform included Poole (first), Porter (second), and Robles (third).

On the women's side, Shiori Bak took third place in the platform competition with 30 athletes competing. Bak scored 233.55 points.

Poole now has all of his zone cuts (1- and 3-meter and platform), and Bak has her platform cut.

Following the platform finals, the men's diving team competed in the diving relay. The event included three-diver teams performing two dives on 1-meter, two dives on 3-meter and two dives on platform. The Lopes men included Poole, Robles, and Luke Struiksma and scored 307.4 points in their first-place finish.

"I'm proud of all our divers," GCU head diving coach Daniel Fecteau said. "This competition gave us a great opportunity to try some new dives, learn from them and learn more about ourselves."

The Lopes diving squad will join the swimming team at the Miami (Ohio) Midseason Invitational from Nov. 30–Dec. 2.