USC’s divers are back in familiar territory this week, with the Trojans set to welcome a loaded field to the Uytengsu Aquatics Center for the Trojan Diving Invitational from Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 12-14.
The home meet brings together USC, Cal State Bakersfield, Colorado, UCLA, San Diego, Pepperdine and California for three days of action across the 1-meter, 3-meter and platform boards. A team event is also on the Friday schedule.
Each session will stream on Big Ten Plus (B1G+), and results will be posted at DiveMeets.com.
The meet opens at 11 a.m. PT each day with men’s and women’s preliminaries running side by side.
Thursday starts with men’s 3-meter and women’s 1-meter, then moves into men’s platform and women’s 3-meter on Friday. Saturday closes with men’s 1-meter and women’s platform.
The finals schedule is packed tightly around those prelims. Thursday’s championship round begins with men’s 3-meter at 12:05 p.m., followed by women’s 1-meter at 1 p.m.
Friday features men’s platform finals at 12:20 p.m., women’s 3-meter finals at 1 p.m. and the team event at 2:20 p.m. On Saturday, men’s 1-meter finals are set for noon and women’s platform finals for 12:40 p.m.
USC comes into the invitational with junior Kate Miller carrying the hottest hand in the group. She swept all three women’s diving events at last weekend’s quad meet against Arizona, Arizona State and UCLA, winning the 1-meter with 289.00 points, the 3-meter with 357.85 and platform with 310.00. Her 3-meter margin was especially eye-opening, as she finished more than 80 points clear of the runner-up.
The men also gave USC a lift last weekend. Freshman Ruben Del Prado Puente placed second on platform with 313.45 points and third on 3-meter with 352.70, while sophomore Valentino Nieto added a third-place finish on platform with 298.05. That mix of results gives the Trojans some momentum as they stay home for another weekend of competition.
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