COLUMBUS, Ohio – Two Blue Devil divers competed at the 2017 USA Diving National Championships this week, with sophomore Nathaniel Hernandez qualifying for finals in the men’s three-meter springboard event.
After finishing 14th in the one-meter preliminaries Tuesday, Hernandez returned to the boards in the three-meter preliminaries Wednesday. He was seventh in the preliminary round and then improved upon that score to take seventh in the event semifinals later that day (350.00).
In Friday evening’s final, Hernandez opened his list by scoring 55.50 points on a forward 2 ½ somersault. He topped the 65-point mark in the second round on a forward 3.