Columbia News

The University of Missouri diving team will travel to Colorado Springs this week to participate in the Air Force Diving Invitational. The event, which runs from Thursday, January 30 through Saturday, February 1, will take place at the Cadet Natatorium and features teams from Denver, Wyoming, Colorado Mesa, Northern Colorado, Colorado, Air Force, Brigham Young and California Baptist.

Preliminary rounds are scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Central Time on Thursday and Friday, with Saturday's prelims starting at 10:30 a.m. Finals for each day follow in the early afternoon. All results will be posted on DiveMeets. The meet will also be available via live stream on YouTube and the Mountain West Network.

Missouri is sending four women—Mia Henninger, Megan Jolly, Olivia Liddle and Gabriela San Juan Carmona—and four men—Derek Colbert, Deacon Colbert, Collier Dyer and Tommaso Zannellato—to compete.

Thursday’s events include men's 3-meter diving (streamed on YouTube) and women's 1-meter diving (available on Mountain West Network). Friday features men's 1-meter and women's 3-meter competitions. On Saturday, women compete in platform diving in the morning while men take part in platform events later that afternoon.

In their previous outing against McKendree and Missouri State, the Tigers swept all diving events. Collier Dyer won both the men's 1-meter (380.10 points) and 3-meter (404.48 points) events and was named SEC Diver of the Week. Mia Henninger secured first place in women's 3-meter with a score of 308.45 as a freshman. Megan Jolly took top honors in women's 1-meter with a score of 295.05.

Following this invitational meet, Missouri's swimming and diving teams are set to compete at the SEC Championships from February 17-22 in Athens, Georgia.