Day One Results
AUSTIN, Texas – The Illini diving team finished its first day of the Texas Hall of Fame Diving Invitational in Austin earlier today at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center. Sophomore Madelyn Crosby and Taylor Shegos, and freshman Erin Young all competed in the three-meter diving, the only event of the day.
The trio competed in the preliminaries, as Crosby dove her way into the finals of the three-meter. The Boerne, Texas, native had a six-dive total of 245.15 to take eighth place in the preliminaries, allowing her to move on in to the finals of the event. In the finals, Crosby placed seventh with a score of 244.70.
Young recorded a personal-best of 234.55 in the preliminaries, while Shegos totaled a 217.45, finishing in 10th and 11th place, respectively.
Action at the Texas Hall of Fame Diving Invitational resumes tomorrow with the one-meter dive beginning at 12:20 p.m. CT. The finals will be aired on the Longhorn Network
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