Missouri
NCAA Zone D Diving Championships
Diving Qualifies Eight at NCAA Zone D Diving Championships
3/12/2026 12:05:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving, Swimming & Diving
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou diving wrapped up a successful run at the 2026 NCAA Zone D Diving Championships in Rec Center Natatorium at College Station, Texas. The Tigers earned 10 qualifications for diving at the NCAA Championships in Atlanta, Georgia.
Veteran senior Collier Dyer continued his dominance on the springboards into the zone competition. Dyer earned his bids in men's 3-meter diving with a 839.75 score and second place finish and in men's 1-meter diving through a 732.20 score and bronze finish.
Junior transfer Tanner Braunton helped lead the Tigers success with a pair of NCAA bids. Braunton finished seventh in men's 1-meter diving (660.30) and fifth in men's platform diving (738.40) to punch his tickets.
Two more Tigers from Mizzou's men's squad qualified for the Championships in men's platform diving. Tommaso Zanella took sixth (729.00) while Derek Colbert followed in seventh with a 699.55 score.
Mizzou's women's squad also qualified four divers for the NCAA Championships. Megan Jolly punched her ticket in women's 3-meter diving finishing sixth with a 616.50 score.
The platform diving success carried to the women's squad with three divers qualifying for the Championships. Freshman Jazzelle Eikermann Gregorchuk came in fourth in women's platform diving with a 543.30 score while Olivia Liddle and Mia Henninger followed in ninth and tenth. Liddle scored 490.00 to finish ninth, and Henninger came in tenth with a 488.80.
UP NEXT
The women's squad kicks off the postseason March 18-21 at the Women's NCAA Championships in Atlanta, Georgia at McAuley Aquatic Center. Competition will begin each day with prelims at 10 a.m. CT and conclude with finals at 6 p.m. Live results will be available via Meet Mobile and DiveMeets and streamed on ESPN+.
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