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Women's Swimming & Diving

Nevada divers qualify for NCAA Championship

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. - Nevada concluded NCAA Zone E championship Wednesday afternoon. Divers Melissa Mirafuentes and Laura Isabel Vazquez Lopez will represent the Pack in the NCAA Championship. 

Vazquez and Mirafuentes qualified in the platform event after a seventh-place finish, with a score of 528.60 points, and eighth place, with 517.70 points. 

Both divers also made appearances in the 3-meter and 1-meter springboard. Mirafuentes picked 11th place in the 3-meter with a score of 588.45 and a 10th place finish in the 1-meter with a 552.60. Vazquez finished right behind Mirafuentes in the 3-meter with 582.90 points, while the Guadalajara, Mexico native placed 13th (540.45 points) in the 1-meter. 

Bailey Heydra also represented the Pack in the 3-meter and 1-meter springboard. Heydra finished in ninth place with 593.30 points in the 3-meter and 16th in the 1-meter with 527.45 points. 

Vazquez and Mirafuentes will join Benedict Nagy in the championships March 15-18 at Allan Jones Aquatic Center in Knoxville, Tennessee.
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Players Mentioned

Bailey Heydra

Bailey Heydra

Diver
Sophomore
Benedict Nagy

Benedict Nagy

IM / Breaststroke
5' 6"
Senior
Laura Isabel Vazquez Lopez

Laura Isabel Vazquez Lopez

Diver
5' 5"
Fifth Year
Melissa Mirafuentes

Melissa Mirafuentes

Diver
Senior

Players Mentioned

Bailey Heydra

Bailey Heydra

Sophomore
Diver
Benedict Nagy

Benedict Nagy

5' 6"
Senior
IM / Breaststroke
Laura Isabel Vazquez Lopez

Laura Isabel Vazquez Lopez

5' 5"
Fifth Year
Diver
Melissa Mirafuentes

Melissa Mirafuentes

Senior
Diver