July 16, 2011
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Sophomore Greg Ferrucci won the men’s one-meter diving competition Saturday at the 2011 USA Diving National Preliminaries Zone A in Christiansburg, Va., furthering his already impressive showing en route to competing in The AT&T National Diving Championships.
Ferrucci, a sophomore from Huntersville, N.C., who was named the Southeastern Conference Male Freshman Diver of the Year, entered the finals of the competition in second place with a score of 330.00. Ferrucci rose to the occasion in the finals though, recording a score of 336.55 to win the contest. Ferrucci had already qualified for the national championships when he finished in third place on the men’s three-meter board Friday.
Ferrucci wasn’t the only Kentucky male diver recording impressive performances. Sophomore John Fox, who missed the 2010-11 season due to a year-long injury, finished in eighth place on the men’s one-meter board. The top five divers in each competition qualify for the national championships. Fox entered the finals in eighth place after a score of 296.55 in the preliminaries. Despite raising his score to 302.40, the Littleton, Colo., native remained in eighth place in the finals.
Lisa Faulkner, who concluded her career with the Wildcats in the spring and won the women’s one-meter board competition on Friday, finished in 14th place on the women’s three-meter board on Saturday. Faulkner scored a 213.60.
Competition will continue Sunday with the men’s and women’s platform. The AT&T National Diving Championships will be held at the campus of UCLA from Aug. 6-14.
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Kentucky results at the USA Diving National Preliminaries Zone A
Women’s three-meter board
Lisa Faulkner – 213.60 (14th place after preliminaries)
Men’s one-meter board
Greg Ferrucci – 330.00 (2nd after preliminaries)
Greg Ferrucci – 336.55 (1st after finals)
John Fox – 296.65 (8th after preliminaries)
John Fox – 302.40 (8th after finals)
Corey Cowger – 273.55 (17th after preliminaries)
Zack Peterson – 246.45 (26th after preliminaries)
