Best of '19-'20: Knight Wins SEC Diving Title
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Earning a 2020 U.S. Olympic trials cut, career high and gold medal, Kentucky’s Kyndal Knight is the Southeastern Conference Diving Champion on the 3-meter springboard. Meanwhile, the University of Kentucky men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams also collected a bronze medal and broke two more school records on the third night of the 2020 SEC Championships on Feb. 20.
Knight recorded the second-best score in program history on the 3-meter springboard (353.75) Thursday night, winning Kentucky’s first gold medal in a diving event since 2007. The sophomore outscored second place by more than seven points, and she improved her career high by more than nine points.
Knight, the reigning SEC Co-Female Freshman Diver of the Year, has improved on this discipline all year, resetting her career best on the 3-meter springboard three times this season. She has recorded a remarkable 10 first-place finishes on the springboard in dual meets this season, including sweeping the springboard events at three meets in 2019-20…Read More
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March 18: Roper Drops 30 Points on Winthrop
March 19: Men’s Tennis Upsets No. 17 Alabama
March 20: Volleyball Rallies Past Florida
March 23: Women’s Golf Wins Second Straight
March 24: MBB Wins OT Thriller at Texas Tech
March 25: Women’s Soccer Runs Unbeaten Streak to Seven
March 26: Collett Collects 100th Career Hit
March 27: Steiner Wins SEC 200
March 30: Rifle Sets School-Record Score
March 31: Gymnastics Rolls Past No. 8 Missouri
April 1: Softball Blanks No. 7 Minnesota
April 2: Zhang Wins SEC Diving Title
April 3: Quickley Scores 30 in Win at A&M
April 6: Fields Places Fifth in SEC Meet
April 7: Ekholm Sets High Jump Record
April 8: Garrison Records 100th Win
April 9: Rhodes’ Walk-Off Homer Tops Murray State
April 10: Seidt Sets Second-Best 200 Time
April 13: Hamilton’s 67 Leads Men’s Golf to Third Place Finish
April 14: No. 1 Rifle Wins at No. 3 West Virginia
April 15: Women’s Tennis Upsets Texas A&M
