Men's Swimming & Diving
Chase Lane - Men's Swimming & Diving - University of Kentucky Athletics

ChaseLane

  • position Diver
  • height 5-9
  • class Junior
  • Hometown Tallahassee, Fla.
  • Major Kinesiology
  • High school Lawton Chiles High School

Top Scores:
1-meter: 372.60 (2019 SEC Championships, 2/19/19)
3-meter: 389.90 (2020 SEC Championships, 2/18/20)
Platform: 424.65 (2019 SEC Championships, 2/23/19)
 
Career Notes:

  • 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier 
  • 2021 SEC Men’s Swimming and Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year
  • 2021 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipient 
  • 2021 All-America Honorable Mention on 1-Meter
  • ^2020 All-America on 1-Meter Springboard, Platform
  • 2020 USA Diving High Performance Squad
  • 2019, 2020 All-SEC Second Team
  • 2019, 2020 SEC Silver Medalist on Platform
  • 2019, 2020, 2021 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
  • 2019 CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention
  • 2018, 2020, 2021 CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team
  • 2018, 2021 NCAA Qualifier
  • 2018 SEC Male Freshman Diver of the Year
  • 2018 SEC All-Freshman Team
  • 2018 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

In the Record Book:

  • No. 2 on 10-meter (2019)
  • No. 7 on 1-meter (2019)
  • No. 8 on 3-meter (2020)

2020-21 (Senior): 2021 U.S. Olympic Diving Trials finalist on the 10-meter platform, finishing 11th with a score of 1085.50 … Finished fifth on both the 1-meter springboard (353.50) and 10-meter platform (345.50), as well as seventh on the 3-meter springboard (386.75), at the 2021 SEC Championships … Placed ninth on the 1-meter springboard at the NCAA Championships with a score of 354.25, also competing on the 10-meter platform (297.00) … Dove to seventh on the platform (706.90) and 12th on the 1-meter (613.45) at the NCAA Zone C Championships … Won the platform (416.10) and was the runner-up on the 1-meter (330.85) and 3-meter (372.15) at the Missouri Invitational … Placed first on the 1-meter against Louisville (348.68) and Tennessee (352.88) … Earned the Wildcat of the Year of the Award, Captain’s Award, Team Spirit Award, and the Mike Lyden MVP Award at the program’s annual awards banquet … Named the 2021 SEC Men’s Swimming and Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year … Selected as a recipient of the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship … Named to SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll … Named to the CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team.

2019-20 (Junior): Selected to the All-SEC Second Team for the second straight season … Scored 76 individual points at the 2020 SEC Championships, earning finals appearances on all three disciplines … He earned his second straight silver medal on platform with a score of 403.65, he finished in sixth place on the 1-meter springboard with a score of 333.70, and he finished in sixth place on the 3-meter springboard with a score of 364.20, after scoring a personal record 389.90 points during preliminaries … Lost an opportunity to compete for a bid to the 2020 NCAA Championships because the 2020 NCAA Zone C Diving Championships were canceled due to the COVID-19 public health threat … Named to the CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team … Named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll. 

2018-19 (Sophomore): Selected to the All-SEC Second Team … Scored points at the SEC Championships on platform and 1-meter … There, posted 341.85 points to finish seventh overall on 1-meter and recorded 424.65 points to earn a silver medal on platform … He set career-best times on 1-meter and platform at the SEC Championships, including scoring a 372.60 mark during 1-meter prelims and 424.65 points on platform finals … Lane also set a personal best on 3-meter this season, recording a 371.40 mark at the Miami Diving Invite in December … Received the Most Improved Diver honor at the end of year banquet … Named CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention … Named to SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.
 
2017-18 (Freshman): Named the SEC Male Freshman Diver of the Year and selected to SEC All-Freshman Team … Scored on all three disciplines at the SEC Championships, including qualifying for the championship final on the men’s platform … Placed fifth overall on platform, posting a season-high score of 419.10 … Placed 13th overall on 1-meter a the SEC Championships with a score of 321.50 … Finished 16th on 3-meter, posting a 334.15 … Qualified for the NCAA Championships after finishing seventh on platform at the Zone C Diving Championships … Finished 36th overall on platform at the NCAA Championships with a score of 282.20 … Named to CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team … Named to SEC First-Year Honor Roll.

Prior to UK: Three-time Florida High School 3A State Champion on 1-meter … Leon County Wendy’s Heisman Award winner in 2016 … Helped Lawton Chiles to a Florida State Title in 2016 … Competed for Moss Farms Diving Club …  Previously was a competitive gymnast before taking up diving.

Personal: Parents are Lori and Greg Lane … Has two siblings, Mackenzie and Forrest.

^The CSCAA board adjusted the All-America selection criteria to recognize a group of individuals who would have had the opportunity to compete for All-America status at the canceled 2020 NCAA Championships.

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