Yanovska Shines On Platform At California Baptist Invite - University of Nevada Las Vegas Athletics

Friday, December 16

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University of Nevada Las Vegas

CBU Lancer Diving Invite

12/16/2022 6:04:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

RESULTS

The sophomore diver records her third NCAA Zone qualifying score of the season

MISSION VIEJO, Calif. (UNLVRebels.com) – UNLV men's and women's diving opened their weekend at California Baptist's Lancer Invite with three top-10 finishes in the platform event Friday at the Mission Viejo Nadadores Platform Center.

THE RUNDOWN – WOMEN:
*Junior Vika Yanovska led all Rebels with a second-place finish, tallying an NCAA Zone qualifying score of 236.55 in the platform finals. Her score was just 1.35 points shy of the school's top mark, while it also was the third event she has recorded an NCAA Zone qualifying dive in – along with the 1-meter and 3-meter springboards.

THE RUNDOWN – MEN:
*Coming in with one of the Scarlet & Gray's two top-10 men's platform finishes, junior Jamie Spilchak dove his way to a fourth-place score of 293.95.
*Sophomore Dima Tereshchenko followed just two spots away from Spilchak, taking sixth with a final score of 227.

UP NEXT: The Rebel divers now join their swimming counterparts back in Las Vegas for the start of the UNLV Invitational on Saturday at Jim Reitz Pool.