Schultz Sets New Record as Gamecocks Sweep Davidson

Columbia, S.C. – South Carolina’s divers swept the Davidson Wildcats on Saturday of their remaining dwelling occasion of the season. 4 Gamecocks picked up wins in every of the 4 occasions. Probably the most notable win of the day got here from graduate Brooke Schultz who set a brand new college document within the ladies’s 1-meter occasion.

Schultz, a local of Fayetteville, Arkansas, cemented her identify within the document books, scoring a 370.58 for the brand new document. The earlier document of 365.75 was set in 2018 by South African Olympian Julia Vincent throughout the SC Faculty Invitational. Schultz’s earlier career-high within the occasion was a 352.88 that she scored throughout the season opener versus Military.

The Gamecock ladies swept the rostrum of the 1-meter occasion with Schultz in first adopted by sophomores Sophie Verzyl and Blair Isenhour in second and third. Senior Josie Matalone positioned fifth within the occasion. Verzyl and Matalone each achieved new private greatest scores on the day.

Verzyl then went on to set one other new private greatest on the 3-meter springboard to win the occasion. Her rating of 402.90 was a brand new private greatest by an astonishing 47.32 factors. Her earlier profession excessive was a 355.58 achieved on the twin versus Military.

South Carolina once more claimed the highest three finishes with Verzyl being adopted by Schultz and Isenhour. Isenhour additionally achieved a brand new private greatest together with her rating of 326.55, 21.3 factors above her earlier excessive rating.

On the boys’s aspect, freshman Charley Bayer took the win within the 1-meter occasion, adopted in second by senior Manny Vazquez Bas. The 2 Gamecocks swapped locations within the 3-meter occasion with Vazquez Bas putting first and Bayer in second. The freshman set a brand new private greatest rating within the 3-meter occasion, including over 17 factors to his earlier profession excessive of 360.15 that he achieved throughout his Garnet & Black debut

South Carolina’s divers might be in motion subsequent on the SEC Championships, Feb. 14-18 in Faculty Station, Texas. The swimmers will spend time on the Virginia Tech Invitational Feb. 3-5 earlier than their look on the convention championships.

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Outcomes

Girls’s 1-meter

1 – Schultz – 370.58*

2 – Verzyl – 358.80*

3 – Isenhour – 275.10

5 – Matalone – 252.83*

Males’s 3-meter

1 – Vazquez Bas – 393.60

2 – Bayer – 387.53*

Girls’s 3-meter

1 – Verzyl – 402.90*

2 – Schultz – 395.85

3 – Isenhour – 326.55*

6 – Matalone – 228.30

Males’s 1-meter

1 – Bayer – 352.65

2 – Vazquez Bas – 342.23

* signifies private greatest rating