A&M?s Henschel nabs runner-up finish in 3m dive

Men's Swimming and DivingNovember 21, 2014

A&M?s Henschel nabs runner-up finish in 3m dive

Tyler Henschel, from Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada, went toe-to-toe with Stanford's Kristian Ipsen, but the three-time NCAA diving champion emerged victorious.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas --- For the second straight day, Texas A&M redshirt freshman diver Tyler Henschel flirted with a huge upset but settled for runner-up honors in the three-meter dive at the 2014 Art Adamson Invitational on Friday.

The Aggies climbed to third in the team standings with 306 points, trailing Stanford (1,107 points) and LSU (410). Rounding out the field is Grand Canyon, Arizona State, SMU and TCU.

Henschel, from Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada, went toe-to-toe with Stanford's Kristian Ipsen, but the three-time NCAA diving champion emerged victorious. Ipsen took the win with a 415.90 point total, while Henschel took second with a score of 404.15. Sophomore teammate Zachary Stockton took sixth with a score of 336.15.

In the pool, senior Hayden Duplechain, from College Station, earned an NCAA “B” cut while placing sixth in the 400 IM in a time of 3:54.33.

Also earning spots in Championship finals, in addition to Duplechain, were junior Antoine Marc in the 200 free (5^th, 1:37.87) and junior Alexandros Theocharidis in the 100 back (5^th, 49.17).

The Aggies opened the meet with an eighth-place finish in the 200 medley relay with the foursome of freshman Brock Bonetti, Marc, freshman Justin Morey and sophomore Jacob Gonzales finishing in 1:30.34. A&M closed the day with a sixth place finish in the 800 free relay with the quartet of sophomore Turker Ayar, junior Mateo Muzek, senior Luke Shaw and Marc touching in 6:36.69.