Aggies Conclude Zones with Five NCAA Qualifiers

IOWA CITY, Iowa – Texas A&M's Jaxon Bowshire, Rhett Hensley and Else Praasterink secured spots at NCAA Championships on platform as competition concluded at NCAA Zone D Diving Championships Wednesday. On the week, five Aggie divers qualified for NCAAs. 
 
Bowshire and Hensley impressed in the platform final as Bowshire took the top spot with a total score of 875.20 and Hensley earned third with a score of 788.80. With their qualifying finishes on platform, each diver added the 1-meter for NCAA Championships after notching top-12 scores Monday evening.
 
Praasterink used a fifth-place score of 613.60 on platform to add a second event for NCAAs after punching her ticket on 3-meter earlier in the week.
 
Matthew Aigner and Chloe McKnight were also in action in the platform finals. Aigner placed 12^th with a score of 677.15, while McKnight's score of 461.25 put her in 18^th. 
 
Allen Bottego qualified for NCAAs on both springboards earlier in the week and Mayson Richards will also join her teammates at NCAAs after punching her ticket on the 1-meter Tuesday night. 
 
Praasterink and Richards have a quick turnaround for women's NCAA Championships, which begins Wednesday, March 19 and runs through Saturday, March 22. Bottego, Bowshire and Hensley prepare for the men's championships March 26-29. Both meets will be held at Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatics Center in Federal Way, Washington. 
 
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