Six Vols, Lady Vols to Compete at Zone Championships

AUBURN, Ala. – Tennessee kicks off the 2025 NCAA Zone B Diving Championships this weekend at Auburn's James E. Martin Aquatics Center, where six UT divers will look to qualify for the NCAA Championships later this month.

The zone championships will begin Sunday, March 9, and conclude Wednesday, March 12. The meet will not be streamed online, but live results of each event can be found on DiveMeets.com.

Five of the six divers will compete in at least two events throughout the meet, while four Vols and Lady Vols will take on all three disciplines. On the men's side, Bennett Greene, Owen Redfearn and Nick Stone will dive in all three events, while Maddie Reese will do the same for the women's team. Lynae Shorter will take on both springboards, and Ava Boyer will compete on platform.

Throughout the week, more than 100 divers will participate in the zone championships. The top nine women on 1-meter will punch their ticket to NCAAs, while seven spots are up for grabs for both 3-meter and platform. The men have seven open slots for NCAAs on 1-meter, eight on 3-meter and six available for platform. However, as long as an individual qualifies for one event, they just have to earn a top-12 placement in another event to qualify for the NCAA Championships.

The number of open positions for each zone is dependent on how well divers from a particular zone perform at NCAAs the season prior, so results from the 2024 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships were used to determine the number of positions open for Zone B on each board this season.

Last year, Shorter and Stone each advanced from Zones to the NCAA Championships.

QUALIFYING SPOTS
Women
1-meter – 9
3-meter – 7
Platform – 7

Men
1-meter – 7
3-meter – 8
Platform – 6

Sunday, March 9
11 a.m. CT – Men's 1-meter prelims
1:30 p.m. CT – Men's 1-meter finals

Monday, March 10
11 a.m. CT – Women's 1-meter prelims
1:45 p.m. CT – Women's 1-meter finals
3:45 p.m. CT – Men's 3-meter prelims
6 p.m. CT – Men's 3-meter finals

Tuesday, March 11
11 a.m. CT – Women's 3-meter prelims
1:30 p.m. CT – Women's 3-meter finals
3:30 p.m. CT – Men's Platform prelims
5:15 p.m. CT – Men's Platform finals

Wednesday, March 12
11 a.m. CT – Women's Platform prelims
12:30 p.m. CT – Women's Platform finals

TENNESSEE PERSONAL BESTS
Ava Boyer
Platform – 232.65

Bennett Greene
1-meter – 386.93
3-meter – 416.85
Platform – 343.15

Owen Redfearn
1-meter – 324.30
3-meter – 374.18
Platform – 368.00

Maddie Reese
1-meter – 276.08
3-meter – 320.15
Platform – 310.15

Lynae Shorter
1-meter – 293.18
3-meter – 313.55

Nick Stone
1-meter – 356.85
3-meter – 362.25
Platform – 372.25

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Players Mentioned

Ava Boyer

Bennett Greene

Owen Redfearn

Maddie Reese

Lynae Shorter

Nick Stone

University of Tennessee Athletics