RESULTS

CLEVELAND, Miss. – The Delta State University Statesmen and Lady Statesmen Dive teams hosted the third annual Delta Dive Invitational this weekend with the Statesmen earning the win. The Lady Statesmen finished in third place. It is the final meet before the DSU Christmas Invitational to end the semester in December. Diving coach Kyle Friesenhahn was very pleased with the inivtiational. "I look at the entire meet as a success. Our divers were able to compete new dives against high-level competition, and had a great showing against many national qualifying divers from across the nation. I see this meet as a tune-up for the larger upcoming meets, and I am very excited to see what the rest of the year has in store for us. I want to thank the other schools who attended this meet, as they made the third edition of the Invite a very competitive and exciting environment. Coach Murray has done a great job of supporting the program and making it grow. I was very happy to see so many parents and students. Their support definitely helped energize the pool this weekend. Jawone did a great job working to refine his skills while competing some new, exciting dives this weekend. Kyle stepped up and is looking very sharp as we move to the second half of the season. I am proud of everyone's efforts this weekend and am excited for the rest of the year."
 
 
Off The Starting Blocks:

• Event: Delta Dive Invite
• Date/Time: November 22-24, 2019
• Location: Ronnie Mayers Aquatic Center
• Lady Statesmen: 58 points 3^rd place
• Statesmen: 119 points 1^st place
• Get Social: @DeltaStateSWD

 

RESULTS:
Women:
Lindenwood-91
West Florida-87
Delta State-59
Oklahoma Baptist-54
Maryville-16

Men:
Delta State-119
Lindenwood-31
Oklahoma Baptist-27

On The Boards:

• The Statesmen swept the one meter dive podium with Jawone Blankenship winning the event with a score of 499.80. This is the third event Blankenship has won this season. Kyle Weesner took second with a score of 442.15. Alex Burt took third with a score of 416.15. Hunter McCarter came in fifth with a score of 369.20
• The Statesmen took three of the top four spots as well in the three meter dive. Blankenship won the event with a score of 490.20 while Weesner had a score of 476.70 to take second and McCarter had a score of 405.80 to grab fourth.
• The highest finisher for the Lady Statesmen was Gillian Pratt in the one meter final. She finished with a score of 379.70 to finish in fifth. Madeline Prusinoski finished in ninth, Megan Black finished in thirteenth, and Grace Veselits came in fourteenth.
• In the three meter dives, Pratt came in fifth as well with a score of 374.94.  Prusinowksi came in tenth, Veselits came in twelfth and Black came in thirteenth.

 

Up Next: The Statesmen and Lady Statesmen are at home for the DSU Christmas Invitational at the end of the fall semester.