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Ivory-Ganja wins three-meter event at UT Diving Invitational
11.21.2013 | Women's Swimming and Diving
Junior Emma Ivory-Ganja claims the first of three events contested this week.
AUSTIN, Texas – Texas junior Emma Ivory-Ganja led a quartet of Longhorns in the women's three-meter diving finals and won the event Thursday on day one of the UT Diving Invitational at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.
Ivory-Ganja (The Woodlands, Texas) trailed Hawaii's Lauren Hall through four of six rounds but passed Hall and cruised to victory with 362.55 points. Texas senior Maren Taylor, who competed in three-meter at last summer's FINA World Championships, took second with 351.80 points.
Ivory-Ganja used a strong pair of closing dives to earn the win. The UCLA transfer totaled 67.5 points with her forward, two-and-a-half somersault with one twist and finished strong with her inward, two-and-a-half somersault.
UT's Murphy Bromberg took fifth place overall with 331.10 points while Meghan Houston placed fifth with 319.80 points.
The UT women resume competition Friday with the one-meter diving preliminary round at 11 a.m. CT. The finals are set for 5 p.m. CT.
