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Texas Hall of Fame Diving Invitational - Day 1
Windle earns second-place finish on 1-Meter at Diving Invite
11.14.2018 | Men's Swimming and Diving
Windle scored a 401.65 in the finals
AUSTIN, Texas – Sophomore diver Jordan Windle earned a second-place finish in the 1-meter finals of the Texas Hall of Fame Diving Invitational at the Texas Swimming Center on Wednesday afternoon.
Windle, who was named Big 12 Diver of the Week today, finished the day with a score of 401.65 points and a round average of 66.94. The sophomore used his final dive to throw an inward 2.5 somersault tuck for his best score (72.85) of the finals.
Junior Jacob Cornish finished six spots out of advancing to the final round with his 14th-place finish and 292.45 in the prelims. Cornish threw a round-best for himself with a reverse 2.5 somersault tuck that garnered 63.00 points in his fifth dive. Freshman Andrew Gawin-Parigini finished in 17th place in the prelim rounds. He had a round average of 47.24 in his first outing as a Longhorn at a Texas Diving Invite.
Zhipeng Zeng of Tennessee, the defending NCAA champion on platform, took first-place with a final score of 413.55. The 2018 Texas Hall of Fame Diving Invitational continues tomorrow for the men's 3-meter with prelims starting at 1 p.m. CT and finals at 6 p.m. CT. The finals will be televised on Longhorn Network.
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