PISCATAWAY, N.J. – After earning a qualifying spot for the NCAA’s yesterday in the three-meter event with a second-place finish, Mikey McDonald came back to win the one-meter event on Saturday at the Zone A Diving Championships at the Rutgers Aquatic Center.

McDonald took first with a final score of 693.20, accounting for both the preliminary and final scores added together. Daniel Martin took sixth-overall with a score of 588.25, while Logan Shinholser finished 10^th with a score of 580.55. The men earned three of the top-10 spots among 41 competitors.

Cara Murnan led the women in the three-meter event, placing fifth-overall with a score of 554.50. The H₂Okies placed four in the final 15 spots among 45 competitors, as Sarah Milton finished eighth, Sara Mokhtari took 11^th and Carissa Santora finished 14^th.

“We represented Virginia Tech very strongly today,” said head diving coach Ron Piemonte. “We did a really nice job in having seven finalists on both sides combined. Though we didn’t get any new NCAA qualifiers today, we’re looking forward to a solid day in the platform events tomorrow.”