LSU freshman diver Cassie Weil earned two NCAA Honorable Mention All-American honors in the three-meter and platform events at the NCAA Women’s Championships in Indianapolis, Ind.
Weil’s score of 337.50 was good for an 11th-place finish on the three-meter event and made her LSU’s eighth All-American on the three-meter and diving coach Doug Shaffer’s 14th All-American. Weil finished fourth in the consolation final of the platform event with a score of 287.15 to become LSU’s 11th All-American on the platform.
Weil missed qualifying for the championship final by fewer than two points in the platform and fewer than five points in the three-meter.
“My congratulations go out to Cassie on her debut performance at the NCAA championships,” Shaffer said in a news release. “Although she narrowly missed the finals in two events, she leaves this championship a two-time NCAA All-American and the highest-scoring true freshman diver at the championships.”
The Lady Tigers finished 34th in the NCAA after accumulating 11 points. Georgia came away with the title for a fifth time.
LSU junior swimmer Torrey Bussey also competed at the NCAA championships and swam in the 100 breastroke (1:00.45), 200 breastroke (2:02.06) and 200 individual medley (2:00.14). Bussey enjoyed a career milestone as her 21st-place finish in the 100 breast was her highest NCAA finish.
The 200 medley relay team of Bussey, freshman Caley Oquist, junior Rainey White and sophomore Amber Carter came in 20th after posting a 1:38.66 during the second day of the meet.
“This was a great experience for these women who will take what they learned this week and pass everything on to their teammates,” said swimming coach Dave Geyer in a news release. “I couldn’t be prouder of these five women and what they accomplished this year.”