Official Site of the Sun Devils · Mar 20, 2016
Aiacoboae Places 3rd in Platform at NCAA Championships
Courtesy: Sun Devil AthleticsATLANTA -- Sophomore diver Mara Aiacoboae made the podium on Saturday evening at the NCAA Diving Championships in Atlanta, Ga. with a third-place finish in the 10-meter platform event.
The Romania-native improved on her fourth-place finish from 2015, earning a score of 289.10 to be named a first-team All-American for the second-straight year.
Aiacoboae entered the finals in fourth place after scoring a 286.60 in the prelims, behind Stanford's Lillian Hinrichs.
While she moved ahead of Hinrichs by meets end, she had Northwestern's Olivia Rosendahl right on her heels -- who ended up finishing less than four points behind Aiacoboae.