Ronald Seventh After Mizzou Invite Day One

COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Iowa State divers took to the three-meter board Thursday in the Mizzou Invitational. Sydney Ronald and Dana Liva both scored high enough in preliminary competition to advance to Thursday night's finals.

In the preliminary round, 33 divers took to the three-meter board, with the top-12 advancing to the finals. Liva and Ronald placed 10^th and 11^th respectively in prelims to secure a pair of slots in the finals. Katherine Mueller would end the day 25^th scoring 198.70.

The night round of diving showed improvement for both divers. Liva gained 7.70 points to earn a 252.35 total score. Ronald would elevate her score by over 35 points to a 277.00, just shy of the 280 Zone Championships mark. The improvement for Ronald pushed her up to seventh overall on the three-meter. Liva finished in 11^th.

"The divers, Sydney and Dana, did what they needed to this morning to get to finals," said diving coach Jeff Warrick. "I was also happy to see improvement in the finals round."

UP NEXT

The Cyclones will look to continue their success tomorrow on the one-meter springboard. Ronald will look to improve her Zone Championship qualifying score earned in the double dual last weekend, while Liva and Mueller hope to surpass that mark and punch their own tickets to Zones. The Cyclone swimmers will be back in action tomorrow in the Kansas Classic.

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