SMU had two strong standouts at the Zone Diving Championships this past weekend at Texas A&M’s campus in College Station.

Junior divers Matthew Culbertson and Audra Egenolf both earned a spot at the NCAA Championships They each qualified for the 1M, 3M and Platform dives.

Culbertson earned a score of 534.1 in the platform and came in ninth place. He placed fourth in the 1M with a score of 676.55, and in the 3M his score of 739.70 gave him a sixth place finish.

Egenolf’s score of 538.45 in the 1M gave her a seventh place finish. She came in eighth in the 3M and had an impressive second place finish with a score of 503.40 in the platform.

Senior Britney Yancey was only three points away from earning another trip to the championships. Her score of 603.00 in the 3M gave her a ninth place finish.

This will be Culbertson’s first appearance at the NCAA Championships and Enegolf’s  third.

The men’s championships will be held at the Ohio State campus March 25-27, and the women’s will be at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. March 18-20.