3-Meter Dive Results | 1-Meter Dive Results (Friday)

CHICAGO – Three Saint John's divers finished the two-day NCAA Central Regional on Saturday, Feb. 25, on the University of Chicago campus.

Senior Jack Grabinski (Sauk Rapids, Minn./Sauk Rapids-Rice) placed sixth (440.65) out of 32 divers in the 3-meter dive and sophomore Eli Grabinski (Sauk Rapids, Minn./Sauk Rapids-Rice) was directly behind in seventh (440.20). Senior Connor Reed (Elk River, Minn./Spectrum) was 25th (385.55).

The NCAA Central Regional was allocated nine male spots (down one from last year's 10) in each dive for the 2023 NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships held March 15-18 at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, N.C.

Based on the selection criteria (see below), Jack Grabinski just missed the nine NCAA bids and will be the first alternate for the national meet. 

1. First-place finishers from each board will be selected, using two of the allocated spots. If the same person finishes first on both boards, only one allocation will be used for that athlete.

2. Next, second-place finishers from each board will be selected, using two of the allocated spots. If the same person finishes second on both boards, or one/both of the athletes have already been selected, only one or no allocations will be used.

3. This will continue with each finishing spot (third, fourth, fifth, etc.) until all the allocated spots have been assigned for each of the four regions.

4. If there is one allocation left and two divers who have not been selected are up for qualification, finishing in the same ranking on each board, the committee will use the divers combined score made up of their 1-meter and 3-meter scores. The competitor who has the highest score will be invited to the meet, earning the final allocation. Grabinski earns the tie-breaker over Ohio Northern's Holden Cubberley for 10th with a combined score of 867.1-858.

Of the five student-athletes who finished in the top nine in both diving events this weekend, only Eli (seventh on both) and Jack (ninth and sixth) were the only two that did not earn one of the nine NCAA bids.