By: Ryan Hartwig (@RyanHartwig)
GreenBayPhoenix.com
IOWA CITY, Iowa (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - Green Bay divers Daniel Pogue (Chisholm, Minn.) and Mitchell Spaeth (Fredonia, Wis.) wrapped up their participation at the NCAA Zone 'D'
Diving Championships at the University of Iowa on Friday. Pogue capped off his
standout career by earning the highest Zones scores of any Phoenix diver in
both the 1-meter and 3-meter events.
Making
his fourth Zones appearance in as many years, Pogue qualified for finals on
both boards, placing 14th out of 18 finalists in Friday's 1-meter competition
after a 16th-place showing on the 3-meter board on Thursday. Pogue's totals of
606.15 (3-meter) and 580.85 (1-meter) were the highest in school history in the
Zones format. The finishes also matched those of his sophomore season, when he
also finished 14th (1-meter) and 16th (3-meter) respectively.
"The
good news is that Danny finished his stellar career by placing in the finals in
both events - the only Green Bay diver, male or female, to earn that
distinction," Phoenix diving coach Tom Stover said. "The not-so-good
news is that both events didn't go as well as we were hoping. Although the Zone
competition was extraordinarily strong again this year, both divers could have
placed much higher with their more typical dives."
This
year marked Spaeth's first career trip to Zones. The junior placed 24th in the
3-meter event with a score of 257.85 and 25th in the 1-meter competition with
245.05.
"In
his first Zones competition, Mitchell gained valuable experience competing in
this power-packed venue," Stover said. "It was good for him and should carry
over to his senior year next season. Another good sign for the future is that
Mitchell added a very difficult dive to his 1-meter list for the first time and
performed quite well."
Pogue
ends his Green Bay career as the school's record holder in both the 1-meter
(379.15) and 3-meter (352.20) - both set at the 2012 Horizon League
Championships. For his efforts, Pogue was named the Horizon League Diver of the
Meet for the second straight year, and was also named conference diver of the
week a league-record 16 times in his career.
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