Jan. 17, 2017
San Diego State junior Alexandra Caplan has earned MW Women's Diver of the Week honors for competition ending on January 15, 2017. It is the second accolade for Caplan this season and the sixth of her career.
Caplan, a junior from Mission Viejo, Calif. (Mission Viejo HS), was the top overall finisher at the UCLA Diving Invitational from Friday, January 13-Sunday, January 15.
She placed third in the 3-meter springboard with a preliminary score of 313.45 and a finals mark of 282.40 on Friday. Both are NCAA Zone-qualifying marks.
Caplan posted the fifth-best platform score of the season in the MW with a 225.40 in the prelims and followed with a 224.55 in the finals on Saturday. The prelim mark qualifies her for NCAA Zones.
She wrapped up the meet with a third-place finish in the 1-meter springboard on Sunday. She scored a 291.00 in the prelims and a 293.70 in the finals, both are NCAA Zone-qualifying marks.
Up next for the Aztec divers and swimmers is a trip across town to face the University of San Diego in their final dual meet of the 2016-17 season on Friday, Jan. 20, at 1:00 p.m. at USD's Sports Center Pool.