2022 LSU Gumbo - Book - Page 24
Photos by Abby Kibler & Savanna Orgeron
The LSU swimming and diving team finished the 2022
NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships
with three All-American Honorable Mentions inside the
McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
LSU divers Montserrat Gutierrez Lavenant and Anne
Tuxen both finished the platform prelims in the top 16,
which qualified them for the consolation final. Gutierrez
Lavenant closed out NCAA’s with two All-American
honorable mentions and Tuxen finished with one.
In the consolation final, Gutierrez Lavenant finished in
sixth place with a final score of 257.80 and Tuxen closed
out her only event with an eighth-place finish and a score
of 243.10. Tuxen’s sister, Helle, also qualified for the NCAA
competition and finished the day with a 38th place finish
and a score of 227.10.
“I’m proud of the ladies’ efforts on the final day at the
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NCAA championships,” Head diving Coach Doug Shaffer
said. “While we came up a bit short of what I believe our
potential was, for Anne and Montse to achieve NCAA AllAmerican Honorable Mention honors is an outstanding
accomplishment.”
On the swimming side, Katarina Milutinovich closed out
her junior season with a chance to compete in three events
at NCAA’s. On Saturday, she swam in the 100-free and
finished in 43rd place with a time of 48.91.
The LSU men’s swim and dive team including Brooks
Curry, Juan Celaya-Hernandez and Adrian Abadia begin
their NCAA Championship journey this Thursday starting
with the one-meter springboard. Celaya-Hernandez will
compete on all three events and Abadia is set to compete on
both springboards.