Arkansas freshman wins national championship

Arkansas freshman diver Brooke Schultz, left, is earning high marks for her father, Razorbacks coach Dale Schultz.

Arkansas freshman Brooke Schultz claimed the third diving individual national title in school history Friday with a school- and personal-record 399.45 in the 3-meter finals of the NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships in Columbus, Ohio.

Schultz, a two-time SEC champion, climbed back to win Arkansas’ second three-meter title and first since 1985 after trailing by 27.15 points with two dives to go.

She recorded her two best dives of the finals, scoring a 67.50 on a back 2 1/2- somersault pike, followed by a 72.00 on the inward 2 1/2-somersault pike to edge out Nevada’s Sharae Zheng, who scored a 394.95.

Schultz advanced to the finals, pacing the field in prelims with a score of 384.60.

Also competing in the 3-meter was fellow freshman Maha Amer. Amer scored a 318.90 in prelims to finish 13th and advance to the consolation round, where she scored a 280.05 to finish eighth in the event, 16th overall.

Robin Ford had won Arkansas' most recent national championship in the 3-meter in 1985. Karen Gorham won a national title in the 1-meter in 1981.