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.