University of Massachusets Athletics
Bell Readies For U.S. Diving Olympic Trials
June 20, 2024 | Men's Swimming & Diving
The rising junior will make his debut in Knoxville, Tenn., on Friday, June 21 in the three-meter preliminary round.
AMHERST, Mass. ā University of Massachusetts rising junior Andrew Bell will compete in the 2024 U.S. Individual Diving Events Olympic Trials in the three-meter event beginning on Friday, June 21, in Knoxville, Tennessee. The preliminaries start on at 10 a.m., with the semifinals at 5 p.m. on Friday, while the finals will be held on Sunday, June 23, at approximately 1:52 p.m.
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The preliminary events will be streamed on Peacock, while the semifinals and finals coverage will be on NBC and Peacock.
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In the preliminary round of the three-meter, each individual will perform their list of dives and the top 18 finishers by score will advance to the semifinals. With the score reset to zero in the semifinals, all 18 athletes will execute their list of dives once and the top 12 finishers will continue to the finals. Performing their dives once again in the finals, the top one or two finishers by a cumulative score from both the semifinals and finals will be nominated to the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team.
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Bell claimed first place in 18 diving events across both the one-meter and three-meter boards, while breaking school all-time and pool records several times throughout the season. Earlier in the year, Bell set a school record, as well as a Joseph R. Rogers, Jr. Pool record in the one-meter with a score of 409.05 on January 6. Bell also broke the three-meter record three times this season, before setting on a personal-best 461.40 on February 10. He was named the Atlantic 10 Diver of the Year and became only the second diver in UMass men's swimming and diving history to qualify for the NCAA Swim & Dive Championships after scoring a 730.80 (12-dive) to take fifth in the one-meter, and a 664.80 (12-dive) in the three-meter to place eighth at the NCAA Zone A Championships.
While at the NCAA Championships, Bell finished 20th in the three-meter event, marking the highest finish for a UMass men's diver in program history. Bell's place in the three-meter dive is the highest finish for either the men's or women's team since Emma Roush placed 15th in the one-meter dive in 2017. In the three-meter dive, he recorded a six-dive total of 350.70 in the event trials. During the one-meter diving trials, the Bell scored a 280.80 to earn 42nd on the day.
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At the conclusion of the season, Bell landed on the 2023-24 College Sports Communicators' Academic All-America Second Team, becoming the third Minutemen in program history to earn the honor and first men's diver to achieve the status.
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The preliminary events will be streamed on Peacock, while the semifinals and finals coverage will be on NBC and Peacock.
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In the preliminary round of the three-meter, each individual will perform their list of dives and the top 18 finishers by score will advance to the semifinals. With the score reset to zero in the semifinals, all 18 athletes will execute their list of dives once and the top 12 finishers will continue to the finals. Performing their dives once again in the finals, the top one or two finishers by a cumulative score from both the semifinals and finals will be nominated to the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team.
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Bell claimed first place in 18 diving events across both the one-meter and three-meter boards, while breaking school all-time and pool records several times throughout the season. Earlier in the year, Bell set a school record, as well as a Joseph R. Rogers, Jr. Pool record in the one-meter with a score of 409.05 on January 6. Bell also broke the three-meter record three times this season, before setting on a personal-best 461.40 on February 10. He was named the Atlantic 10 Diver of the Year and became only the second diver in UMass men's swimming and diving history to qualify for the NCAA Swim & Dive Championships after scoring a 730.80 (12-dive) to take fifth in the one-meter, and a 664.80 (12-dive) in the three-meter to place eighth at the NCAA Zone A Championships.
While at the NCAA Championships, Bell finished 20th in the three-meter event, marking the highest finish for a UMass men's diver in program history. Bell's place in the three-meter dive is the highest finish for either the men's or women's team since Emma Roush placed 15th in the one-meter dive in 2017. In the three-meter dive, he recorded a six-dive total of 350.70 in the event trials. During the one-meter diving trials, the Bell scored a 280.80 to earn 42nd on the day.
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At the conclusion of the season, Bell landed on the 2023-24 College Sports Communicators' Academic All-America Second Team, becoming the third Minutemen in program history to earn the honor and first men's diver to achieve the status.
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