Six Huskers are headed to the NCAA Zone D Championships

Six Huskers will compete in the NCAA Zone D Championships in Iowa City, Iowa beginning Monday. Abby Baxter, Kelsey Clairmont, Antonina Harned, Nettie Knapton, Jordyn Schmucker and Frankie Webb are set to compete after posting zone-qualifying scores throughout the season. 

Baxter logged 14 zone-qualifying performances between the one-and-three meter this season with a career best on the three-meter board at the Hawkeye Invitational (332.45). Baxter added two C-final finishes with points in the one-and-three meter at Big Ten Championships. 

Clairmont qualified for platform at NCAA Zone D Championships last year where she finished competition with a score of 502.75, placing eighth. This season, she notched 12 top-five finishes while adding 14 zone-qualifying scores in all three diving events. Clairmont is set to compete on the three-meter board and platform. 

Harned, a sophomore from Windermere, Fla., achieved career bests on the one-meter (310.05) and on platform (233.80) against Rutgers/Iowa this season. She added 11 zone-qualifying scores and nine top-five finishes between all three diving events for the Huskers. 

Knapton posted six zone-qualifying scores between the three-meter and platform dives this season. Between the two events, she harnessed five top-five finishes for the Huskers. The junior from Omaha, Neb., set a career best against Illinois scoring 296.33 on the three-meter dive. She also captured a career best in platform diving in the Hawkeye Invitational prelims with 238.00 points. 

Schmucker qualified in the one-meter diving with her score from the Hawkeye Invitational in late November. She was able to capture 268.30 points along with a career high in the event. 

Frankie Webb, a junior from England, punched her ticket to Zones with a 290.50 and 282.45 in the three-meter diving event. She also made the cut for the platform dive against Rutgers/Iowa scoring 225.30 points. 

Divers qualify for NCAA championships by performances achieved in Zone Championships, March 10-12. In Zone D, the top 11 divers in the one-meter and top-nine divers in the three-meter and platform punch their tickets to NCAA championships. Selected divers will be announced March 13. 

Live results are on DiveMeets.com and streaming will be provided on Iowa Hawkeyes’ website. 

2025 NCAA Zone D Diving Championships
Iowa City, Iowa (Campus Recreation and Wellness Center, University of Iowa)
March 10-12 (All times central)

Monday, March 10
Three-Meter Prelims at 12:00 p.m. (Baxter, Harned, Knapton, Webb)
Three-Meter Finals at 3:00 p.m.

Tuesday, March 11
One-Meter Prelims at 12:00 p.m. (Baxter, Harned, Schmucker)
One-Meter Finals at 3:00 p.m.

Wednesday, March 12
Platform Prelims at 12:00 p.m. (Harned, Knapton, Webb)
Platform Finals at 2:00 p.m.