Sophomore Conor Gesing finished third on the one-meter to make his second-straight NCAA Championship appearance.
Sunday Results<https://floridagators.com/documents/2025/3/9/men_s_1m_results.pdf>
AUBURN, Ala. – Sophomore Conor Gesing became the first Gator diver to qualify for the 2025 NCAA Championships after placing third on the one-meter springboard to conclude day one of the 2025 NCAA Zone B Championships on Sunday.
Gesing’s 357.00 prelim score earned him the second seed heading into finals. The 2025 SEC One-Meter Champion scored a 64.40 on this third dive, a reverse 2 1/2 somersault tuck, to move from seventh to third place, which is where he would finish with a combined score of 699.30. It marks the second-consecutive year that Gesing has qualified for NCAA Championships in the event.
Gators Peyton Donald and Jesus Gonzalez advanced to the one-meter finals as well, finishing shy of the top-seven qualifying spots. Fortunately, both will have another shot to qualify within the next two days of competition.
Heading into the final round of prelims, Donald was sitting in first place after recording three-consecutive 60-plus scores. His sixth-round dive score of 30.00 shifted his position to tenth. In the finals, he regained his focus and delivered back-to-back scores of 63.00 and 67.50, gradually moving closer to the qualifying spots. Despite his strong efforts, he fell just short, finishing in ninth place with a combined score of 668.10.
In prelims, Gonzalez started strong, scoring a 68.20 on his first dive and was holding steady in the top-four. However, his final dive score of 34.50 ultimately dropped him to ninth place, but his overall performance was enough to keep him in contention for the finals. In the finals, he remained in the 9th to 11th place range throughout the competition, just missing out on the qualifying spots for the top seven. He finished 11th overall with a combined score of 664.35.
Up Next:
The women’s one-meter preliminaries kick off Monday’s events at 12 p.m. with the championship round set for 2:45 p.m. The men’s three-meter preliminary round follows at 4:45 p.m. with finals starting at 7 p.m. to close out day two.
DiveMeets will provide live results: https://secure.meetcontrol.com/divemeets/system/meetinfoext.php?meetnum=11458
Hear from Head Diving Coach Bryan Gillooly
On Conor’s performance:
“Solid start for us today. Conor picked up where he left off at SECs with very consistent high-level diving. Qualifying the first day will take a ton of pressure off the rest of the meet.”
On the team’s overall performance:
“Jesus and Peyton competed hard to the very end and came up just short of the automatic top 7. Now the pressure will be on the next two days because both are still alive if they qualify on another event. It will be a very exciting next couple of days. We’re all in.”
Results from Sundays prelims and finals as well as the remaining schedule can be found below.
Event
Results
Men’s 1-Meter Finals
Peyton Donald
* Round 1 – 55.90 / 385.85 | 9th place
* Round 2 – 42.00 / 427.85 | 13th place
* Round 3 – 54.25 / 482.10 | 13th place
* Round 4 – 63.00 / 545.10 | 11th place
* Round 5 – 67.50 / 612.60 | 10th place
* Round 6 – 55.50 / 668.10 | 9th place
Conor Gesing
* Round 1 – 62.40 / 419.40 | 1st place
* Round 2 – 36.00 / 455.40 | 7th place
* Round 3 – 64.50 / 519.90 | 3rd place
* Round 4 – 60.45 / 580.35 | 4th place
* Round 5 – 62.40 / 642.75 | 2nd place
* Round 6 – 56.55 / 699.30 | 3rd place
Jesus Gonzalez
* Round 1 – 54.25 / 384.65 | 10th place
* Round 2 – 52.50 / 437.15 | 9th place
* Round 3 – 59.20 / 496.35 | 9th place
* Round 4 – 52.50 / 548.85 | 10th place
* Round 5 – 66.00 / 614.85 | 9th place
* Round 6 – 49.50 / 664.35 | 11th place
Men’s 1-Meter Prelims
The top 18 finishers in the preliminary round will advance to finals.
Peyton Donald
* Round 1 – 52.00 | 17th place
* Round 2 – 67.50 / 119.50 | 2nd place
* Round 3 – 60.45 / 179.95 | 2nd place
* Round 4 – 66.00 / 245.95 | 1st place
* Round 5 – 54.00 / 299.95 | 1st place
* Round 6 – 30.00 / 329.95 | 10th place
Conor Gesing
* Round 1 – 54.60 | 11th place
* Round 2 – 58.50 / 113.10 | 7th place
* Round 3 – 54.00 / 167.10 | 10th place
* Round 4 – 68.20 / 235.30 | 4th place
* Round 5 – 60.80 / 296.10 | 3rd place
* Round 6 – 60.90 / 357.00 | 2nd place
Jesus Gonzalez
* Round 1 – 68.20 | 1st place
* Round 2 – 43.50 / 111.70 | 9th place
* Round 3 – 67.20 / 178.90 | 3rd place
* Round 4 – 57.00 / 235.90 | 3rd place
* Round 5 – 60.00 / 295.90 | 4th place
* Round 6 – 34.50 / 330.40 | 9th place
Monday, March 10
* 12 p.m. – Women’s 1-meter prelims
* 2:45 p.m. – Women’s 1-meter finals
* 4:45 p.m. – Men’s 3-meter prelims
* 7 p.m. – Men’s 3-meter finals
Tuesday, March 11
* 12 p.m. – Women’s 3-meter prelims
* 2:30 p.m. – Women’s 3-meter finals
* 4:30 p.m. – Men’s Platform prelims
* 6:15 p.m. – Men’s Platform finals
Wednesday, March 12
* 12 p.m. – Women’s Platform prelims
* 1:30 p.m. – Women’s Platform finals
Number of Qualifying Spots Zone B:
* Women
* 1-meter: 9
* 3-meter: 7
* Platform: 7
* Men
* 1-meter: 7
* 3-meter: 8
* Platform: 6
Note: If diver qualifies in one of the events, they will only have to place in the top 12 in the other events to dive in those as well.
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