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ATHENS, Ga. - The Virginia Tech men’s and women’s diving teams completed the second day of competition at the University of Georgia Fall Invitational Friday night, led by Kaylea Arnett, who won the 1-meter event, and Kyle Butts, who took third in the men’s 3-meter event.

“The guys did a great job on 3-meter. It was a really tough event and really tough final,” head diving coach Ron Piemonte said. “For three guys in the final to go third, fourth and fifth is a great accomplishment. For the girls, Kaylea Arnett’s win in the one-meter was great. She dove well and it was exciting for her to win that.”

For the women, Arnett won the 1-meter with a score of 294.55 and Kelli Stockton finished a few spots behind her in sixth with a score of 263.20. Ashley Buchter finished 11th after posting 270.90.

On the men’s side, Tech had four top-10 finishes in the 3-meter event, led by Kyle Butts in third place, who scored 351.65. Thomas Shinholser took fourth with a mark of 347.45 and Logan Stevens finished fifth with a score of 346.10.

For the second day in a row, Mauro Castro-Silva finished ninth, posting the highest score of the B final (325.55). Behind him, Jack Gigliotti placed 11th with a score of 300.75.

The male divers scored 60 total team points in Saturday’s event, the most by any male diving team on the day. In the dominating performance, they nearly doubled the second-place total from University of Virginia (31 points).

Competition continues tomorrow at 11:30 a.m. with the men’s and women’s platform event, which will have no preliminary round. Live Stats will be available here.

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