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ATHENS, Ga. - The Virginia Tech men’s and women’s diving teams completed the final day of competition at the University of Georgia Fall Invitational Sunday afternoon with an impressive finish in the platform diving event, concluding a great weekend of diving. The H₂Okie female divers took the top-four spots and Kyle Butts took third in the men’s platform event.

“I thought it was a great meet for us to attend at this time of the year to see where we are at,” head diving coach Ron Piemonte said. “It makes me feel like we are on track to be ready for the championship portion of the season. To be in a competition like this with some great teams and to fair well, is great for us.”

The Tech women dominated the final day of competition, sweeping the platform event. Kaylea Arnett got her second win of the weekend after scoring 288.85. Ashley Buchter picked up second, posting a score of 278.50. Kelli Stockton came in third with a score of 276.75, and Emma Villarreal finished fourth with a score of 270.80.

A few spots below, Katie Bean finished 11th for the H₂Okies with a score of 218.85 and Leah Piemonte finished 14th with a score of 202.85.

Over the last three days, the Tech divers have been controlling the diving scores, earning more team points from the diving events than any other team in the highly competitive field. In today’s event, the second-highest team diving score came from Auburn, who scored 20 points. The H₂Okies blew that score out of the water after earning 77 team diving points.

The men’s diving squad also had a great day in the platform event, taking third, fifth, sixth and seventh. Kyle Butts finished with his second top-three finish of the weekend after securing the third spot after scoring 330.80. In fifth was Mauro Castro-Silva, who posted a score of 319.70. Behind him, Thomas Shinholser placed sixth with a score of 317.20, and Logan Stevens took seventh with a score of 310.75.

The UGA Fall Invitational was the final event of the fall season, and the H₂Okies don’t compete again until January 4 when they battle Buffalo in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

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