TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State diver Jecza Lopez is heading back to the NCAA Zone C Qualifiers this week as the junior heads to Ypsilanti, Mich. and the Michael H. Jones Natatorium for the three-day event hosted by Eastern Michigan over March 9-11.
 
Lopez heads back to the Zones for the second consecutive season after qualifying in both the 1M and 3M Springboard events. She becomes just the first Indiana State diver to qualify in both boards in back-to-back events.
 
Lopez will take on the field in the 1M Springboard event on Monday, before competing in the 3M Springboard on Tuesday. Preliminary rounds will take place in the morning with finals coming following a short break. Live Results can be found on DiveMeets.com.
 
The Guadalajara, Mexico native won her second consecutive 1M Springboard title at the 2026 Missouri Valley Conference Swimming and Diving Championships and was the runner-up in the 3M Springboard A-Finals to highlight the start of her postseason run. She posted a 285.40 in the 1M Finals to win the event by nearly 25 points, while her 3M performance came down to the last dive after scoring a 279.70 in the conference meet.
 
Last season in Columbus, Ohio, Lopez became the first Sycamore in program history to advance to an NCAA Zone C Qualifier Finals after placing inside the Top 18 in the 1M Springboard preliminaries. Lopez posted a 12-dive score of 496.90, hitting eight dives that scored at least 40 points on the day to place 17th overall in the field.
 
Lopez added a 27th-pace result in the 3M Springboard preliminaries with a score of 257.30, averaging 42.88 points per attempt. She eclipsed the 40-point mark on five of her six attempts.
 
To become NCAA Zone qualified for the one-meter event, a diver must achieve a score above 300 points for men and 265 points for women. For the three-meter event a diver must achieve a score above 320 points for men and 280 points for women. For the platform event a diver must achieve a score of 300 points for the men.
 
The NCAA Diving Zone Championships will provide one final opportunity for divers to secure their spots in the NCAA National Championships.
 
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