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Leonardo Garcia, a Colombian native, will dive for Texas A&M starting this fall. Garcia will arrive at Aggieland as a graduate switch following a three-year stint at Florida, who he final dove for in 2023. Previous to that, he spent his freshman yr at Missouri, making A&M his third SEC college.
Garcia, a five-time All-American, has certified for the NCAA Championships in all 4 of his collegiate seasons. His highest displaying got here on the 2023 NCAA Championships, the place he scored a 366.35 on platform to tie for sixth. Garcia moreover dove within the comfort ultimate on the 1-meter, ending fifteenth.
Garcia made his podium debut at SEC Championships this previous season as a senior, the place he earned bronze on platform diving with a rating of 418.65. Nevertheless, Garcia has all the time been a mannequin of consistency, having superior to the A-final on platform at SECs each season at Florida.
Internationally, Garcia represented Colombia on the Phrase Aquatics Championships in Doha in February. There, he positioned thirty first within the 10m platform.
Prime Scores:
1 meter (6 dives) – 359.10
3 meter (6 dives) – 439.43
10m diving (6 dives) – 406.05
Platform diving – 418.65
The Texas A&M males completed 4th at SECs in 2024 earlier than occurring to put sixteenth at NCAAs. Their highest scoring diver at SECs was Rhett Hensley, who completed 2nd within the 1m, 4th within the 10m, and thirteenth within the 3m. Texas A&M diving, which is headed by Jay Lerew, has traditionally had top-of-the-line diving packages within the nation. Lerew, a former U.S. Olympic diving coach and the 2022 CSCAA & NCAA males’s diving coach of the yr, is getting into his sixteenth season as the top coach at Aggieland.
Garcia will be a part of Travis Gulledge (breast/dash free), BOTR Chase Swearingen (fly/IM), Ben Sytsma (dash free), Seth Tolentino (dash free), Ryan Rautenbach (again), Niko Jankovic (free), #17 Jacob Wimberly (IM/free), and Australian nationwide staff diver Jaxon Bowshire in Aggieland as newcomers for the 2024-25 season.
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