Atlanta, Ga. --- The Georgia Southern dive team competed at the Emory Invitational this past weekend as both divers in Karlee Wells and McKinlee Taulbee set zone qualifying scores.

For Wells, she placed first out seven divers in the 1-meter dive with her score of 281.90 to qualify for NCAA Zones. The score was the third-highest of her career and improved on her one previous dive this season by 41 points. In the 3-meter dive, Wells also placed first of seven divers, as she recorded a 308.95 to once again qualify for zones. She improved her previous 3-meter dive from this season by 38 points and was just the secod time in her career of scoring more than 300, making it her second highest-scored dive at Georgia Southern. 

For Taulbee, she placed third in the 1-meter dive and also qualified for zones in the event with her score of 258.60. She improved her previous dive of the season by 87 points and it was a personal best for Taulbee. Her dive was a whopping 56 points better than her previous high, set on January 13th of this year. Taulbee also exhibitioned in the 3-meter dive where she scored 287.60. Her score was good for second out of seven divers, just behind her counterpart in Wells. The dive, while just an exhibition, was a personal best.

Both the swim and dive teams next compete in the same weekend in different locations, which will be November 20th-22nd. The swim team will participate at the South Carolina invitational in Columbia while the dive team will be in Athens at the UGA Invitational.