It was a big day for the Iowa swimming and diving teams on the final day of the 2014 NCAA Zone D Diving Championships. Good news smiled on the men’s swimming team when senior Dustin Rhoads qualified for the NCAA championships.

Redshirt junior Abby Grilli finished 11th in the 3-meter dive on Tuesday. Her score of 624.25 was best out of the female divers at the event.

Wednesday saw the competition compete in the tower diving event. Freshman Calli Head finished fifth in the women’s event with a score of 551.10. In the male event, sophomore Addison Boschult also finished in fifth place with a score of 753.25.

On the swimmers side of things, Rhoads qualified for the NCAA meet in the 100 and 200 backstroke event.

The championships will be held in Austin, Texas, from March 27-29.

— by Jordan Hansen