Carmel’s Heyde wins diving sectional

Carmel hosted the diving portion of the swimming and diving sectional on Friday night, and the host Greyhounds were nearly perfect.
Carmel swept the top two positions and also had a fourth-place finish, qualify all of those swimmers for Tuesday’s diving regional at Hamilton Southeastern. Senior Alaina Heyde won the sectional championship, scoring 473.95 points. Heyde’s score was 86 points ahead of the runner-up, fellow Greyhounds Darci Commons. The junior scored 387.95 points.
Freshman Melaina Munson placed fourth for Carmel with a score of 362.95 points.
The top eight at the sectional advance to the diving regional. Westfield sophomore Ally Doyle also qualified for the regional, finishing in fifth with 319.20 points.
Other Hamilton County divers were Noblesville’s Deirdre Leib (10th, 266.20), Westfield’s Alyssa Schwartz (12th, 241.40), Westfield’s Sydney Pitchford (13th, 239.40) and Noblesville’s Ava Pavich (16th, 214.35).
Tomorrow’s swimming sectional begins at 1 p.m. at the Carmel pool.