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Bayne Bennett
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Southern Pines, NC
- High School:
- Pinecrest
Bio
2023-24 (Graduate Year):
2022-23 (REDSHIRT SENIOR):
2021-22 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR):
2020-21 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE):
2019-20 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN):
2018-19 (FRESHMAN):
PREP/PERSONAL:
- Qualified for the NCAA Zone B Championships on 1-meter and 3-meter. Finished 19th overall in the 1m (285.85) and 27th in the 3m (309.05)
- Finished 11th on the 1m at the ACC Championship (308.10)
- First place in the 3m (408.15) at the NC State vs. UGA, Duke Meet. Set the NC State Pool record
- First Place in the 1m (349.95) at the UVA vs. NC State, UNC Meet
- Participated in the Collegiate Diving Invitational at the University of Tennessee
2022-23 (REDSHIRT SENIOR):
- Qualified for the NCAA Zone B championship On 1-meter and 3-meter; qualified for the A final on 1-meter (348.35) finishing 13th overall
- Finished fifth on 1-meter at the ACC championship
- Named ACC Men’s Diver of the Week on Jan.24; honors followed his performances in the Pack’s at the tri meet against Virginia and North Carolina during which he won 1-meter with a score of 368.70 points. On 3-meter he scored a 372.25 a new personal best and taking fourth overall
- Earned a first place finish on 1-meter at the Pack’s away meet against Duke
- Competed in 1-meter and 3-meter USA Diving Winter Nationals
- Named the October 2022 winner of the Heart of the Pack award
2021-22 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR):
- Placed 25th on one-meter (314.95) and 33rd on three-meter (323.80) in what was the first NCAA Championships appearance by any NC State men’s diver since 2016-17
- Punched ticket to NCAAs with ninth-place finish on three-meter with a cumulative total of 709.20 points
- Competed in all three events at the ACC Championships, earning top-24 finishes on three-meter (13th - 300.90), one-meter (9th - 305.45) and platform (23rd - 250.95)
- Set new pool and program record on one-meter (387.38) in the Pack’s final home dual of the season against UNCW
- Had previously set personal bests on both one-meter (366.08) and three-meter (342.00) in the previous weekend’s meet at Virginia
- Competed at the USA Diving Winter Nationals in December 2021; earned cut to compete in the event with his 343.90 on-meter score at the NC State Invitational in November, which was a career-high score at the time
2020-21 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE):
- Picked up win on one-meter in dual against Virginia
- Posted pair of Zones cuts at the Georgia Diving Invitational with scores of 347.95 (three-meter) and 310.55 (one-meter); took second and third in those events, respectively
- Earned top-24 finishes on three-meter (300.90) and one-meter (271.95) to score points for Pack men at 2021 ACC Championships
2019-20 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN):
- Posted Zones qualifying scores on one-meter (310.13) and three-meter (344.90) during the regular season
- Advanced to finals on both of those boards at the NCAA Zone B Championships
- Earned third-place one-meter finishes in dual meets against Virginia and UNC
- Made platform debut at the NC State/GAC Invitational. Posted a season-best 203.90
2018-19 (FRESHMAN):
- Redshirt season. Did not compete.
- Won gold on three-meter at 2019 Region 2 Championships to advance to the Zone A Championships and then the 2019 USA Diving Junior National Championships
PREP/PERSONAL:
- 7x Junior Nationals qualifier
- Fifth place at North Carolina Diving State Championships
- Eighth place at the Pennsylvania State Diving Meet in 2016
- Took seventh place on both boards at the 2014 Junior Summer Nationals
- 3x USA Junior Nationals qualifier