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The Board to a National Championship

Posted at 5:28 PM, Mar 07, 2014
and last updated 2014-03-07 17:28:33-05

The road, or should we say board, to a National Championship begins Monday for Old Dominion's Rachel Eckert.

The junior has qualified for the NCAA Regional or Zones Tournament in the one and three-meter dives. We caught up with her today at practice and asked what she needed to work on before the tournament.

"We've been putting together all the stuff I may have had trouble with at the conference meet, including certain dives and repeating lists," she said before practicing on the one meter board.

I asked her what she needs to do to advance and without missing a beat she answered, "Do really well."

Rachel has had a spectacular year. She recently took first place on the three-meter dive at the C-USA tournament and placed second on the one-meter dive. She was also named to the All-Academic team. She hold a 3.93 GPA.

Her strategy for the Zones, be consistent and, "stay focused while in the zone."

Rachel will begin with the one-meter dive on Monday followed by the three-meter dive Tuesday. The Zones are being held at Virginia Tech.