- Christopher Jones
Diving
- CLASS
- RJR
- Hometown
- Palm City, Fla. (South Fork)
- Experience
- School
2012 SEC Academic Honor Roll Selection
2011 SEC Academic Honor Roll Selection
Career High Dives
One-meter:
336.00 (2011
Bulldog Invitational)
Three-meter: 354.45 (Tennessee, 1/28/12)
Platform: 321.4 (2011 Bulldog Invitational)
At Florida
2011-12: Named to the 212 SEC Academic Honor Roll…Represented the Gators at the 2012 SEC Championships, finishing as the highest finisher off the one-meter boards with a 310.20, 11th-place effort, and 20th off both the three-meter boards (310.50) and platform (280.70)…Had a career-high dive off the three-meter springboard against Tennessee, recording a 345.45 score to finish third…Took second in three-meter competition (335.55) to help lift the Gators over Auburn…Finished second off the one-meter springboard with a 333.08 mark against FAU…Collected two top-five finishes at the Georgia Invitational, with a second-place effort off the three-meter boards and fifth-place finish off the one-meter boards…Against Georgia, took fourth in both the one- (316.73) and three-meter (339.67) competition…Opened the season with a fourth-place effort off the one-meter boards at the All-Florida Invitational.
2010-11: Named to the 2011 SEC Academic Honor Roll…Competed on the platform at the NCAA Zone B Diving Championships, taking 18th with a 261.10 prelim score…Scored 283.40 on the platform at the SEC Diving Championships, for 14th place. Took 23rd on both the one-meter (249.00) and three-meter (276.80) boards at the conference championships…Finished second on the platform with a career-best 321.40, and fourth on the one-meter boards (323.93) at the Last Chance Meet…Took fourth in three-meter competition in the win over Indian River State College (296.17)…Finished seventh and eighth in the one-meter and three-meter competition, respectively, against Georgia Tech…Made his 2010-11 debut at the Tennessee Diving Invitational, finishing 12th in platform competition…Appeared in eight meets on the year for the Gators.
Prior to Florida: Graduated from the International Baccalaureate program of South Fork High School in 2009…Was in National Honor Society…In addition to diving, was a varsity track and field athlete…Was in Eagle Scouts…Coached at South Fork by Dave Suba.
Club: Member of the Indian River Divers, coached by Dave Suba.
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