LOS ANGELES – The New Mexico State diving team wrapped up its time at the UCLA Diving Invitational with the platform event on Sunday.
 
"The girls competed extremely well today on platform," said diving coach Miranda King. "They both competed a new dive for the first time and they both went well. This was our third time on platform this season, and we are still working on increasing their difficulty. Our training trip to the University of Arizona two weeks ago put them in a great place to compete this morning. Most of the schools here compete platform at least once a week, if not more. I am very proud with their mental game this week and this competition was a great way to start getting in the zone for the WAC Conference Championships and Zones coming up."
 
Forty-two divers competed in the platform event. Lily Ellis placed 31^st with a score of 154.00 while Italia Aranzabal's 136.25 was good for 38^th.
 
The Aggies return to the pool when they head to Albuquerque to take on New Mexico in the Battle of I-25 on Saturday, Jan. 25.