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Duncan Lester

Class:
Senior
Position:
Diving
Hometown:
Boulder, Colo.
High School:
Fairview HS

PRONUNCIATION

2020-21 Senior Season: At the 2021 NCAA Zone D Diving Championships, finished 15th on the three-meter (628.65) and 18th on the one-meter (554.30) · took 12th on the three-meter (345.75) at the 2021 Big Ten Conference Championships · placed third on the three-meter (322.90) and fourth on the one-meter (314.60) versus Iowa · finished fifth on the one-meter (306.90) and seventh on the three-meter (314.15) during the Wisconsin/Purdue tri-dual · Big Ten Distinguished Scholar · Academic All-Big Ten.

2019-20 Junior Season: Notched CSCAA All-American honors in the one-meter springboard · qualified for finals and finished eighth in the one-meter (606.40) and 16^th in the three-meter (641.40) at the NCAA Zone D Championships, earning a bid to the NCAA Championships in the one-meter in the process · placed 13^th in the one-meter (288.35) at the Big Ten Championships · finished sixth in the platform (259.50), seventh in the one-meter (277.45) and ninth in the 3-meter (270.60) against Purdue and Northwestern · earned 14^th out of 29 divers in the three-meter (585.85) at the Bruin Diving Invitational · placed 14^thof 31 divers in the one-meter (276.65) at the Tennessee Diving Invitational · placed ninth in the one-meter (303.15) at the Minnesota Invite · earned a fifth place finish in both the one-meter (273.38) and three-meter (312.15) against Wisconsin · placed sixth in the three-meter (271.35) and seventh in the one-meter (241.65) at the Florida State dual · earned a third place finish in the one-meter (306.15) and a fifth place finish in the three-meter (313.80) versus Florida · Big Ten Distinguished Scholar · Academic All-Big Ten · First Team CSCAA Scholar All-American.

2018-19 Sophomore Season: Academic All-Big Ten • Finished fifth in the 1-meter dive (295.65) against Iowa and South Dakota.

2017-18 Freshman Season: At the Big Ten Championships, placed thirty-fourth in the 1-meter dive with a 258.15, thirty-third with a time of 299.35 with 3-meter dive, and thirtieth in the platform with a 214.20. • seventh in the 1-meter dive with a 289.45, eighth in the 3-meter dive with a 274.60, and sixth in the platform dive with a 253.35 • placed fifth in the 1-meter dive with a 259.35 and ninth in the 3-meter dive with a 222.15 vs. Denver • took thirty-third place in the 3-meter dive with a score of 236.35 and twenty-seventh in the 1-meter dive with a score of 247.25 at the Tennessee Collegiate Diving Invitational.

High School: 2017 graduate of Fairview High School • coached by Tricia Furlong and Carl Diehl • four-time letterwinner in swimming and two-time letterwinner in wrestling • four-time All-Conference champion • 2017 Colorado State Runner-Up • 2017 Colorado State 5A Diver of the Year • Fairview HS record holder in six and 11 dives • member of Sagebrush Dive and Mile High Dive Club • 2017 Regional Club champion • 2017 Junior National Semifinalist • 2016 & 2017 Synchronized National finalist • 2016 Junior and Senior National qualifier.

Personal: Son of Peyton and Henry Lester • has two siblings: Cliff and Desi • step-grandfather, Cliff Mezey played football at Northwestern University from 1945-1949 • enjoys bowling, art and hiking • plans to major in strategic communication.