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Ruben Lechuga

Ruben Lechuga - Swimming & Diving - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Height 5-11
Major Mechanical Engineering
Hometown Tijuana, Mexico
Last School Technologico de Monterrey
Year Freshman
Ruben Lechuga - Swimming & Diving - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

2021-22 All-ACC
2020-21 NCAA Championship Participant
2020-21 All-ACC
2019-20 All-ACC

2021-22 (Junior): Won a silver medal at the ACC Championships on the 1-meter board … Totaled scores of 657.65, 679.65 and 649.05 on the 1-meter, 3-meter and platform at the Zone B Diving Championships … Posted scores on the 1-meter (350.70), 3-meter (368.40) and platform (268.25) against Miami, Tulane and Arkansas … Recorded scores on the 1-meter (288.15) and 3-meter (361.05) against Northwestern and Miami … Tallied a score of 323.70 on the platform against Northwestern … Placed second on the 1-meter (327.15) at the Georgia Tech Invitational … Topped the leaderboards against Duke in the 1-meter (330.08) and 3-meter (391.13) … Opened the season against North Carolina on the 1-meter (332.03) and 3-meter (338.18)

2020-21 (Sophomore): Turned in the sixth best score on the 3-meter board (389.45) and the fifth best score on the platform (341.25) in Tech history … Competed at the NCAA Championship on all three boards … Came in with scores on the 1-meter board, 3-meter board and platform of 282.95, 336.55 and 293.15, respectively … Reached the finals at the NCAA Zone B Championships recording scores in the 1-meter board (677.45), 3-meter board (682.95) and platform (301.05) … Placed third on the 1-meter board (375.45) at the ACC Championships … Posted scores on the 1-meter board (344.70), 3-meter board (373.90) and platform (274.65) against Florida State and Miami … Took home two first place finishes against Alabama in the 1-meter board (338.85) and 3-meter board (360.75) … Secured third and fourth on the 1-meter board (337.30) and 3-meter board (338.80) against Florida State and Georgia

2019-20 (Freshman): Qualified for Zones on all three boards, making finals on the 3-meter … His 1-meter score of 386.50 at the Georgia Tech Invitational ranks second in program history, just two points shy of the school record … 3-meter score of 383.93 against Tennessee sits seventh on the program’s all-time list, and his platform score of 254.30 at the ACC Championships ranks eighth in Jackets’ history … Took second on the 1-meter (342.50) at ACCs … Won gold on the 1-meter at the Georgia Tech Invitational (386.50) and against Tennessee (358.13) … Won silver on the 1-meter against Auburn (321.23), South Carolina (311.55) and on the 3-meter against Tennessee (383.93) South Carolina (383.43), Florida State (380.55) and Auburn (375.38) … Earned top-5 finishes on the 3-meter board at the Georgia Tech Invitational (354.20) and on the 1-meter against Florida State (307.80).

High School: The 1-meter National Champion in 2019 … Placed third in the 3-meter as well … Finished fifth in the 3-meter at the 2019 Junior Pan Am games … In 2018, finished second in the 3-meter and third in the 1-meter … Placed third on the 3-meter in 2016 and 2017 … Also finished second at Nationals in the 1-meter in 2015 … Placed second at Nationals on the 1-meter in 2014.

Personal: Sister is currently a diver at San Diego State … Has one younger sister … Intends to major in mechanical engineering.

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