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2017-18 RIT Women's Swimming/Diving Roster

Alaiya Tuntemeke

  • Position Diving
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Livonia, NY
  • Highschool Livonia
  • Major Electrical Engineering

Biography

2017-18: Won 13 events on the diving board, with six more second place finishes …  represented RIT at the 2018 NCAA Diving Regional Championship … named the Liberty League Diver of the Week, Oct. 23 and Dec. 4 … set career best marks on the 1-meter (245.65) and 3-meter (242.90) board … had RIT’s top team score 1-meter six dive (245.65), 1-meter 11 dives (419.25), and 3-meter 11 dives (391.60) …  finished seventh in the 1-meter event and eighth in the 3-meters at the Liberty League Championship … garnered 12th (1-meter) and 13th place (3-meter) finishes at the NCAA Region 4 Diving Championship.

2016-17: Competed in diving events … placed sixth in the 1-meter dive and eighth at the 3-meter dive at the UNYSCSA Championships … had RIT's best scores in the 3-meter six dive (219.60) and both 1-meter (423.45) and 3-meter (397.45) 11 dive events … finished third in the 1-meter and fourth in the 3-meter dive at the Liberty League Championship … won one event and had 15 top-three finishes … named to the Liberty League All-Academic Team.

Before RIT: Swam at Livonia High School from 2006-2010 ... swam at Monroe Community College from 2011-13 ... named team captain in high school senior year ... also played basketball and ran track and field in high school.

Personal: Electrical engineering major ... daughter of Karen and Ande Tuntmeke ... has one sibling, Malaika.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Senior

    Diving
    5'4"
  • 2017-18Senior

    Diving
    5'4"