Austin senior Maddie Mullenbach stepped up in her first appearance at the Minnesota Class A state diving meet at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center in Minneapolis Wednesday.

Mullenbach was able to advance to Friday’s final round by finishing in the top-16 out of 32 competitors in the diving preliminaries. Mullenbach is in 10th place with a score of 228.00 after her first round of drives.

Saylor Hawkins of Breck School leads the field with a score of 298.40.

The Class A swimming and diving finals will take place at the Aquatic Center noon Friday.