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Austin junior Riley Ferguson finished with a score of over 200 at the diving preliminaries at the Minnesota Class A state swimming and diving meet at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center on Thursday.

Ferguson put up a score of 206.45, which put him in 17th place out of 24 divers on the first day of completion.

Jimmy Nord of Chicago Lakes leads the field with a score of 311.35.

This is Ferguson’s second appearance at the state diving meet in the past three years.

The finals will be held at noon Saturday.