In her sixth and final season and her last collegiate meet with the Gophers, redshirt fifth-year Sarah Bacon repeated as the 3-meter springboard champion at the NCAA Championships Friday night to claim the fifth individual title of her career.

Bacon will go down as one of the greatest divers in Minnesota’s program history and the sport’s history. Her accolades include but are not limited to three titles on the 1-meter and two on the 3-meter.

“It’s pretty crazy,” Bacon said when asked about her five titles on the ESPN broadcast. “I don’t know if that’ll sink in for a while. Right now, I’m just excited. I want to enjoy what we just accomplished in that pool with my coach tonight and my family.”

The top seed through the prelims, Bacon led the finals through the first three rounds. She fell back into second place by 2.1 points after the fourth round. However, she regained the lead heading into her sixth and final dive.

To cement her back-to-back title, Bacon needed to score 65.95 or higher on her final dive. She blew that score out of the water as she earned 78.00 to finish with a title-winning score of 409.25.

“Sarah always does a great job on the boards,” Gophers associate head coach Stacy Busack said. “Her last dive as a Gopher was a thing of beauty and capped off one of the greatest NCAA diving careers with another national title.”