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FORT WAYNE - Warsaw senior diver Stephanie Ellis easily won the Fort Wayne South diving regional Tuesday.
Ellis scored 445.85 points to outdistance Kylee Wells of Western by almost 45 points.
The title was a repeat for Ellis, who won last year's ingural diving regional event at Oak Hill High School.
The win puts Ellis into the IHSAA state finals Saturday at 9 a.m. at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis.
Wawasee's Stacy Naugler finished out of the top eight needed to move onto the state meet with a 12th place finish with 312.20 points.
Top 12 - 1. Stephanie Ellis (Warsaw) 445.85, 2. Kylee Wells (Western) 400.65, 3. Julie Gotsch (Concord) 396.85, 4. Anita Hawkins (Western), 5. Tiffany Amburgey (Richmond), 6. Heather Bachman (S.Dearborn), 7. Kelly Ridenour (Kokomo), 8. Christy Scantland (Muncie Central), 9. Rachael Caldwell (Homestead), 10. Amanda Brubaker (Norwell), 11. Rebecca Williams (Maconaquah), 12. Stacy Naugler (Wawasee)
