Air Force Academy

March 13, 2008

Oklahoma City, Okla. - Michele Bendetti of Arizona State won the men's 3-meter dive, while Stanford's Margaret Hostage captured the women's 3-meter dive on the opening day of the 2008 NCAA Zone E Diving Regionals, being held at the Oklahoma City Community College Aquatic Center.

Benedetti, who finished third at 3-meters in 2007, notched a score of 733.55 to finish first. Stanford's Nathan Kim took second with a mark of 691.60, while Mats Wiktorsson of Hawaii placed third with a score of 689.15.

Hostage took the women's 1-meter title with a score of 577.05. Nevada's Candice Minnette finished second with a score of 529.90, while BYU's Tawni Jones placed third with a mark of 508.10

Air Force sophomore Kyle Van Valkenburg (Tucson, Ariz.) finished 20th in the men's 3-meter with a score of 482.30.

Action continues Friday, starting with the women's 3-meter dive, followed by the men's 1-meter diving event.

NCAA Zone E Day One Results (3/13/08):
Men's 3M
Pl.  Diver                              Prelim.	Final	Total
1    Michele Benedetti (Arizona State)  329.20 	404.35 	733.55
2    Nathan Kim (Stanford)              341.00 	350.60 	691.60
3    Mats Wiktorsson (Hawaii)           356.80 	332.35 	689.15
4    Aaron Feight (Denver)              341.25 	346.35 	687.60
5    Brent Eichenseer (Stanford)        323.75 	355.70 	679.45
6    Ben Grado (Arizona)                322.10 	333.15 	655.25
7    Matt Bisordi (Arizona)             301.20 	330.25 	631.45
8    Richard Helvie (Cal)               311.05 	299.75 	610.80
9    Thomas Henninger (Cal)             294.75 	286.00 	580.75
10   Taylor Dehn (Cal)                  294.90 	277.55 	572.45
11   Billy Sweeney (Arizona State)      267.20 	304.35 	571.55
12   Derek Roth (USC)                   270.85 	298.25 	569.10
13   Tyler Miller (Wyoming)             262.10 	305.30 	567.40
14   Steven Starks (USC)                265.90 	300.45 	566.35
15   Mark Murdock (Wyoming)             261.75 	292.15 	553.90
16   Cody Stambaugh (Denver)            272.90 	277.35 	550.25
17   Kyle Bogner (Wyoming)              288.80 	257.10 	545.90
18   Brian Lawler (Cal)                 254.40 	287.05 	541.45
19   Miles Smith (UC Irvine)            252.00 	254.90 	506.90
20   Kyle Van Valkenburg (Air Force)    227.30 	255.00 	482.30
21   Magnus Frick (Hawaii)              158.45 	140.30 	298.75

Women's 1M
Pl.  Diver                              Prelim.	Final	Total
1    Margaret Hostage (Stanford)        306.70 	270.35 	577.05
2    Candice Minette (Nevada)           260.10 	269.80 	529.90
3    Tawni Jones (BYU)                  243.15 	264.95 	508.10
4    Sarah Ohr (Stanford)               250.15 	256.95 	507.10
5    Ava Jackman (BYU)                  259.30 	237.65 	496.95
6    Elyse Hall (Colorado State)        241.20 	248.55 	489.75
7    Natalie Hughes (Northern Arizona)  230.70 	253.60 	484.30
8    Erin Hobbs (Arizona State)         227.00 	252.65 	479.65
9    Carrie Quinn (New Mexico)          226.90 	251.15 	478.05
10   Danielle Borth (Northern Arizona)  240.20 	237.00 	477.20
11   Brittany Jumer (Arizona State)     229.30 	247.15 	476.45
12   Raquel Bartlow (Hawaii)            227.25 	247.70 	474.95
13   Shana Karp (Stanford)              238.75 	230.30 	469.05
14   Hallie Ivester (Stanford)          230.80 	235.85 	466.65
15   Stephanie Delima (Hawaii)          238.20 	227.90 	466.10
16   Kimberly Popp (USC)                231.00 	234.95	465.95
17   Christine Petrilli (USC)           228.80 	225.90 	454.70
18   Karin Knudson (Colorado State)     229.95 	212.20 	442.15
19   Holly Kast (Arizona)               226.80 	--	226.80
20   Stephanie Ortiz (Wyoming)          223.80	--	223.80
21   Brittany Wainwright (Wyoming)      223.00 	--	223.00
22   Emma Friesen (Hawaii)              219.35 	--	219.35
23   Tess Schofield (UCLA)              219.35 	--	219.35
24   Alexis De Mond (USC)               218.85 	--	218.85
25   Caitlin Atkinson (San Diego State) 218.05 	--	218.05
26   Morgan Erpenbeck (UCLA)            218.00 	--	218.00
27   Carmen Stellar (Stanford)          217.30 	--	217.30
28   Allison Scaife (Arizona)           216.55 	--	216.55
29   Katie Lampe (Stanford)             215.85 	--	215.85
30   Taryn Harris (Northern Arizona)    215.75 	--	215.75
31   Laura Sanford (Cal)                210.95 	--	210.95
32   Queenie Yu (Utah)                  210.30 	--	210.30
33   Danielle Ridgway (Arizona)         208.00 	--	208.00
34   Megan Collier (Northern Arizona)   206.65 	--	206.65
35   Jacquelyn Jones (UC Irvine)        205.60 	--	205.60
36   Megan Flanagan (San Diego State)   205.05 	--	205.05
37   Brittany Hill (UCLA)               201.45 	--	201.45
38   Carly Smith (Arizona)              193.30 	--	193.30
39   Anna Braszkiewicz (Utah)           181.75 	--	181.75
40   Heather Ramirez (Nevada)           179.40 	--	179.40
41   Trisha Wesner (Nevada)             175.00 	--	175.00
42   Marisa Samaniego (UCLA)            46.80 	--	46.80