Air Force Academy

March 14, 2008

Oklahoma City, Okla. - UCLA's Marisa Samaniego captured the women's 3-meter title, while Hawaii's Magnus Frick defended his title in the men's 1-meter dive Friday on the second day of competition at the 2008 NCAA Zone E Diving Regionals, being held at the Oklahoma City Community College Aquatic Center.

Samaniego finished first at 3-meters with a score of 632.15. Stanford's Margaret Hostage, who won the women's 1-meter title on Thursday, placed second with a score of 602.45, while Hawaii's Emma Friesen took third place with a mark of 599.20.

Meanwhile, Frick, the NCAA runner-up at 1-meter in 2007, registered a mark of 726.00 to place first. Richard Helvie of Cal placed second with a score of 708.00, while Arizona's Ben Grado took third place with a score of 667.80.

Air Force sophomore Kyle Van Valkenburg (Tucson, Ariz.) finished 16th in the men's 1-meter dive with a score of 516.75.

The 2008 NCAA Zone E Diving Regionals conclude Saturday with both the men's and women's platform diving events.

NCAA Zone E Day Two Results (3/14/08):
Women's 3M
Pl. Diver                              Prelim. Final   Total
1   Marisa Samaniego (UCLA)            304.00  328.15  632.15
2   Margaret Hostage (Stanford)        312.00  290.45  602.45
3   Emma Friesen (Hawaii)              289.50  309.70  599.20
4   Tawni Jones (BYU)                  284.20  291.20  575.40
5   Brittany Jumer (Arizona State)     252.55  291.60  544.15
6   Katie Lampe (Stanford)             282.90  257.60  540.50
7   Natalie Hughes (Northern Arizona)  265.90  261.00  526.90
8   Sarah Ohr (Stanford)               273.20  250.75  523.95
9   Carmen Stellar (Stanford)          253.65  265.05  518.70
10  Ava Jackman (BYU)                  268.15  246.60  514.75
11  Raquel Bartlow (Hawaii)            253.65  259.75  513.40
12  Shana Karp (Stanford)              247.80  262.40  510.20
13  Brittany Wainwright (Wyoming)      249.60  257.30  506.90
14  Hallie Ivester (Stanford)          255.20  247.30  502.50
15  Stephanie Ortiz (Wyoming)          255.20  245.95  501.15
16  Stephanie Delima (Hawaii)          253.75  243.05  496.80
17  Jacquelyn Jones (UC Irvine)        249.00  244.65  493.65
18  Karin Knudson (Colorado State)     247.05  224.95  472.00
19  Elyse Hall (Colorado State)        241.20  --      241.20
20  Erin Hobbs (Arizona State)         237.80  --      237.80
21  Kimberly Popp (USC)                233.00  --      233.00
22  Taryn Harris (Northern Arizona)    232.70  --      232.70
23  Brittany Hill (UCLA)               231.15  --      231.15
24  Danielle Borth (Northern Arizona)  230.40  --      230.40
25  Laura Sanford (Cal)                230.15  --      230.15
26  Holly Kast (Arizona)               229.55  --      229.55
27  Christine Petrilli (USC)           228.05  --      228.05
28  Allison Scaife (Arizona)           225.85  --      225.85
29  Carly Smith (Arizona)              225.60  --      225.60
30  Megan Collier (Northern Arizona)   224.90  --      224.90
31  Queenie Yu (Utah)                  224.60  --      224.60
32  Carrie Quinn (New Mexico)          219.05  --      219.05
33  Alexis De Mond (USC)               218.20  --      218.20
34  Candice Minette (Nevada)           215.80  --      215.80
35  Danni Ridgway (Arizona)            214.20  --      214.20
36  Caitlin Atkinson (San Diego State) 204.40  --      204.40
37  Anna Braszkiewicz (Utah)           203.50  --      203.50
38  Megan Flanagan (San Diego State)   201.65  --      201.65
39  Heather Ramirez (Nevada)           196.65  --      196.65
40  Morgan Erpenbeck (UCLA)            191.50  --      191.50

Men's 1M
Pl. Diver                              Prelim. Final   Total
1   Magnus Frick (Hawaii)              386.40  339.60  726.00
2   Richard Helvie (Cal)               337.55  370.45  708.00
3   Ben Grado (Arizona)                325.20  342.60  667.80
4   Michele Benedetti (Arizona State)  319.80  323.90  643.70
5   Brent Eichenseer (Stanford)        321.00  301.35  622.35
6   Aaron Feight (Denver)              286.65  320.20  606.85
7   Nathan Kim (Stanford)              315.30  283.95  599.25
8   Mats Wiktorsson (Hawaii)           295.30  301.00  596.30
9   Thomas Henninger (Cal)             299.75  273.65  573.40
10  Matt Bisordi (Arizona)             258.00  309.00  567.00
11  Taylor Dehn (Cal)                  274.30  273.15  547.45
12  Cody Stambaugh (Denver)            286.20  255.55  541.75
13  Tyler Miller (Wyoming)             277.75  263.00  540.75
14  Steven Starks (USC)                246.00  292.20  538.20
15  Billy Sweeney (Arizona State)      281.25  250.95  532.20
16  Kyle Van Valkenburg (Air Force)    260.10  256.65  516.75
17  Brian Lawler (Cal)                 251.65  254.85  506.50
18  Miles Smith (UC Irvine)            241.15  259.50  500.65
19  Kyle Bogner (Wyoming)              253.20  243.95  497.15
20  Derek Roth (USC)                   250.85  225.95  476.80
21  Mark Murdock (Wyoming)             205.05  240.90  445.95