Air Force Academy

USAF ACADEMY, Colo. - Hawaii's Mats Wiktorsson and Rui Wang swept the men's and women's platform diving competition Saturday in the final day of action at the NCAA Div. I Zone E Diving Regionals at Oklahoma Community College.

Wang took top honors in the women's platform diving with 648.35 points. Kimberly Popp of USC took second with 498.75 points. Tess Schofield of UCLA finished third with 488.60 points.

Wiktorsson won the men's platform diving with 702.90 points. Michael Hilde and Kenny Jenkins of USC followed up in second and third place with 668.85 and 613.25 points. Air Force's Brady Lindberg placed fifth with 535.75 points.

Eight men and 11 women qualified for the NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships (See list below).

NCAA Zone E Day Three Results (3/11/2006)

Womens's Platform Finals
Place Score Diver Affiliation
1 648.35 Rui Wang Hawai'i
2 498.75 Kimberly Popp USC
3 488.60 Tess Schofield UCLA
4 464.65 Blythe Hartley USC
5 462.95 Ali Tycast USC
6 443.30 Lindsay Draper USC
7 436.10 Sara Bowling Stanford
8 432.85 QiongJie Huang Hawai'i
9 429.90 Brittany Hill UCLA
10 404.70 Jessica Gale Nevada
11 398.95 Cassidy Farwell Arizona State
12 396.95 Tiffany Manning Arizona
13 396.85 Erin Hobbs Arizona State
14 371.30 Natalie Hughes Northern Arizona
15 369.30 Carrie Quinn New Mexico
16 360.75 Danielle Borth Northern Arizona
17 345.15 Brandy Chapman UNLV
18 330.40 Wendy Williams UNLV

Womens's Platform Trials
Place Score Diver Affiliation
1 327.65 Rui Wang Hawai'i
2 251.10 Kimbery Popp USC
3 232.00 Ali Tycast USC
4 227.90 Blythe Hartley USC
5 227.20 Tess Schofield UCLA
6 214.20 Brittany Hill UCLA
7 208.60 Lindsay Draper USC
8 205.25 Erin Hobbs Arizona State
9 202.40 QiongJie Huang Hawai'i
10 197.25 Cassidy Farwell Arizona State
11 196.95 Sara Bowling Stanford
12 195.30 Jessica Gale Nevada
13 190.50 Tiffany Manning Arizona
14 186.15 Natalie Hughes Northern Arizona
15 185.10 Carrie Quinn New Mexico
16 181.70 Brandy Chapman UNLV
17 175.70 Wendy Williams UNLV
17 175.70 Danielle Borth Northern Arizona
19 172.55 Emily Keefer Wyoming
20 170.75 Emily Hanson Hawai'i
21 170.55 Megan MacDonald Arizona
22 170.50 Kelsey Patterson Utah
23 169.50 Nichole McLean UNLV
24 165.45 Kamie Lampe Stanford
25 164.55 Ginni van Katwijk Wyoming
26 159.80 Tara Capsuto Cal
27 159.05 Blair Buder Northern Arizona


Mens's Platform Finals
Place Score Diver Affiliation
1 702.90 Mats Wiktorsson Hawai'i
2 668.85 Michael Hilde USC
3 613.25 Kenny Jenkins USC
4 538.65 Dwight Dumais Stanford
5 535.75 Brady Lindberg Air Force
6 529.65 Nathan Kim Stanford
7 525.40 John Lynch Wyoming
8 522.80 Kevin Bretting Wyoming
9 517.45 Sam Helvie Cal
10 511.00 Javier Rivas Cal
11 476.95 Damian Brown Utah
12 476.35 Andy Jones Utah
13 414.80 Jacob Jewett Utah


Mens's Platform Trials
Place Score Diver Affiliation
1 348.65 Mats Wiktorsson Hawai'i
2 320.45 Michael Hilde USC
3 313.10 Kenny Jenkins USC
4 285.45 Dwight Dumais Stanford
5 268.00 Brady Lindberg Air Force
6 262.65 Nathan Kim Stanford
7 262.00 Sam Helvie Cal
8 261.80 Kevin Bretting Wyoming
9 259.25 Javier Rivas Cal
10 252.50 John Lynch Wyoming
11 238.00 Damian Brown Utah
12 222.00 Andy Jones Utah
13 207.10 Jacob Jewett Utah

Women's NCAA Qualifiers
Rui Wang Hawai'i
Blythe Hartley USC
QiongJie Huang Hawai'i
Cassidy Krug Stanford
Megan Farrow Hawai'i
Kelsey Patterson Utah
Kimberly Popp USC
Erin Hobbs Arizona State
Marisa Samaniego UCLA
Devon Owen Nevada

Men's NCAA Qualifiers
Mats Wiktorsson Hawai'i
Joona Puhakka Arizona State
Dwight Dumais Stanford
Sterling Richards Utah
Michael Hilde USC
John Collier USC
Brant Bingham Arizona State
Kenny Jenkins USC