USC Sweeps Men’s, Women’s Platform Diving at Pac-10s

FEDERAL WAY, Wash., March 2. USC swept the men's and women's 10-meter platform events on the final day of competition at the 2003 Pacific-10 Men's Diving Championships, held at the King County Aquatics Center in Federal Way, Washington.

USC's Ray Vincent won the men's event with his score of 503.85, denying ASU freshman Joona Puhakka's bid for a sweep of all three diving contests. Puhakka finished third off the platform with 456.40 points, three points behind Arizona's Josh Anderson, who was second (459.80).

USC's Blythe Hartley, a sophomore, completed her sweep of the women's diving events here. Hartley, the 2002 NCAA Women's Diver of the Year who won the 1-meter and 3-meter springboard earlier, completed the Pac-10 sweep by winning the platform with 489.20 points.

Hartley became only the second Pac-10 woman ever to sweep all three events. The first was Stanford's Katie Connors in 1988. Junior Nicci Fusaro posted her second second-place finish of the meet with 434.85 in the platform. UCLA's Regan Gosnell was third.

USC has won at least one Pac-10 diving event eight years in a row.

PAC-10 WOMEN'S SWIM/DIVE CHAMPIONSHIPS
FEBRUARY 27-MARCH 1, 2003

March 1, 2003

Event 20 Women Platform Diving
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Name Year School Prelims Finals
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=== Finals ===

1 Hartley, Blythe USC 493.10 J489.20
2 Fusaro, Nicci USC 451.70 J434.85
3 Gosnell, Regan UCLA 439.75 J443.95
4 Murphy, McKenze STAN 414.80 J435.15
5 Febvay, Claire UA 395.85 J427.35
6 Tumlinson, Trisha ASU 384.10 J454.05
7 Bowling, Sara STAN 370.05 J365.25
8 McNally, Jen UCLA 367.25 J359.70
9 Bemme, Daniele UA 361.90 J361.90
10 Clark, Sara UCLA 343.35 J343.35
11 Skloven, Michaela STAN 341.95 J341.95
12 Draper, Lindsay USC 330.95 J330.95
13 Berglund, Katie STAN 330.65 J330.65
14 Mannella, Stephanie UA 321.70 J321.70
15 Lashnits, Erin STAN 316.40 J316.40
16 Flynn, Christina CAL 299.75 J299.75

Event 24 Men Platform Diving
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Name Year School Prelims Finals
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=== Finals ===

1 Vincent, Ray USC 552.40 503.85
2 Anderson, Josh UA 527.80 459.80
3 Puhakka, Joona ASU 429.10 456.40
4 Koenig, Scott UA 483.20 449.35
5 Peterson, Adam STAN 430.55 433.55
6 Vollelunga, Alex UA 416.85 404.25
7 Dean, Nathaniel CAL 402.80 398.75
8 Olmstead, Gavin STAN 409.45 390.95

=== Preliminaries ===

— Bingham, Brant ASU 297.60
9 McCrummen, Thomas ASU 394.50
10 Bartolotta, Nick CAL 331.15
11 Quinn, Robbie CAL 316.35
12 Chultz, Noah CAL 269.45

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