Men's NCAA Championships, Day One: Tennessee's Jevon Tarantino Wins One-Meter Diving Crown -- March 25, 2004
By Phillip Whitten
EAST MEADOW, New York, March 25. THE SEC dominated the first diving event of this championship just as they did the women’s diving last week, taking five of the top spots.
Tennessee scored with freshman Jevon Tarantino winning the 1-m springboard event with 388.65 points to nip South Carolina’s Andy Bradley by fewer than four points. Another Tennessee Vol, Phil Jones, finished fourth.
ASU’s Joona Puhakka, who led going into the final dive, faded to third.
FINALS RESULTS
EVENT: 5 MEN's 1 Meter Springboard Diving
OPTIONAL LIMITED
RANK NAME YEAR TEAM DD PRELIM DD FINALS
1 TARANTINO, JEVON FR TENNESSEE 359.35 388.65
2 BRADLEY, ANDY JR SOUTH CAROLINA 331.90 384.90
3 PUHAKKA, JOONA SO ARIZONA STATE 370.30 373.40
4 JONES, PHILLIP JR TENNESSEE 313.20 363.50
5 COLWILL, CHRIS FR GEORGIA 344.20 360.45
6 RICHESON, MITCH JR OHIO STATE 307.20 349.90
7 GARCIA, CAESAR SR AUBURN 320.20 345.85
8 VELAZQUEZ, MIGUEL JR MIAMI (FLORIDA) 308.85 340.10
9 ANDERSON, JOSH SR ARIZONA 303.55
10 GRIFFIN, PHILIP JR S.M.U. 296.60
11 NEMTSANOV, DENNIS SO PITTSBURGH 294.20
12 RODRIGUEZ, MARIO JR KENTUCKY 294.10
13 HILDE, MICHAEL FR SOUTHERN CAL. 288.85
14 AVERY, TODD JR GEORGIA 287.50
15 KLAMI, TIMO SR IOWA 283.05
16 BRICKER, MATT JR AUBURN 278.70
17 SECGERLIN, STEVEN FR AUBURN 275.75
18 HARKNESS, KELLEN FR OHIO STATE 275.40
19 STARKS, DEREK FR MIAMI (FLORIDA) 274.55
20 SHATTUCK, MARK SO TEXAS 274.15
21 PICARD, CHRISTIAN SO TEXAS A&M 273.55
22 TEAGUE, KEVIN FR NAVY 269.25
23 POITRAS, ERIC SR NORTH CAROLINA 268.60
24 GASTALDO, MARC JR PENN STATE 267.95
25 GAGNET, LOUIE JR CAL. BERKELEY 266.05
26 VINCENT, RAY SR SOUTHERN CAL. 263.85
27 ASHWORTH, AARON FR ALABAMA 263.70
28 PERRY, ANTHONY SR DREXEL 261.00
29 GOWDY, MICHAEL HAWAII 256.15
30 FAGAN, RYAN SO INDIANA 254.35
31 HILLIS, JR SO PURDUE 247.80
32 BEARDALL, JUSTIN SR BRIGHAM YOUNG 246.85
33 MORGAN, ADAM SR TEXAS A&M 245.05
34 COBON, JASON SR MICHIGAN 242.25
35 LINETTE, JON JR TEXAS 231.15
