NCAA Division I Women’s Championships: Arizona’s Samantha Pickens Top One-Meter Diving

Samantha Pickens wins the one meter springboard diving event.

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

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Arizona’s Samantha Pickens captured the one-meter diving title at the NCAA Division I Women’s Championships with 34.90 points.

That’s Pickens’ second triumph in the event, first winning in 2013 with 348.45 points.

She’s just the seventh person to win more than one time in the one-meter at NCAAs.

Samantha Pickens, Arizona

On winning a national championship
“It means a lot. A ton of hard work has been put into it and I’m really excited.”

On her preparation before the finals
“My coach tells me to just try and be calm, relax and do the dives that you’re capable of. I’ve done these dives so many times you just have to put them on autopilot and go.”

On if this win gives her extra confidence going into 3-meter
“A little bit [of extra confidence] but tomorrow is a completely new day. What happened here, keep it here and regroup for tomorrow.”

Stanford’s Kassidy Cook tallied 340.20 points for second overall, while Minnesota’s Zhou Yu snared third overall with 338.00 points.

  1 Pickens, Samant  SR Arizona-AZ         330.05     345.90         20  
  2 Cook, Kassidy    SO Stanford-PC        323.60     340.20         17  
  3 Zhou, Yu         SO Minnesota-MN       317.25     338.00         16  
  4 Hamperian, Rebe  SO Kentucky-KY        317.35     326.65         15  
  5 Dunnichay, Mary  JR Purdue-IN          305.75     323.20         14  
  6 Warner, Kahlia   JR Florida-FL         305.95     321.75         13  
  7 Zhang, Wenting   SR Illinois State-I   311.20     314.10         12  
  8 Young, Katrina   SR Florida State-FL   311.45     297.70         11

  1. Georgia                           150   2. California                        130
  3. Stanford                           71   4. Texas A&M                        70.5
  5. Wisconsin                          52   6. Louisville                         50
  7. Virginia                           42   8. NC State                           41
  9. Arizona                            34  10. Florida                            27
 11. Auburn                             26  12. Texas                              24
 12. Notre Dame                         24  12. Tennessee                          24
 15. Southern California                22  16. Penn State                         19
 16. Minnesota                          19  18. Kentucky                           17
 19. Purdue                             14  20. Illinois State University          12
 21. Florida State                      11  22. UNC                                10
 23. Miami University (Ohio)             7  23. Indiana                             7
 25. University of Miami (Florida)       6  26. Florida Gulf Coast                4.5
 27. Iowa                                4  27. San Diego State                     4
 29. Hawaii (W)                          3  29. Michigan                            3
 31. Ohio State                          2

2015 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming & Diving, Live Results – Results

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