March 11, 2004
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. - The NCAA Zone E Diving Regionals got underway on Thursday afternoon with Arizona State divers claiming victories in both events held at the Oklahoma City Community College Aquatic Center. Sophomore All-American Joona Puhakka won the men's 3m while junior All-American Trisha Tumlinson won the women's 1m to continue where they left off at the Pac-10 Diving Championships where the pair each captured two titles (Puhakka - 1m, 3m; Tumlinson - 3m, platform).
Puhakka's victory on the 3m came by over 70 points as he totaled a score of 596.95 to win the event for the second year running at the Zone meet. Juniors Gordon Blukis (453.00) and Thomas McCrummen (443.40) finished 10th and 11th respectively while sophomore Brant Bingham (434.35) placed 14th.
Tumlinson won the 1m title with a score of 564.70. Senior Jessica Stenson placed 11th (465.80) and freshman Cassidy Farwell finished 18th (407.25). Action continues tomorrow at the Zone meet with the men on the 1m and the women on the 3m. Men's 3M Finals Place Score Diver Affiliation 1 596.95 Joona Puhakka Arizona State 2 522.35 Josh Anderson Arizona 3 499.75 Ray Vincent USC 4 487.45 Michael Hilde USC 5 485.45 Louie Gagnet California 6 482.40 Michael Gowdy Hawai'i 7 472.90 Justin Beardall BYU 8 467.85 Sterling Richards Utah 9 454.25 Scott Randall BYU 10 453.00 Gordon Blukis Arizona State 11 443.40 Thomas McCrummen Arizona State 12 441.15 Robbie Quinn California 13 440.20 John Collier Arizona 14 434.35 Brant Bingham Arizona State 15 433.70 Kenny Jenkins USC 16 433.20 Kevin McLean Stanford 17 425.60 Anton Slobounov UC Irvine 18 424.95 Jonthan Coyle Hawai'i 19 246.40 Alex Vollelunga Arizona 20 246.40 Nathaniel Dean California 21 243.55 Justin Wilcox Hawai'i 22 242.75 Ben Chapman Air Force 23 241.40 Kevin Bretting Wyoming 24 235.05 J.J. Aderholt Arizona 25 233.50 Adam Miller Wyoming 26 194.75 John Lynch Wyoming
Womens's 1M Finals Place Score Diver Affiliation 1 564.70 Trisha Tumlinson Arizona State 2 538.15 Qiong Jie Huang Hawai'i 3 533.95 Mary Yarrison Arizona 4 532.65 Ashlee Rosenthal Stanford 5 524.35 Cassidy Krug Stanford 6 513.65 Becca Barras New Mexico 7 477.85 Maggie Roberts Hawai'i 8 477.25 Paige Thompson UCLA 9 471.20 Amanda Blong UCLA 10 470.65 Devon Owen Nevada 11 465.80 Jessica Stenson Arizona State 12 458.65 Blair Buder Northern Arizona 13 451.75 Tracey Berghian New Mexico 14 451.20 Sara Clark UCLA 15 449.70 Daniela Bemme Arizona 16 439.50 Janine Strack UCLA 17 429.30 Erin Lashnits Stanford 18 407.25 Cassidy Farwell Arizona State