Updated at 8:37 p.m., Friday, March 2, 2007
UH diver wins 3-meter title at regional
Advertiser Staff
University of Hawai'i diver Magnus Frick captured the men's 3-meter springboard title and teammate Mats Wiktorsson took fifth as both advanced to the NCAA Championships Friday at the Zone E Diving Regional held at the Oklahoma City (Okla.) Community College pool.Frick, who was trailing Brigham Young's Brandon Watson by almost five points following the preliminaries, scored 372.90 in his second six-dive list to catapult past Watson and take first place with 749.90 points.
Watson finished second with 733.05 points.
The fifth-place showing by Wiktorsson assured him one of the nine berths available at the Zone E Regional joining Frick at the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Swimming and Diving Championship March 15 to 17 in Minneapolis.
Wiktorsson competes on the platform today.
In the women's competition, UH diver Emma Friesen advanced to next week's NCAA Championships after finishing second on the 1-meter springboard event.
Friesen, who was also second after the preliminaries, posted a score of 582.80 for the two combined six-dive lists.
Hawai'i's Megan Farrow, who secured an NCAA berth Thursday with a second-place showing on the 3-meter, took 28th Friday with a score of 214.90.
