Back-to-Back; Pakhalina Wins Second NCAA Diving Crown

East Meadow, NY (March 16) - University of Houston freshman Yulia Pakhalina followed up Thursday's NCAA winning performance in the one-meter springboard diving event with another stellar showing Friday (March 16) to claim her second national championship in as many days. Competing in East Meadow, New York, Pakhalina defeated 33 other college divers to win the NCAA national championship in the three-meter springboard.

She posted an 11-dive score of 573.20 points, a comfortable 28.9 points ahead of NCAA runner-up Jenny Keim of Miami. In adding the total points awarded to Houston for her first place finish on the one-meter (Thursday) with Friday's three-meter national championship, UH completed day two of the NCAA meet with a score of 40 points. By herself Pakhalina has positioned the Cougars into 18th place in the country heading into the final day of competition on Saturday.

The native of Penza, Russia, became the first UH diver to win one, and now two, NCAA National Championships in the sport. Pakhalina, a former world champion and 2000 Olympic Gold medalist at the Sydney Olympics, is in her first year at the University of Houston.

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
Women's 3-Meter Springboard Diving

PL	NAME	YEAR	TEAM	PRELIM	FINALS
1	PAKHALINA, YULIA	FR	HOUSTON	619.40	573.20
2	KEIM, JENNY	SR	MIAMI (FLORIDA)	538.20	544.30
3	FUSARO, NICCI	FR	SOUTHERN CAL.	514.50	537.85
4	MITCHELL, SUMMER	SO	MICHIGAN STATE	493.00	521.95
5	WATKINS, JAMIE	JR	LOUISIANA STATE	478.90	518.50
6	SPYCHALA, EMILY	SO	MIAMI (FLORIDA)	504.00	505.45
7	BRENNAN, KELLIE	JR	SOUTHERN CAL.	495.85	505.30
8	DAVISON, MICHELLE	JR	MIAMI(FLORIDA)	486.35	470.85
9	KORDIOUKOVA,KATERINA	SO	ARKANSAS	478.85	?
10	DIEA, NATALIA	JR	OHIO STATE	478.55	?
11	CULPEPPER, ASHLEY	SR	LOUISIANASTATE	478.45	?
12	MATTINGLY, HEATHER	JR	NOTRE DAME	471.40	?
13	KING, LAUREN	FR	GEORGIA	470.70	?
14	SANGER, JAMIE	SO	TENNESSEE	468.90	?
15	JAAX, JAMIE	SR	PENN STATE	465.25	?
16	BRYANT, KATIE BETH	SO	MIAMI (FLORIDA)	465.00	?
17	MURPHY, McKENZE	SO	STANFORD	464.80	?
18	SONES, ERIN	SR	STANFORD	464.50	?
19	MARLEAU, MARIE-EVE	FR	TEXAS A&M	464.25	?
20	ZACK, MEGHAN	JR	TEXAS A&M	464.10	?
21	CORYELL, MICHELLE	SO	LOUISIANASTATE	450.35	?
22	QUINN, ERIN	JR	INDIANA	443.65	?
23	FLYNT, LIZZY	SR	TENNESSEE	442.95	?
24	TUTUNNIKOVA, ANNA	SR	BRIGHAM YOUNG	441.05	?
25	WELLS, KYLEE	FR	TENNESSEE	435.85	?
26	MARQUIS, KRISTEN	SO	TEXAS	434.70	?
27	BAGHRAMIAN, ANNE	SR	UCLA	429.65	?
28	BERRYMAN, LINDSEY	SR	ARIZONA	425.40	?
29	LUTZ, ERIN	SR	PRINCETON	418.60	?
30	DAVID, ADRIAN	SR	ARIZONA	416.05	?
31	GOODSON, MAMIE	SO	INDIANA	411.90	?
32	CLARK, BETH	SR	BALL STATE	402.40	?
33	WILLIAMS, KATIE	SO	TEXAS A&M	380.35	?
34	O'BRIEN, JENNIFER	FR	PITTSBURGH	361.60	?

For a full scoring summary of Friday's NCAA results, link to the world-wide web here... http://www.ncaachampionships.com/news/swim/wswim/2001/03/16/984702945030.html.

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