University of Houston Athletics
Cougar Student Athlete Of The Week
10/23/2006 12:00:00 AM | General
Anastasia Pozdniakova
Class: Sophomore-1L
Sport: Diving
Height: 5-3
Hometown: Elektrostal, Russia
Honors at Houston
2006 All-Conference USA Second Team (3-Meter Diving)
2006 All-Conference USA Second Team (1-Meter Diving)
2006 All-Conference USA Second Team (Platform Diving)
C-USA Diver of the Week (Nov. 8, 2005)
C-USA Diver of the Week (Jan. 10, 2006)
2006-07 SEASON
Claimed first place in the 1-meter competition with 303.80 points during the first tri-meet against Northern Colorado and at New Mexico State... Won the 1-meter springboard event with 300.55 points during the second day of the tri-meet against Northern Colorado and at New Mexico State.
2005-06 SEASON
Claimed fourth place on the 1-meter board and ninth on the 3-meter board at the 2006 European Diving Championships in Budapest, Hungary... Placed ninth on the 1- and 3-meter boards during the 2006 FINA Diving World Cup in Changshu, China... Finished ninth and sixth on the 3- and 1-meter springboard events, respectively, during the NCAA Zone D meet... Joined Tania Cagnotto as the only divers to finish among the Top Three individual leaders in all three diving events at the C-USA Championship... Earned the silver medal with 319.60 points on the 3-meter springboard during the C-USA Championship... Finished second on the 1-meter springboard during the C-USA Championship with 309.75 points to help lead the Cougars to a sweep of the Top Three places... Captured third place on the platform during the C-USA Championship with 247.50 points... Finished second on the 3-meter board with 302.10 points during her first collegiate meet against C-USA rival Rice and host Texas... Earned a second-place finish on the 1-meter with 313.25 points and added a similar finish with 341.55 points on the 3-meter board against North Texas... Earned the first win of her collegiate career with 319.73 points on the 1-meter springboard against Arkansas.... Posted 296.85 points on the 1-meter springboard to win at Texas A&M... Placed second in both diving events during a tri-meet against SMU, Wyoming and host North Texas... Claimed first place on the 1-meter springboard with 311.75 points at the Texas Invitational... Finished second in the 3-meter competition with 292.55 points at the Texas Invitational... Won the 1-meter event at the Georgia Diving Invitational and Shootout with 281.65 points... Named the C-USA Diver of the Week for that effort.
2004-05 SEASON
Sat out the entire season with a redshirt... Competed at the 2005 FINA Diving World Championships in Montreal... Placed 13th on the 1-meter board and 11th in the 3-meter synchronized diving.
HIGH SCHOOL
Finished fourth on the 1-meter board during the 2004 European Championships in Madrid, Spain... Earned a 12th-place finish on the platform during the FINA Junior Diving World Championships in Aachen, Germany, in 2002.
PERSONAL
Full name is Anastasia Urevna Pozdniakova... Born on Dec. 11, 1985, in Elektrostal, Russia... Daughter of Tatiana and Uriy Pozdniakova... Studio arts-interior design major.
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