University of Minnesota Athletics
P.J. Bogart
9/6/2007 12:00:00 AM | Athletics
P.J. Bogart |
Bogart opened his Maroon and Gold career in 1993 with the Big Ten and NCAA platform diving titles. His individual national championship was the first for a Minnesota diver since Craig Lincoln took home the 3-meter event in 1972. Along the way, Bogart set school freshman scoring records that stand to this day in both the 1- and 3-meter diving events.
During his sophomore season, Bogart captured Big Ten titles in both the 1-meter and platform events, earning the first of three All-Big Ten honors in his career. At the 1994 NCAA Championships, he became the first Golden Gopher diver to earn NCAA All-America honors in all three diving events.
Bogart repeated that feat in 1995, taking the NCAA 1-meter championship, finishing second in the 3-meter and earning fourth-place in the platform event. Prior to the national meet, Bogart became the first Minnesota diver in school history to win Big Ten titles in all three events. Following the season, he was named the Big Ten Men’s Athlete of the Year.
The 1996 season saw Bogart wrap up his Maroon and Gold career with more outstanding performances. In addition to earning All-Big Ten and Academic All-Big Ten honors, Bogart captured the 1- and 3-meter crowns to help lead Minnesota to its first Big Ten Championship since 1926. A month later at the NCAA Championships, Bogart won his eighth national title with a 632.97-point performance in the 1-meter event. For the third consecutive season, he nabbed All-America honors in all three diving events, finishing fourth in the 3-meter and seventh in the platform. Bogart also completed his career with his first Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All-American honor.
At the end of his collegiate career, Bogart’s name littered the Golden Gopher record book as the owner of school record in all three diving events. He ranked first all-time with eight individual Big Ten titles and eight with 12 All-America honors.
Following his Maroon and Gold career, Bogart went on to become a U.S. 1- and 3-meter champion, and narrowly missed making the 2000 U.S. Olympic team, finishing third in the 3-meter event. Bogart went on to perform in the Cirque du Soleil show at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas.
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