University of Minnesota Athletics
Gopher Divers Complete Third Day At National Championships
7/25/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
On the third day of competition at the 2008 Kaiser Permanente National Diving Championships in Pasadena, Calif., Cole Young led Minnesota's contingent by reaching the final of the 3-meter springboard competition. Andrew Brown and Jacqueline Schroeder were also in action for the Gophers.
After finishing eighth through the preliminaries of the 3-meter springboard event with a tally of 354.20, Young ended up in 12th after the semifinals with a score of 342.15. Brown was just behind in ninth after the prelims (352.50) but fell off to 14th and just out of the top 12 finals with a semis score of 319.95.
On Wednesday, Brown led the duo with a 14th place finish in the 1-meter competition with a score of 285.35 while Young managed an 18th place finish (269.90).
Both divers will be in action over the coming days in the 3-meter and platform synchronized finals and the 10-meter platform event.
Schroeder was in action Thursday in the 3-meter competition where she advanced to the semis in 18th place with a score of 218.65. She moved up to 17th in the semifinals with a tally of 227.25 but missed the top eight that qualified for the final.
Schroeder will compete in the 10-meter synchro final and the individual platform event over the weekend.
