Trojan Diving Invite Wrap-Up
Air Force
Paced by an eighth-place finish from senior David Arlington (Eagle River, Alaska), the Air Force men’s and women’s diving teams wrapped up competition at the Trojan Diving Invitational, hosted by USC. Saturday’s events included the men’s 3-meter dive and the women’s 1-meter dive.
Arlington was the top performer for the Falcons on the men’s 3-meter springboard, placing eighth with a score of 272.00. Arlington advanced to the finals after posting a mark of 277.25 in the preliminaries of the event.
Meanwhile, senior Kyle Van Valkenburg (Tucson, Ariz.) just missed qualifying for the finals, finishing ninth overall with a preliminary score of 268.10. Also competing Saturday morning for the Air Force men was Beau Riebe (Fr., Mercer Island, Wash.), who finished 13th overall with a score of 233.00 in the preliminaries.
Representing the Air Force women was senior Chelsea Tompkins (Grand Junction, Colo.). Tompkins
finished 12th overall in the women’s 1-meter event, registering a mark of 201.95.
The Air Force divers return to action Nov. 20-22 at the Arizona Diving Invitational in Tucson, Ariz.
California
California freshman Kelsey Heiken placed fourth in the
one-meter springboard final on Saturday in the last event of the Trojan
Diving Invitational at USC’s McDonald’s Swim Stadium. Heiken posted a
score of 253.75 in the final after finishing in second place in the
preliminary round with a score of 246.85 earlier in the day. Freshman
teammate Rachel Becker posted a score of 199.20 in the prelim but did not
advance to the final.
USC’s Victoria Ishimatsu won the one-meter title (310.55).
Heiken finished eighth in the meet’s three-meter springboard final on
Friday, Nov. 6, one day after she won the three-meter event in Cal’s
dual-meet win over Fresno State in Berkeley.
“Kelsey again had a great week vs. Fresno State and then here,” Cal diving
coach Ben Herdt said. “She qualified second out of prelims. That was
really good. It was great experience for both the girls. This was really
impressive stuff from Kelsey. She’s starting to put things together. She
has an incredible ability to jump. She’s showing the other Pac-10 teams
that she’s ready to compete.
“This will set Kelsey up pretty well heading into the Texas meet.”
The Cal divers return to action when the Bears compete at the Texas
Invitational on Dec. 3 in Austin, Texas.
Stanford
Brent Eichenseer and Dwight Dumais finished 1-2 in the finals of the three-meter championship at the USC Diving Invite, after both finished second yesterday in separate events on Friday.
Eichenseer scored a best of 388.60 in the finals, after the second-best score in the prelims at 352.35. Duamais finished second with a score of 387.15 after the third-best prelim score of 338.90. Harrison Jones, who beat the duo yesterday in the platform and the one-meter, finished third with 380.90 points.
In the one-meter finals on the women's side, Mary Beth Corbett finished eighth with a score of 220.80, after a score of 224.15 in the prelims, also the eighth-best score of the 16 competitors.
