Velazquez Earns All-America Honors in 3-Meter
March 26, 2004
East Meadow, N.Y. (hurricanesports.com) – University of Miami junior Miguel Velazquez (Mexico City, Mexico) earned All-America honors for the second time in as many days placing fourth in the 3-meter springboard (613.50) at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships being held at the Nassau County Aquatic Center in East Meadow, N.Y.
Velazquez, who finished fourth in the 3-meter springboard last season, earned All-America honors on Thursday placing eighth in the 1-meter springboard. He has earned All-America honors in all three diving events during his UM career. Velazquez earned All-America honors as a freshman in the 10-meter platform.
Freshman Derek Starks (Mission Viejo, Calif.) finished 18th in the 3-meter with a score of 502.40.
NCAA Diving competition concludes on Saturday with the 10-meter platform.
EVENT: 13 MEN's 3 Meter Springboard Diving
OPTIONAL LIMITED RANK NAME YEAR TEAM DD PRELIM DD FINALS
1 PUHAKKA, JOONA SO ARIZONA STATE 383.10 599.80 216.70 647.30 2 JONES, PHILLIP JR TENNESSEE 379.75 583.45 203.70 633.50 3 BRADLEY, ANDY JR SOUTH CAROLINA 337.65 546.00 208.35 616.45 4 Velazquez, Miguel JR MIAMI (FLORIDA) 355.35 572.90 217.55 613.50 5 GARCIA, CAESAR SR AUBURN 335.50 547.65 212.15 609.40 6 COLWILL, CHRIS FR GEORGIA 354.00 553.80 199.80 597.70 7 KLAMI, TIMO SR IOWA 357.45 564.85 207.40 585.80 8 BRICKER, MATT JR AUBURN 354.45 570.15 215.70 574.90
9 TARANTINO, JEVON FR TENNESSEE 364.20 542.45 10 COBON, JASON SR MICHIGAN 345.50 541.90 11 HILDE, MICHAEL FR SOUTHERN CAL. 332.05 532.90 12 SECGERLIN, STEVEN FR AUBURN 330.65 532.05 13 GAGNET, LOUIE JR CAL. BERKELEY 315.90 517.65 14 ASHWORTH, AARON FR ALABAMA 313.45 517.55 15 VINCENT, RAY SR SOUTHERN CAL. 315.00 507.20 16 SHATTUCK, MARK SO TEXAS 303.85 505.45
17 BEARDALL, JUSTIN SR BRIGHAM YOUNG 311.25 504.80 18 Starks, Derek FR MIAMI (FLORIDA) 307.70 502.40 19 RICHESON, MITCH JR OHIO STATE 320.30 502.25 20 GOWDY, MICHAEL HAWAII 307.50 500.10 21 AVERY, TODD JR GEORGIA 301.20 486.75 22 FAGAN, RYAN SO INDIANA 298.70 486.05 23 GASTALDO, MARC JR PENN STATE 295.70 483.60 24 ANDERSON, JOSH SR ARIZONA 302.85 480.50
25 HARKNESS, KELLEN FR OHIO STATE 293.75 26 PICARD, CHRISTIAN SO TEXAS A&M 290.10 27 RODRIGUEZ, MARIO JR KENTUCKY 280.35 28 PERRY, ANTHONY SR DREXEL 278.10 29 LINETTE, JON JR TEXAS 271.30 30 MORGAN, ADAM SR TEXAS A&M 269.15 31 GRIFFIN, PHILIP JR S.M.U. 260.25 32 POITRAS, ERIC SR NORTH CAROLINA 245.55 33 TEAGUE, KEVIN FR NAVY 244.70 34 NEMTSANOV, DENNIS SO PITTSBURGH 240.95 35 HILLIS, JR SO PURDUE 238.90
