Feb. 27, 2004
Federal Way, WA - At the 2004 Pac-10 Men's and Women's Diving Championships, hosted by UCLA and held at the Weyerhauser King County Aquatic Center, Arizona State sophomore Joona Puhakka and Stanford freshman Cassidy Krug won Pac-10 titles. Puhakka won the men's three-meter and Krug won the women's one-meter.
Puhakka set a new Pac-10 meet record of 674.75 to win the men's three-meter title. USC's Justin Dumais set the previous record of 658.05 in 1999. Yesterday, Puhakka won the men's one-meter springboard title, scoring 381.20. As a freshman last year, he won both the one- and three-meter titles. Puhakka was also named the Pac-10 Men's Diver and Newcomer in Diving of the Year.
Cardinal diver Jesse Fonner took eighth in the three-meter event with a score of 479.20 in the finals. Stanford's Kevin McLean placed 14th overall (401.95).
The Pac-10 Diving Championships will conclude tomorrow with the men's and women's platform prelims and finals.
Men 3M Finals
Place Score Diver Name Affiliation 1 674.75 Joona Puhakka (ASU) Arizona State University 2 581.50 Michael Hilde (USC) University of Southern California 3 579.70 Louie Gagnet (UCB) University of California, Berkeley 4 552.15 Josh Anderson (UA) University of Arizona 5 540.95 Ray Vincent (USC) University of Southern California 6 521.00 John Collier (UA) University of Arizona 7 497.80 Gordon Blukis (ASU) Arizona State University 8 479.20 Jesse Fonner (STA) Stanford University
Men 3M Prelim
Place Score Diver Name Affiliation 1 646.00 Joona Puhakka (ASU) Arizona State University 2 554.00 Louie Gagnet (UCB) University of California, Berkeley 3 521.60 Ray Vincent (USC) University of Southern California 4 521.00 Jesse Fonner (STA) Stanford University 5 513.85 Josh Anderson (UA) University of Arizona 6 505.00 Michael Hilde (USC) University of Southern California 7 497.85 John Collier (UA) University of Arizona 8 490.00 Gordon Blukis (ASU) Arizona State University 9 489.80 Alex Vollelunga (UA) University of Arizona 10 463.25 Thomas McCrummen (ASU) Arizona State University 11 461.15 Kenny Jenkins (USC) University of Southern California 12 426.85 Robbie Quinn (UCB) University of California, Berkeley 13 423.20 Nathaniel Dean (UCB) University of California, Berkeley 14 401.95 Kevin McLean (STA) Stanford University 15 396.05 Brant Bingham (ASU) Arizona State University 16 361.20 J.J. Aderholt (UA) University of Arizona 17 317.25 Charles Slender (UCB) University of California, Berkeley