March 15, 2008

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Day two of the NCAA Zone 'A' Diving Championship was very similar to Friday's opening day as Pittsburgh's Alex Volovetski and Drexel Katie Hynes captured the men's and women's events, respectively, for the second time in as many days. After winning the men's three meter Friday at the University at Buffalo Natatorium in Buffalo, N.Y., Volovetski won the one-meter event Saturday. Hynes, meanwhile, added Saturday's one-meter crown to the three-meter title she claimed Friday.

Saturday was a tough day for the Navy contingent competing at the championship. Katie Griffin (Sr., Ellicott City, Md.) placed 11th on the three meter Saturday (479.40 points) after finishing in 10th place on the one meter the day before. In the men's competition Saturday, Olaf Olson (Fr., Bainbridge Island, Wash.) was the top Navy diver with his 11thplace showing on the one meter (539.40), while Jon Galinski (Jr., Phoenix, Md.) and Adam Niekras (Sr., Liverpool, N.Y.) finished in 17th (524.95) and 22nd place (237.90), respectively, Saturday afternoon.

Friday saw Olson place fourth, Galinski sixth and Niekras 17th on the three meter.

"We missed some dives today and you can't do that against a field as talented and deep as we are going up against this weekend," said Navy diving coach Joe Suriano. "We hope to have a better day Sunday."

The Zone 'A' meet, which is one of five zone meets across the country that will determine the field of divers for the upcoming NCAA Championship, will conclude Sunday with the men's and women's 10-meter platform event.

A total of five divers will advance from the Zone 'A' meet to the men's and women's national championship.