NCAA Division I Women’s Championships: Arizona’s Samantha Pickens Top One-Meter Diving
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Arizona’s Samantha Pickens captured the one-meter diving title at the NCAA Division I Women’s Championships with 34.90 points.
That’s Pickens’ second triumph in the event, first winning in 2013 with 348.45 points.
She’s just the seventh person to win more than one time in the one-meter at NCAAs.
Samantha Pickens, Arizona
On winning a national championship
“It means a lot. A ton of hard work has been put into it and I’m really excited.”On her preparation before the finals
“My coach tells me to just try and be calm, relax and do the dives that you’re capable of. I’ve done these dives so many times you just have to put them on autopilot and go.”On if this win gives her extra confidence going into 3-meter
“A little bit [of extra confidence] but tomorrow is a completely new day. What happened here, keep it here and regroup for tomorrow.”
Stanford’s Kassidy Cook tallied 340.20 points for second overall, while Minnesota’s Zhou Yu snared third overall with 338.00 points.
1 Pickens, Samant SR Arizona-AZ 330.05 345.90 20 2 Cook, Kassidy SO Stanford-PC 323.60 340.20 17 3 Zhou, Yu SO Minnesota-MN 317.25 338.00 16 4 Hamperian, Rebe SO Kentucky-KY 317.35 326.65 15 5 Dunnichay, Mary JR Purdue-IN 305.75 323.20 14 6 Warner, Kahlia JR Florida-FL 305.95 321.75 13 7 Zhang, Wenting SR Illinois State-I 311.20 314.10 12 8 Young, Katrina SR Florida State-FL 311.45 297.70 11
1. Georgia 150 2. California 130 3. Stanford 71 4. Texas A&M 70.5 5. Wisconsin 52 6. Louisville 50 7. Virginia 42 8. NC State 41 9. Arizona 34 10. Florida 27 11. Auburn 26 12. Texas 24 12. Notre Dame 24 12. Tennessee 24 15. Southern California 22 16. Penn State 19 16. Minnesota 19 18. Kentucky 17 19. Purdue 14 20. Illinois State University 12 21. Florida State 11 22. UNC 10 23. Miami University (Ohio) 7 23. Indiana 7 25. University of Miami (Florida) 6 26. Florida Gulf Coast 4.5 27. Iowa 4 27. San Diego State 4 29. Hawaii (W) 3 29. Michigan 3 31. Ohio State 2
2015 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming & Diving, Live Results – Results
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