State College, Pa., March 15, 2002 ¡ª Senior men¡¯s diver Steve Bohner (Lansdale, Pa.) and sophomore women¡¯s diver Maggie O¡¯Brien (Minnetonka, Minn.) won their respective diving event at the NCAA Zone ¡®A¡¯ Diving Championship hosted by the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

Bohner won the 3-meter springboard with a score of 559.35 points. Michael Wells of Pittsburgh finished second with 525.45 points. Penn State freshman Marc Gastaldo (Winslow, Maine) placed sixth with a score of 486.0. The top two places earn a trip to the NCAA National Championships.

O¡¯Brien won the 1-meter springboard with a score of 269.60. Melanie Loftus of Yale placed second with a score of 265.25. Penn State freshman Corey Pagnotta (Westport, Conn.) placed fifth with a score of 252.85.

Penn State¡¯s divers will return to action tomorrow. The men will compete in the 1-meter springboard, while the women compete in the 3-meter springboard. Once again, the top two qualifiers earn a berth to the NCAA

Results from day one of the NCAA Zone 'A' Diving Championship, being held this weekend at Lejeune Hall.

NCAA Zone 'A' Diving Championship
Friday, March 15, 2002
Lejeune Hall
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis, Maryland

Men's 3-M Results
559.35 Steve Bohner, Penn
525.45 Michael Wells, Pitt
518.90 Anthony Perry, Drexel
501.05 Josh Gallant, Yale
487.45 Kevin Coogan, Drexel
486.0 Mark Gastaldo, Penn State
473.30 Kevin McKinney, Uconn
462.05 Kent Demond, Princeton
461.55 Matthew Schwartz, Pittsburgh
450.85 Enrique Roy, Harvard
429.05 Tom Crahan, Harvard
428.15 Adam Barclay, LaSalle
414.90 Randy Kozlowski, St. Bonaventure
405.85 Victor Paguia, Boston Univ.
389.05 Scott Brown, Dartmouth
385.70 Michael Guman, Marist
375.40 Casey Gon, Navy
365.0 Sam Hood, LaSalle
337.85 Mike Tanana, Dartmouth

NCAA Qualifiers - Bohner, Wells
Women's 1-M Results
269.60 Maggie O'Brien, Penn State
265.25 Melanie Loftus, Yale
262.85 Danielle Fritze, Dartmouth
256.80 Moreen O'Brien, Pittsburgh
252.85 Corey Pagnotta, Penn State
251.30 Danielle Stramandi, Princeton
248.90 Teresa Hermann, Columbia
248.45 Julie Van Deusen, Delaware
244.65 Katherine Mattison, Princeton
239.35 Kimberly LaHaye, Buffalo
235.80 Carol Day-davis, Harvard
228.70 Melissa Kull, Connecticut
228.45 Stacey Gallacher, Boston University
224.20 Kate Allery, Massachusetts
220.70 Kathleen Mckeon, Yale
218.20 Bates Gregory, Yale
215.45 Grace Coyle, Columbia
214.20 Ashley Good, Rhode Island
210.05 Sarah Get, Army
207.35 Katie Mailman, Northeastern
207.30 Mary Campbell, George Mason
207.15 Kim Rinaldi, Holy Cross
199.45 Emily Barsky, Dartmouth
198.25 Renee Paradise, Harvard
197.20 Kristin Duffy, Brown
194.70 Ashley Craw, George Mason
191.70 Elizabeth Replogle, George Mason
191.50 Anne Osmun, Harvard
191.45 Tiffany Kirkham, James Madison
189.15 Ryann Welch, Northeastern
184.75 Bridget Nord, Boston University
183.35 Carrie Pucko, Holy Cross
181.25 Megan Barnett, Navy
181.10 Jennifer Runkel, Northeastern
172.50 Jen Busby, Colgate
166.85 Kristin Straton, Boston University
166.60 Julianna Bonilla, Georgetown
165.45 Kristi Lee Schubert, Stony Brook
138.95 Emily Hall, Vermont
133.50 Erin Byrnes, Stony Brook

NCAA Qualifiers - O'Brien, Loftus