Watson Places 7th At Nationals

COLUMBUS -- After the first day at the men’s swimming and diving NCAA National Championships, Brandon Watson earned 12 points for BYU to place them 21st in the nation.

Sophomore All-American Watson earned a seventh-place finish on the 1-meter board with a preliminary score of 370.20 and a final score of 376.90.

Watson will compete on the 3-meter board Saturday, with the option to compete on the 5-meter platform following competition. The NCAA has granted Watson permission to compete on the platform if desired because of the 24-hour delayed start of the National Championships.

Check back to www.byucougars.com/swimming_diving/ for updates.

Event 5  Men 1 mtr Diving
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   NCAA Meet: M 442.70   3/26/2009 Drew Livingston, Texas                      
    Name                    Year School               Prelims     Finals        
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A - Final
  1 Boudia, David                PUR                   422.25     468.65M 
  2 Horner, Terry                FSU                   373.90     432.45  
  3 Livingston, Drew             TEX                   394.00     413.10  
  4 McCrory, Nick                DUKE                  389.05     411.60  
  5 Ross, Reuben                 MIAM                  366.35     395.80  
  6 Colturi, David               PUR                   393.60     380.25  
  7 Watson, Brandon              BYU                   370.20     376.90  
  8 Nel, Grant                   TA&M                  378.40     373.30  
B - Final
  9 Cooper, Matthew              TEX                   363.70     395.95  
 10 Destephen, Gregory           UMIZ                  358.10     394.55  
 11 Marx, Kelly                  AUB                   353.45     369.80  
 11 Wieser, Weston               OSU                   353.90     369.80  
 13 Brown, Andrew                MINN                  348.05     367.55  
 14 Jones, Dante                 UMIZ                  346.60     363.05  
 15 Jones, Harrison              USC                   364.20     355.15  
 15 Marzullo, Landon             FSU                   353.00     355.15
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 6                     
 
  1. Texas                               145   2. California                          139
  3. Florida                             118   4. Auburn                            114.5
  5. Stanford                            106   6. Arizona                              87
  7. Michigan                             77   8. Virginia                             53
  9. Ohio State                         46.5  10. Kentucky                             34
 11. Purdue                               33  11. Texas A&M                            33
 11. Georgia                              33  14. Southern California                32.5
 15. Minnesota                            29  16. Tennessee                            22
 17. Cincinnati                           20  18. Florida State                      18.5
 19. Duke                                 15  20. Miami                                14
 21. Brigham Young                        12  22. Georgia Tech                         11
 23. Missouri                             10  23. Louisville                           10
 25. North Carolina                        9  26. Louisiana State                       8
 27. Nevada, Las Vegas                     6  28. Northwestern                          2