Jan. 4, 2003

Athens, Ga. – Three Gamecock women’s divers reached the one-meter finals and sophomore Andy Bradley finished third on the three-meter board, as the Carolina divers continued competition at the Georgia Diving Invitational on Saturday.

Sophomore Lauren King had the highest finish for the USC women’s divers, placing sixth with a score of 514.30. King also competed in the Bulldog Shootout in the evening and finished fourth. Sophomores Allison Brennan and Tracey Richardson finished eighth and ninth respectively on the one-meter with scores of 504.50 and 498.70.

On the men’s side, Bradley earned his second third-place finish of the invitational, this time on the one-meter. Bradley finished with a score of 565.00. Sophomore Dean Emmerton finished 14th with a score of 432.00 and freshman Ian Balman finished 28th at 184.85.

The final day of competition is Sunday with the men’s and women’s platform events.

Women’s 1-Meter Final Results
Diver Prelim Score Final Score
1. Lane Bassham, Alabama 273.20 555.10
2. Ashley Rubenstein, Auburn 263.50 541.40
3. Lauren McCalley, Tennessee 280.20 538.55
4. Jamie Sanger, Tennessee 255.60 516.80
5. Jessica Thompson, Kentucky 250.30 516.75
6. Lauren King, South Carolina 270.50 514.30
7. Jessica Rainier, Florida 246.20 508.60
8. Allison Brennan, South Carolina 238.85 504.50
9. Tracey Richardson, South Carolina 243.55 498.70
10. Katherine Bortenlanger, Alabama 249.30 498.55
11. Lisa Silvestri, Penn State 245.60 483.80
12. Kristen Conner, Florida 238.60 478.75
13. Nicole Bolt, Florida 238.60 (scratched after prelims)
14. Brooke Bassham, Georgia 232.25
15. Kelli Frost, Kentucky 231.60
16. Jessica Wantz, LSU 229.15
17. Barb Gorst, LSU 228.95
18. Kelsey Patterson, Auburn 227.70
19. Ashley Showalter, Tennessee 225.30
20. Michelle Brown, Kentucky 223.40
21. Kate Allery, UMass 221.20
22. Kylee Wells, Tennessee 220.25
23. Hillary Nichols, Iowa State 219.30
24. Rachel Korth, Auburn 217.70
25. Alison Riccobono, Penn State 213.10
26. Crystal Rasmussen, Alabama 204.20
27. Katie Prior, Virginia 203.20
28. Katie Herman, Iowa State 201.20
29. Corey Pagnotta, Penn State 198.85
30. Shastin Leathers, Clemson 197.05
31. Stacy Binyon, Tennessee 192.10
32. Cristina Curtuneanv, Clemson 191.20
33. Maggie O’Brien, Penn State 189.70
34. Evamarie Guerrieri, Drexel 189.60
35. Maureen McGinty, Florida 187.15
36. Jess Watcke, Clemson 187.85
37. Alicia Adsit, Iowa State 187.00
38. Alison Sharp, Virginia 184.55
39. Gail Olsen, Iowa State 182.20
40. Kara Boate, Drexel 182.05
41. Megan Flaws, Iowa State 167.65
42. Amy Tolley, South Carolina 166.15
43. Kalyn Knopf, UMass 163.95
44. Lainee Patterson, Alabama 150.15
45. Laura Trkovsky, Georgia 137.30

Men’s 3-Meter Final Results
Diver Prelim Score Semifinal Score Final Score
(optionals) (voluntaries)
1. Matt Bricker, Auburn 309.60 219.20 597.35
2. Phillip Jones, Tennessee 340.45 199.15 594.75
3. Andy Bradley, South Carolina 301.10 194.80 565.00
4. Anthony Perry, Drexel 284.80 193.95 517.65
5. Clayton Moss, Kentucky 346.20 186.70 517.05
6. Todd Avery, Georgia 320.55 179.55 512.70
7. Caesar Garcia, Auburn 279.50 206.40 502.60
8. Kyle van Arsdall, LSU 294.60 189.80 502.00
9. Zach Wilcox, Florida 334.85 185.60 495.70
10. Stewart Smith, Alabama 310.45 181.20 495.50
11. Marc Gastaldo, Penn State 305.15 168.65 492.45
12. Jake Dorsey, Tennessee 303.05 168.50 475.45
13. Kris Daugherty, Georgia 289.30 173.80 (463.10)
14. Dean Emmerton, South Carolina 245.10 186.90 (432.00)
15. Chris Comfort, Florida 252.60 178.85 (431.45)
16. Craig Thomas, Clemson 260.30 168.35 (428.65)
17. Andrew Barber, Virginia 248.25 162.50 (410.75)
18. John Venditti, Tennessee 249.90 159.00 (408.90)
19. Pete Amstutz, Virginia 235.30 164.55 (399.85)
20. J.R. Hillis, Alabama 230.10 167.40 (397.50)
21. Marsh Lindley, Clemson 241.65 144.30 (385.95)
22. Logan Alomar, UMass 237.00 136.65 (373.65)
23. Steve Roustle, Drexel 229.90 136.75 (366.65)
24. Ben Hopkins, Amherst 220.65 133.95 (354.60)
25. Jonathan Folds, Clemson 222.35 (scratched after optionals)
26. Brandon Doane, UMass 193.25
27. Nathan Spice, Clemson 191.20
28. Ian Balman, South Carolina 184.85
29. Eric Kelley, Virginia 182.10
30. Eric Shulick, Clemson 175.60
31. Chris Millian, Auburn 155.50

Women’s 1-Meter “Bulldog Shootout”
Diver Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5
1. Jamie Sanger, Tennessee 58.80 49.20 52.90 54.00 52.50
2. Lauren McCalley, Tennessee 54.00 52.80 55.20 58.50 46.80
3. Lane Bassham, Alabama 50.00 54.00 52.00 51.60
4. Lauren King, South Carolina 55.20 54.00 37.95
5. Ashley Rubenstein, Auburn 51.60 46.80
6. Jessica Thompson, Kentucky 46.8