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Posted on: Friday, March 20, 2009

UH's Friesen 3rd in NCAA 1-meter diving

Advertiser Staff

University of Hawai'i junior Emma Friesen finished third, behind two Olympians, yesterday in the 1-meter springboard at the NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships in College Station, Texas.

Friesen earned All-America honors for the third time. She was one of three named NCAA Women's Diver of the Year last year after winning the 1-meter championship and finishing sixth in the 3-meter.

Yesterday, the junior from Canada finished with 331.35 points (preliminary points did not carry over). Houston's Anastasia Pozdniakova won with 351.15 and Christina Loukas of Indiana had 339.80. Both red-shirted last year to prepare for the Olympics.

Friesen will compete in the 3-meter event today.