McCALLEY, SANGER PLACE 3,4 ON 1M AT GEORGIA INVITE

Jan. 4, 2003

ATHENS, Ga.

The University of Tennessee divers continued their strong performance at the Georgia Diving Invitational where sophomore Lauryn McCalley and senior Jaime Sanger placed third and fourth, respectively, in the one-meter springboard on Saturday.

McCalley (Moultrie, Ga.), who led the 45-diver field after the preliminary rounds, finished with a total score of 538.55, while Sanger (Plymouth, Minn.) was right behind with a tally of 516.80. Alabama's Lane Bassham won the competition with a score of 555.10.

"I'm pretty happy with our performance today," UT Diving Coach Dave Parrington said. "Lauren missed her second to last dive in the finals a little bit, which could have cost her the competition. But overall, we're glad to be competing in such a large field where all of the SEC is present with the exception of Arkansas."

Other Lady Vols in the event included freshman Ashley Showalter (Knoxville, Tenn.) who placed 19th with a score of 225.30, junior Kylee Wells (Russiaville, Ind.) in 22nd with 220.25 and senior Stacy Binyon (Southlake, Texas) in 31st with 192.10.

In the one-meter "Bulldog Shootout" competition also held on Saturday, the UT pair of Sanger and McCalley rebounded to claim first and second place, respectively. In this competition, the top six divers from the earlier one-meter event competed in a five round format in which the lowest scoring diver was eliminated after each round. Going in to the final round, only Sanger and McCalley remained and Sanger's mark of 52.50 was enough to outscore her teammate and win the competition.

The Georgia Diving Invitational will conclude on Sunday with the women's platform competition.

Scores from the preliminary rounds of the one- and three- meter springboard events at Georgia will carry over to UT's dual meets against South Carolina and Penn State on Jan. 11, because the divers will be away competing at the America's Cup Diving Meet in Bloomington, Ind., Jan. 7-12. In the one-meter, Tennessee placed first, second and fourth against the Nittany Lions, while grabbing first and third place against USC.

Georgia Diving Invitational
Women's One-Meter Springboard
Prelim Score, Final Score1. Lane Bassham, Alabama                        273.20                         555.102. Ashley Rubenstein, Auburn                    263.50                         541.403. Lauren McCalley, Tennessee                   280.20                         538.554. Jamie Sanger, Tennessee                    255.60                         516.805. Jessica Thompson, Kentucky                   250.30                         516.756. Lauren King, South Carolina                  270.50                         514.307. Jessica Rainier, Florida                     246.20                         508.608. Allison Brennan, South Carolina              238.85                         504.509. Tracey Richardson, South Carolina        243.55                         498.7010. Katherine Bortenlanger, Alabama         249.30                         498.5511. Lisa Silvestri, Penn State                  245.60                         483.8012. Kristen Conner, Florida                     238.60                         478.7513. Nicole Bolt, Florida                        238.60           (scratched after prelims)14. Brooke Bassham, Georgia                     232.2515. Kelli Frost, Kentucky                       231.6016. Jessica Wantz, LSU                          229.1517. Barb Gorst, LSU                             228.9518. Kelsey Patterson, Auburn                    227.7019. Ashley Showalter, Tennessee               225.3020. Michelle Brown, Kentucky                    223.4021. Kate Allery, UMass                          221.2022. Kylee Wells, Tennessee                     220.2523. Hillary Nichols, Iowa State                 219.3024. Rachel Korth, Auburn                        217.7025. Alison Riccobono, Penn State                213.1026. Crystal Rasmussen, Alabama              204.2027. Katie Prior, Virginia                       203.2028. Katie Herman, Iowa State                    201.2029. Corey Pagnotta, Penn State                  198.8530. Shastin Leathers, Clemson                   197.0531. Stacy Binyon, Tennessee                   192.1032. Cristina Curtuneanv, Clemson                191.2033. Maggie O'Brien, Penn State                  189.7034. Evamarie Guerrieri, Drexel                  189.6035. Maureen McGinty, Florida                    187.1536. Jess Watcke, Clemson                        187.8537. Alicia Adsit, Iowa State                    187.0038. Alison Sharp, Virginia                      184.5539. Gail Olsen, Iowa State                      182.2040. Kara Boate, Drexel                          182.0541. Megan Flaws, Iowa State                     167.6542. Amy Tolley, South Carolina                  166.1543. Kalyn Knopf, UMass                          163.9544. Lainee Patterson, Alabama                   150.1545. Laura Trkovsky, Georgia                     137.30
Women's One-Meter "Bulldog Shootout"1. Jamie Sanger, Tennessee        58.80   49.20   52.90   54.00   52.502. Lauren McCalley, Tennessee   54.00   52.80   55.20   58.50   46.803. Lane Bassham, Alabama        50.00   54.00   52.00   51.604. Lauren King, South Carolina  55.20   54.00   37.955. Ashley Rubenstein, Auburn    51.60   46.806. Jessica Thompson, Kentucky   46.8

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