March 16, 2008

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Navy's Jon Galinski (Jr., Phoenix, Md.) and Katie Griffin (Sr., Ellicott City, Md.) placed third on the men's and women's 10-meter platform diving event Sunday at the NCAA Zone 'A' Diving Championship held at the University at Buffalo Natatorium in Buffalo, N.Y.

Galinski totaled 532.30 points on the day to finish in third place and just miss qualifying for the men's NCAA National Championship Meet in two weeks. Princeton's Stuart Malcolm won the event with a total score of 674.20 points, while Buffalo's Michael McDowell placed second with 550.10 points. Malcolm and McDowell both advanced to the national championship by virtue of their performances Sunday.

In the women's competition, only Buffalo's Meili Carpenter advanced out of Zone 'A' Sunday to this week's national championship. Carpenter totaled 413.90 points to win the event, with Lisa Faulkner of George Mason finishing in second place with 384.60. Griffin ends her career by placing third with 347.80 points.

"Jon got out of one of his dives early and that cost him," said Navy head coach Joe Suriano. "Katie also lost points when she did a triple instead of a three-and-a-half on one of her dives.

"I couldn't have asked for anything more out of Katie during her career. She is a great person with a great personality and I am really going to miss working with her."