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1-Meter Diving 1. Victoria Ishimatsu, USC 332.80 2. Ariel Rittenhouse, USC 326.25 3. Elina Eggers, ASU 311.10 4. Meg Hostage, STAN 292.30 5. Molly Hayes, CAL 279.90 6. Laura Winn, UCLA 276.05 3-Meter Diving 1. Victoria Ishimatsu, USC 381.15 2. Elina Eggers, ASU 377.25 3. Ariel Rittenhouse, USC 366.60 4. Carmen Stellar, STAN 338.65 5. Meg Hostage, STAN 331.95 6. Michela Foasati-Bellani, USC 307.10

Platform Diving 1. Elina Eggers, ASU 308.75 2. Karina Silva, UCLA 265.70 3. Laura Winn, UCLA 265.40 4. Carmen Stellar, STAN 258.35 5. Victoria Ishimatsu, USC 258.20 6. Ainsley Oliver, ARIZ 251.25

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Final Standings 1. Stanford 897.0 2. California 829.5 3. Arizona 654.5 4. USC 521.0 5. Arizona State 326.0

1-Meter Diving1. Harrison Jones, USC 411.202. Constantin Blaha, ASU 404.703. Benjamin Grado, ARIZ 391.754. Brent Eichenseer, STAN 386.855. Riley McCormick, ASU 364.956. Steven Starks, USC 349.45 3-Meter Diving1. Constantin Blaha, ASU 435.552. Cameron Bradshaw, ASU 389.853. Brent Eichenseer, STAN 382.004. Riley McCormick, ASU 381.205. Harrison Jones, USC 380.106. Benjamin Grado, ARIZ 376.80

Platform Diving1. Riley McCormick, ASU 476.802. Harrison Jones, USC 449.003. Brent Eichenseer, STAN 391.854. Constantin Blaha, ASU 387.205. Benjamin Grado, ARIZ 378.156. Steven Starks, USC 318.15

CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF WOMEN’S SPORTS

It is a landmark year for the Pac-10 as it celebrates 25 years of women’s athletics in 2010-2011. Since expanding to add 10 women’s sports in 1986-87, the Conference has been the leader of excellence in women’s athletics, winning more NCAA titles than any other conference. Pac-10 teams have won 123 women’s national titles, 106 coming in the last 25, easily outdis-tancing the SEC, which is second on the list with 74. In 1993, the Pac-10 added women’s soccer, for a total of 11 total women’s sports sponsored by the Pac-10.

Since the NCAA began conducting women’s championships 29 years ago, Pac-10 members have claimed at least four national

titles in a single season on 21 occasions. Pac-10 institutions have dominated a number of sports, winning 22 softball titles, 13 of the last 21 trophies in golf, and 11 in swimming and diving.

In a sport dominated by eight schools at the NCAA championships, the Pac-10 has four of those schools. STANFORD leads all other programs with eight titles, including a stretch of five-straight championships from 1992-96. USC brought home the crown in 1997 while ARIZONA and CALIFORNIA stood atop the podium in 2008 and 2009, respectively.

Pac-10 swimmers have also claimed 157 individual titles and 65 relay titles at the national meet. Stanford’s Marybeth Linzmeier and Cal’s Mary T. Meagher, with 14 event crowns between them, were the Conference’s biggest stars in the 1980s. The Cardinal’s Janet Evans, Jenny Thompson and Sum-mer Sanders made headlines in the 1990s. Swimmers such as Arizona’s Amanda Beard, Cal’s Natalie Coughlin and USC’s Rebecca Soni claimed numerous national titles in the past decade while becoming Olympic stars. OREGON STATE’s Saori Haruguchi captured the Beavers’ first ever NCAA swimming title when she won the 200-yard butterfly in 2008. Haruguchi followed that up by representing Japan at the 2008 Olympic Games.

Throughout the history of Pac-10 swimming, the Conference has watched its athletes make headlines on the sport’s grandest stage, winning numerous Olympic medals and shattering records along the way. Jenny Thompson is one of the most decorated Olympians of all-time after winning 12 medals, includ-ing eight gold, for the U.S. at the 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics. At the 2008 Games, Natalie Coughlin became the first female American in any sport to win six medals in a single Olympiad, bringing her total to 11 medals.

Pac-10 women’s swimmers have also proven to be exemplary student-athletes, with three Arizona swim-mers named NCAA Woman of the Year in the last four years. Whitney Myers was the first Wildcat swim-mer to receive the prestigious award in 2007, followed by Lacey Nymeyer in 2009 and Justine Schluntz in 2010. The award honors female student-athletes who have completed their eligibility, demonstrated academic and athletics excellence while demonstrating extraordinary community service and leadership.

Pac-10 women’s divers have also enjoyed success at the NCAA Championships, claiming 13 individual titles. USC’s Blythe Hartley won five individual events as a Trojan while also winning a bronze medal for Canada in 10-meter synchronized diving at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. In 2002, Hartley became the first woman ever to win both the one-meter and the platform in the same NCAA Championship meet.

Stanford has several decorated divers in its program history. Eileen Richetelli was a five-time national champion while diving for the Cardinal from 1992-95. Stanford won the team title in each of her four years as well. Erin Sones claimed the platform title in 2001 while Cassidy Krug took the three-meter championship in 2007.

At the 2012 Olympic Games in London, the Pac-10 will undoubtedly be represented by current or former athletes on national rosters. Cal head coach Teri McKeever will lead the American women next summer, becoming the first woman to serve as a head coach for the U.S. Olympic swim team.