Women's Swimming
    Ishimatsu Hits Perfect 10 En Route To NCAA Zone Platform Win
    Sophomore claims second win of event thanks in part to first career perfectly scored dive.
    Sophomore diver Haley Ishimatsu recorded her first perfect 10 dive en route to a win on platform at the 2013 NCAA Zone E Championships.
    Sophomore diver Haley Ishimatsu recorded her first perfect 10 dive en route to a win on platform at the 2013 NCAA Zone E Championships.

    March 16, 2013

    Results

    2013 Zone E Diving Results Get Acrobat Reader

    Sophomore Haley Ishimatsu won her second event in a row at the 2013 NCAA Zone E Championships thanks in part to a perfect 10 dive, dominating the women's platform to close the competition Saturday (March 16) at the U.S. Air Force Academy's Cadet Natatorium in Fort Collins, Colo.

    Ishimatsu, a 2008 U.S. Olympian on synchro platform who scored on the event at the 2011 NCAAs while a freshman at Duke, ran away with the event with 729.85 points.

    She recorded her perfect dive - the first of her already accomplished career -- on her fourth attempt of the five-round final, a back 3 ½ somersault tuck that registered 10s with all seven judges. It was worth 99 points and gave her a lead so big that she could have skipped her last dive and still won by 60 points.

    Ishimatsu also scored one 10 on her second dive, a forward 3 ½ somersault pike.

    She is the younger sister of recent Trojan graduate and five-time All-American Victoria Ishimatsu, who won the 1-meter NCAA title last year as a senior.

    Freshman Sam Adams also reached the platform final, finishing eighth with 437.50 points. She was seventh on 3-meter and just missed qualifying for the NCAAs.

    USC sophomore men's diver Jordan Gear also just missed earning a trip to the NCAAs with his seventh on 3-meter on Friday. On platform Saturday, freshman Spencer Madanay was eighth (592.50) while Gear was ninth (586.45).