Jamie Sweeney captured fifth and sixth places on the one meter and platform dving boards respectively at the Big 12 Championships.Jamie Sweeney captured fifth and sixth places on the one meter and platform dving boards respectively at the Big 12 Championships.
Swimming & Diving

MU Divers Provide Swimmers with 68-Point Start

Feb. 19, 2001

AUSTIN, Texas- Due to the timing of the NCAA Zone Diving Meet, the men's Big 12 diving competitions took place during the women's Big 12 meet this past weekend in Austin, Texas. The points will count towards the men's scores.

Sophomore divers JAMIE SWEENEY and JASON OTTE both performed very well. On the one-meter board, Sweeney and Otte became the first Tiger duo to ever place in the top eight in diving since the inception of the Big 12 Conference. Sweeney turned in a solid fifth place performance while Otte finished sixth.

Despite not making it into the finals on the three-meter board, Otte and Sweeney took first and second respectively in the consolation competition and ninth and tenth overall.

Sweeney and Otte came back and put up big numbers on the platform. Sweeney finished in sixth place and Otte took seventh to give the MU men a very good start when the swimming competition begins on March 1.

Together, the MU divers produced 68 points.