Rivera and Leake qualify.

ATHENS, Ga. (March 14, 1998) — University of Kentucky diver Paco Rivera qualified for theNCAA Swimming & Diving Championships on both the one-meter andplatform events at the NCAA Zone B Championships on Saturday. Thesenior All-American posted top four finishes on both events, finishing third onthe platform with a score of 496.80 and fourth on the one-meter with a528.95 result. With the two finishes, he earned a spot at the NCAAChampionships on all three boards, having qualified on the three-meter onFriday. The NCAA Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships will beMarch 26-28 at Auburn University.

Senior All-American Beth Leake also added another qualifying score to herresume, picking up a sixth-place finish of 497.05 on the three-meter board toadvance to the NCAA Championships in that event. Leake had previouslyqualified on the one-meter on Friday. The NCAA Women’s Swimming &Diving Championships will be held March 19-21 at the University ofMinnesota.