Teammate Steven Segerlin earned his second runner-up finish to one of his teammate in as many years as the sophomore scored a 555.65. With his victory, it marked three straight years that Auburn has won the platform title as Caesar Garcia won the title in 20. He nailed it and finished with a career-best score of 604.35. In fact, his performance was so dominating that he needed just 21.05 points on his last dive to win the title. But like all Auburn men, he rose to the challenge and was back on the tower in time for zones and led the finals of tonight's competition from his first dive of the night. Having been in the hospital a little over a month ago, it was questionable if he was even going to dive at the zone qualifying meet two weeks ago. Senior Matt Bricker showed the true Auburn spirit in winning the platform title for the first time in his career on Saturday night. Our goal was to improve times and we improved times at about a seventy-percent rate, and most times that will get you a championship." "We had to absolutely be at our best here and that's what we were. Minnesota had a tremendous Big Ten's, so the competition really raised-up during the year," AU Coach David Marsh said. As the year played out, California came on. We knew we had a strong team coming back but we also knew that we would have to perform well at the event. "We hoped we would (win for the third time in row). "I came to school here to win a national championship and thank God I have been able to win three." It feels great to go out as a captain and to lead my team to a national championship and bring it home to Auburn University," senior captain BJ Jones said. "Every year the goal is to win another national championship. The Tigers, who won just two individual titles during the championships, scored 491 points to defeat runner-up Stanford by 77 points. MINNEAPOLIS - Returning to the pool and with the same bleach-blonde hair that the guys sported back in 1997 when they claimed their first NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championship, the Auburn swimming and diving team claimed their third consecutive and fifth overall NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving title on Saturday night at Minnesota's University Aquatic Center. Tigers Claim Third Consecutive NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving TitleĬomplete Results | Photo Gallery l Championship T-Shirts Now Available
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