McCormick places second on platform at NCAA Championships

<p>The Arizona State men's diving team concluded their successful NCAA Championship appearance with two outstanding performances on the 10-meter platform. With two competitors in the field, Sun Devils scored 31 points to place 24th at the 2010 NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships.</p><separator></separator><p>Freshman <a href="/sports/c-swim/mtt/mccormick_riley00.html">Riley McCormick</a> capped his freshman campaign with a stellar performance on the 10-meter platform. The 2008 Olympian scored 469.5 points in the finals to finish runner-up on the tower. He was also second in the preliminaries as he tallied 471.4 points.</p><separator></separator><p>"Riley did a good job, he was very solid," said 13th year head coach <a href="/sports/c-swim/mtt/bradshaw_mark00.html">Mark Bradshaw</a>. "He was a little off on a couple of dives but everything else was great. From the start, he was on fire. Not too bad for a freshman."</p><separator></separator><p>The Sun Devils also earned some points from <a href="/sports/c-swim/mtt/blaha_constantin00.html">Constantin Blaha</a>. Blaha, who only started diving platform since coming to ASU last season, finished 12th after scoring 367.4 points in the final.</p><separator></separator><p>"Coco (Blaha) barely made the finals but he was able to move up a few spots and get us some points, which was great," said Bradshaw.</p><separator></separator><p>The ASU swimming and diving season has now concluded.</p>