Stowers Advances to Consolation Finals of Platform at NCAA Championships

March 17, 2007

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Georgia Tech’s Evan Stowers finished ninth on the platform during the preliminaries this afternoon to advance to consolation finals tonight at the Men’s NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships Saturday in the University Aquatic Center.

Stowers, a native of Independnce. Ky., scored a total of 338.40 points on the tower to move on to the finals. He finished sixth in the finals last year in the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center.

The finals will begin at 8 p.m. ET and can be followed at Live Results.

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