Krista Klein

Four years of aiming for the Olympic trials culminate today for diver Krista Klein. The 1986 Mission Viejo High graduate barely missed the 1988 trials. Now she is among the favorites to win one of two berths to represent the United States in the three-meter springboard when the trials begin today in Indianapolis. "Krista is diving extremely well," said Jim Stillson, her coach. "She looks better than she has ever looked in practice.

Four years of aiming for the Olympic trials culminate today for diver Krista Klein. The 1986 Mission Viejo High graduate barely missed the 1988 trials. Now she is among the favorites to win one of two berths to represent the United States in the three-meter springboard when the trials begin today in Indianapolis. "Krista is diving extremely well," said Jim Stillson, her coach. "She looks better than she has ever looked in practice.

Janae Lautenschlager of Northridge scored 381.84 points to finish 11th Saturday in the three-meter springboard event in the U. S. Diving championships in Bartlesville, Okla. Krista Klein of Dallas won the competition with 490.14 points. Wendy Lucero (453.60) of Denver and Karen LaFace (452.97) of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., placed second and third.

Kristen Kane overtook three-time U.S. champion Krista Klein on one of her final dives to win the women's one-meter title in the Phillips 66 National Diving Championships at The Woodlands, Tex. U.S. Olympic gold medalist Mark Lenzi was the top qualifier in the men's three-meter springboard semifinals, the event he won in Barcelona. The men's and women's three-meter finals will be held today.

Brian Earley of Northridge earned a berth in the men's three-meter springboard finals and Janae Lautenschlager of Northridge advanced in the women's three-meter springboard competition in the U.S. diving championships in Bartlesville, Okla., on Friday. Earley, who Thursday qualified for Sunday's men's platform final, totaled 477.27 points to place eighth and become the only men's qualifier from the Valley area. Top qualifying honors went to Mark Lenzi of Fredericksburg, Va., who totaled 590.

Wendy Lucero, who took two months off to prepare for her wedding, won her ninth U.S. diving championship by winning the 1-meter springboard competition Thursday night. Lucero, who has more national titles than any other active diver, goes for her 10th in the 3-meter springboard starting today. She scored 458.16 points, beating Janae Lautenschlager by nearly 14 points. Krista Klein won the bronze medal, finishing nearly 16 points behind Lucero.

Krista Klein won her third national championship and Patrick Jeffrey earned his first in the three-meter springboard Saturday at the U.S. Diving Championships. Klein beat defending champion Wendy Lucero by 37 points to win her first U.S. title in the three-meter event since the indoor championships in April of 1990. Jeffrey, a perennial finalist but never a national champion, also had a strong finish and got some help when two veteran champions performed poorly down the stretch.

Krista Klein, a 1986 Mission Viejo High graduate, is in fourth place after the preliminaries of the three-meter springboard in the U.S. Olympic diving trials Wednesday night at Indianapolis. Klein scored 473.79 points for her 10-dive program, putting her 14.4 points behind Karen LaFace, who is in second, in the race for the final Olympic berth. Julie Ovenhouse, the reigning national springboard champion, leads the competition with 542.88.

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Julie Ovenhouse scored a 9.5 on her final dive and took a 54-point lead over 12 qualifiers in the 3-meter springboard preliminaries in the U.S. Olympic diving trials Wednesday night at Indianapolis. Ovenhouse received marks ranging from 8.0 to 9.5 for the inward 2 1/2 somersault. She also received a 9.5 on her fourth dive--her highest score on the springboard since a pair of 10.0s in college. The same dive cost Karen LaFace a chance to stay within reach of Ovenhouse. LaFace received marks of 4.