GRAND FORKS, N.D. â€Ã‚“ Thursday at the NCAA II Swimmingand Diving National Championships, Kathie Cole placed seventh in the one-meterdiving event with 328.50 points.  Withher seventh place finish, she earned NCAA II All-American honors.  Cole was tied in ninth place after thesemifinals.

Also on Thursday, Sam Pechek swam the 200-yard freestyle(1:57.63), but did not advance to the finals. After 20 events at the 2003 NCAA II Swimming and Diving NationalChampionships, the Aqua-â€Ã‚˜Cats are in 16^th place with 25 points.  Truman State University leads the team racewith 345 points.