Athletes of the Week – Ohio State Buckeyes
4/28/2003 12:00:00 AM | General
Freshman Adam Crompton captured the national championship in men’s sabre at the 2003 NCAA Fencing Championships Sunday at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. Crompton defeated Ivan Lee of St.John’s, 15-13, in the gold medal round to capture Ohio State’s first national title since Yelena Kalkina won the gold medal in women’s foil in 1998.
Natalia Diea (Sr., Austin, Texas/University of Texas) scored a 476.65 in the platform dive on the final day of the 2003 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships in Austin, Texas, to become the first Buckeye to win an NCAA women’s swimming or diving championship since 1988 and claim the school’s first women’s platform championship in program history.
Jessica Marshall (Sr., Columbus, Ohio) won individual championships in women’s air (461.70) and women’s sport pistol (651.00) and captured the two-gun aggregate title.
