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Nichols Third in Junior Diving Championships

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Jeff Nichols of Laguna Hills finished third Friday in the boys’ 14-15-year-old division of the platform diving competition at the Speedo/U.S. Diving Junior Olympic Championships in Clayton, Mo.

Bryan Gillooly of Kissimmee, Fla., won the competition with a score of 398.15.

Nichols had 299.15 and Tyce Routsen of El Toro was fifth with 296.60.

In the boys’ 16-18 three-meter diving, Nate Smith of Laguna Niguel was sixth with 452.60 and Jason Hubbart of Mission Viejo was 15th at 409.05. P.J. Bogart of Mesa, Ariz., won the event with a score of 510.85.

Nichols, Routsen, Smith and Hubbart are members of the Mission Viejo Nadadores.

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