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SANTEE, March 29, 2003 -- Metro Conference divers turned in a show-stopping performance at Saturday’s Santana Invitational. The Hilltop tandem of Kyle Kovar and Joe Olivarria finished first and second, respectively, in the boys program while Mar Vista’s Kim Forrest and Eastlake’s Samantha Womer finished second and third, respectively, in the girls program.

Pictured at right: Hilltop's Joe Olivarria

“There were other placers from the conference all throughout the lineup. The girls did especially well. The  whole South County did phenomenal,” said Mar Vista dive coach Dan Kovar.

Kyle Kovar, the defending San Diego Section Division II champion, recorded a career-best 350.55 point total for 11 dives while Olivarria totaled 263 points. Kovar won last year’s division title with 334.45 points.

“I wasn’t surprised I won. What I didn’t expect was to break 350 points,” said Kovar, who performed 10 dives from last year’s winning CIF card in the meet.

Kovar's highest scoring dive was an inward 1 1/2 somersault from the pike position that carried a 2.4 degree of difficulty. He also scored high marks on his reverse dive from the pike position, a back dive from the tuck position and an inward dive from the pike position.

Pictured at left: Eastlake's Samantha Womer

“I’m working on increasing the degree of difficulty on my dives,” said Kovar, whose last year’s CIF entry mark was 339.95 points.

Womer captured last year’s Metro Conference diving title  with 282.80 points while just missing the All-CIF cut (top 12 finishers) at the Division I finals.

Swimming notepad
Hilltop swept Southwest by scores of 153-21 (girls) and 149-34 (boys) Wednesday at the Loma Verde pool. Rosi Lopez (200 IM, 100 free) doubled in the girls meet while Hilltop’s 200 freestyle relay team provided the highlight of the boys meet by touching with an automatic CIF qualifying time of 1:44.76. Joe Olivarria, Alan Flores, Will Crumly and Nick Davidson swam legs on the winning relay.