To qualify for the women's NCAA regional meet, a diver must obtain a score of 255.
Judges score six jumps and multiply the scores by the predetermined degree of difficulty.
Monson recorded a 264.3, drubbing second place by a whopping 39 points. Monson was very nonchalant when she spoke of her achievement. She showed none of the typical signs of accomplishment. The slender and compact native of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada has bigger goals. Those are hardly daunting tasks for someone who took her first plunge off of the springboard at age five and was leaping for the Canadian Junior National Team at 14.