The Woodlands, Texas – Michelle Cabassol (Montgomery, Texas) successfully defended her junior national title in the girls 14-15 platform event at the 2008 Speedo Junior National Diving Championships on Wednesday.           

Kristian Ipsen (Walnut Creek, Calif.), Loren Figueroa (Kingwood, Texas) and Andrew Cramer (Indianapolis, Ind.) also won junior national titles on day two of the five day championships.           

Cabassol, of The Woodlands Diving Academy, scored 372.70 points to win the title by eight points over teammate Kaylea Arnett (Spring, Texas), who finished with 364.00 points.   Nebraska Diving Club’s Lillian Hinrichs (Lincoln, Neb.) took the bronze with 348.95 points.           

Ipsen dominated the boys 16-18 3-meter springboard competition, winning by 72 points over runner-up Drew Livingston (The Woodlands, Texas), Ispen scored 622.90 points to Livingston’s 550.10 points.  It was Ipsen’s twelfth junior national title of his career.  Trojan Dive Club’s John Geyer (LaCanada, Calif.) took third with 520.10 points.           

In the girls 16-18 platform event, Figueroa claimed the gold with 404.80 points.  It was the first junior national title of her career.  Team Orlando Diving’s Thea Vock (Clermont, Fla.) took the silver with 385.35 points and Montgomery Dive Club’s Maren Taylor (Arlington, Va.) captured the bronze with 384.20 points.