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LOS ANGELES, Calif.—In the final day of the regular season, the University of Hawai'i men's and women's diving teams came away with an individual first-place finish and a handful of other top spots in the UCLA Bruin Diving Invitational at the Spieker Aquatics Center.For the second consecutive day seniornotched a top-five finish, but on Sunday, he captured a first-place finish in the platform dive. He entered the championship rounds with a prelim score of 315.40 putting him at No. 2 overall. Sandell saved his best for last surpassing Connor Callahan of California with a final score of 680.15 to claim the crown over the field of 12 divers. A year ago, Sandell claimed a third-place finish in the same event at UCLA.Juniorjoined his senior counterpart on the podium as he finished at No. 3 in the platform, accumulating a score of 618.30.As for the Rainbow Wahine, it was juniorleading the pack again as she maneuvered her way into the championship round of the women's one-meter springboard dive. Stone finished the preliminary dives at No. 8 overall with a score of 267.50. At the end of the day, she notched a top-10 finish with a score of 528.60 putting her firmly at No. 10 overall.According to head coach, Stone's performances at UCLA caps off a strong finish to finish out the year."Both the one-meter and three-meter finishes were her best of the season against a strong and deep field," said Brown.UH will now head back to the island of O'ahu and begin to prepare for the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championships scheduled for late February.