SILVER MEDAL FOR HEYMANS AT DIVING GRAND PRIX

CORAL SPRINGS, Florida-Emilie Heymans of Montreal earned her fourth medal this season in Grand Prix diving placing second on women's 10-metre tower Saturday at the sixth stop on the circuit.

Ting Li of China, the defending Grand Prix champion, was the winner with 357.90 points. Heymans, first after the preliminaries, followed at 341.76 and Lishi Lao of China was third at 333.75.

Emilie Heymans in the pool in Florida

Both Heymans and Li botched one of their five dives in the final. But Li earned big mark including 9.0's on three of her other dives. Heymans received at least 8.0's on four of her dives but her front 31/12 registered 4.5's and 5.0.'s. She said afterwards that it's dive that rarely gives her difficulty.

GREENE AND COCKBURN WIN CANADIAN TRAMPOLINE TITLES

RED DEER, Alta.--Government lawyer Michel Greene of Montreal laid down the law Saturday at the 2002 Canadian Trampoline and Tumbling Championships winning his eighth career men's trampoline title. Olympic bronze medallist Karen Cockburn of Toronto won the women's trampoline crown for a fifth straight year.

On men's trampoline, Greene, 30, took the gold with 108.50 points. He has won gold at the last seven Canadian championships he's entered. He missed the nationals due to injuries in 1995 and 2000. Mathieu Turgeon of Toronto, also a bronze medallist at the 2000 Olympics, followed at 107.5 and Bryan Milonja of Montreal was third at 105.00.

"I was behind Mathieu after the preliminaries so I needed to increase the difficulty of my routine in the final," said Green, 30, a lawyer for the Quebec provincial government in Quebec City. "It's a big win for me because I want to keep going until the 2004 Olympics. That's my dream."

In women's trampoline, Cockburn cruised to victory at 105.80. Savija McManus of Ottawa was second at 95.90 and Brenna Casey of Ottawa, a world junior champion last year, third at 92.20.

"The main focus for me this season are the World Cups this summer," said Cockburn, who also won in synchronized trampoline with partner Heather McManus of Ottawa. "One of those World Cup events is in Canada so I'm really psyched for that event. My plan is to prepare a new and more difficult routine over the summer."

Other winners for the men were Turgeon and Chris Mitruk of Burlington, Ont., on men's synchronized trampoline with a routine that broke a national record for its level of difficulty, Milonja on double mini trampoline and Matt Dial of Red Deer who repeated in tumbling.

"It's a new partnership with Chris and it's working very well," said Turgeon, who won the synchro title last year with the now-retired Ben Snapes. "We can both do the big manoeuvres so I'm confident we can get some strong international results in the future."

Other women winners were Julie Pilon of Sudbury, Ont., who defended her tumbling crown and Julie Warnock of Alberta in double mini trampoline.

CANADA WINS ONE GOLD AND FOUR SILVER AT REGATTA

PRINCETON, N.J.: Canada wins one gold and four silver at this weekend's Princeton International Regatta on Mercer Lake, near Princeton, New Jersey.

Andrew Hoskins, member of the medal-winning Men's Eight.

The Canadian men's and women's eights were both second to U.S. crews. Members of the men's eight are Kevin Light of Sidney, B.C., Joe Stankevicius of Dundas, Ont., Adam Kreek of London, Ont., Adam Gant of Vancouver, B.C., Jeff Powell of Winnipeg, Man., Andrew Hoskins of Edmonton, Alta., Matt Swick of St. Catharines, Ont., Cam Baerg of Saskatoon, Sask. and Brian Price (coxswain) of Belleville, Ont. Croatia was third.

The women's eight of Jacqui Cook of Burlington, Ont., Karen Clark of Delta, B.C., Katy Dunnet of West Vancouver, B.C., Rachel Dunnet of West Vancouver, B.C., Pauline VanRoessel of Bow Island, Alta., Roslyn MacLeod of Burlington, Ont., Rachelle deJong of Regina, Sask., Nicole Borges of Mississauga, Ont. and Sarah Pape (coxswain) of Toronto, Ont. finished second to the U.S., and ahead of New Zealand's eight.

"To be close to the U.S. is good for the Canadian crews," said National Team women's coach Al Morrow. "We saw high-calibre racing with nations that historically have strong eights."

Both the men's and women's eights were second in a 500-metre dash event.

Also on Saturday, in an exciting finish Canada's women's pair of Karen Clark and Jacqui Cook - 2001 World bronze medallists - came from second position in the last 500 metres of their race to win by five seconds over the top U.S. pairs.

Canada's women's four was fourth behind crews from New Zealand and the U.S.

The Canadian participants will now return to training centres in Victoria, B.C. and London, Ont. to prepare for the Canadian National Team trials held June 14 to 16 in Victoria for men and lightweight rowers, and June 21 to 23 for heavyweight women in London.

ALEXANDRE DESPATIE WINS THIRD GRAND PRIX TITLE THIS YEAR

CORAL SPRINGS, Florida - Montreal teenager Alexandre Despatie overcame a 10-point deficit heading into the final round Sunday to win his third gold medal this season on men's 10-metre tower on the FINA Grand Prix diving circuit.

Alexandre Despatie in Florida

Despatie, 16, totalled 463.83 points to edge Mark Ruiz of the U.S., second at 459.78 and Yutong Luo of China third at 449.46. On his sixth and final dive, Despatie uncorked a spectacular backward somersault and twisting dive earning three 9.0's, five 8.5's and one 8.0 from the judging panel to snare the gold. Ruiz, executing the same dive in the final round received an 8.0, three 7.5's, four 7.0's and a 6.0.

Earlier the Canadian rallied from fifth place after he received a two-point deduction from each judge on the third dive for illegally moving his hand while in the handstand take-off position.

"I knew after that handstand dive that I dropped back a lot of places and I'd have to be very good on the next three dives to catch up," Despatie said. "I never gave up. I learned even if you make one mistake, it's not over until the end of the competition." Ruiz gave credit to the victor.

The 2002 season has been sheer perfection for Despatie on tower. He also won last weekend at the Grand Prix in Montreal and in March in Germany. At the Canadian championships in March he swept gold on all three boards establishing national records in each victory.