For three members of the men's diving team, the first step towards national recognition begins today.

With the NCAA Diving Prequalification meet set for today and tomorrow at Harvard's Blogett Pool, seniors Steve Zamborsky and Jeff Eagles and freshman Chris Devine are ready to take their show one step closer to a berth in NCAA Championships.

After a disappointing performance at Eastern Seaboard Championships two weeks ago, Coach Craig Brown said his divers are ready for the meet.

"Since last Thursday, they've refocused their attitude and thinking and they're ready to go," Brown said. "We worked out a lot of the problems we found at Easterns and all three look much more on track."

The trio will compete on both the 1-and 3-meter boards and are hoping to place high enough to move on to the NCAA Championships at the University of Texas in Austin, March 28-30. The top three divers will advance on the 1-meter board, while the top four will head west on 3-meter.

Zamborsky, who took second place on the 3-meter board at Easterns, will be looking for his first appearance at nationals in his fourth and final year at the prequalifying meet.

"I just have to be consistent and do the dives that I do and do them the way I know how to," Zamborsky said. "I have to make sure I don't get caught up in the anxiety that the meet provides."

Brown said he thinks Zamborsky's success at Easterns will be a key at the NCAA prequalification meet.

"It was a good boost for him -- he needed a real good big meet and he got it, so his intensity level is up," Brown said. "He's been notoriously inconsistent in the past when it comes to pressure meets and now he knows he can do it."

Eagles, who is coming off a disappointing showing at Easterns, said he is hoping to get his dives in the air more consistently on each of his 11 dives and added he is more focused on the meet at hand.

"There is no one (at the prequalifying meet) who is unstoppable, it's just a matter of whose got their head together for the meet and who puts the dives in," Eagles said. "All three of us have a legitimate shot at placing high."

Devine will also be looking to rebound from a poor showing at Easterns and will try to return to his late-season form and advance to NCAAs in his first try.

"They're going to need to go in there knowing that this is it, that it's about time they get down to business," Brown said. "They've practiced well for the last two months and they need to continue to dive just like that."