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Abbruzzese sets record in diving competition
8:31 a.m., Feb. 12, 2007--University of Delaware junior Matt Abbruzzese set a school record and earned two fifth place finishes at the Rutgers University Diving Invitational held Saturday afternoon at the Sonny Werblin Recreation Center. The four-team invitational meet included teams from host Rutgers, UD, Drexel University and the College of New Jersey. Abbruzzese finished fifth in the men's three-meter dive with a school record 335.20 points. He also finished fifth in the one-meter with a score of 320.80, the second highest total in UD three-meter record of 333.90 points set by Ali Al-Hasen in 1993-94 and his one-meter score was second only to Al-Hasen's record score of 323.62 that same season. Both scores also qualified Abbruzzese for the NCAA Zone A diving meet to be held March 2-4 at Rutgers. Also for the UD men's team, freshman Tom Gallagher was seventh in the three-meter (297.35) and eighth in the one-meter (274.25) and freshman Ben Blotner was seventh in the one-meter (286.80) and eighth in the three-meter (286.30). Rutgers' Andre Watson captured both events, with scores of 394.60 in the three-meter and 374.90 in the one-meter. For the UD women's team, senior Sarah Bergan was sixth in the one-meter with a score of 239.50 and seventh in the three-meter (266.15) while freshman Lisa Goyette was seventh in the one-meter (232.30) and eighth in the three-meter (251.65). Drexel's Kate Hynes won both events, with scores of 333.85 in the one-meter and 369.65 in the three-meter. The UD swimming and diving teams will compete in the Colonial Athletic Association championships, which will begin Wednesday and conclude Saturday at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. |
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