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updated 02/09/2008

  Rose-Hulman News Rose-Hulman Captures Men's Diving Title at Illinois Wesleyan
 

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Michael Gerdov set a pair of school records at the Titan Diving Invitational.

BLOOMINGTON, ILL. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology diving team captured the Illinois Wesleyan Diving Invitational, which also doubles as the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Diving Championship, on Saturday.

Freshman Michael Gerdov (Lincolnshire, Ill./Adlai Stevenson) captured the three-meter championship with a school record effort of 377.50 points.  He added a second school mark with a second-place diving performance in one-meter with 331.85 points.

Junior Matthew Melton (Griffith) joined Gerdov on the all-conference team with a second-place effort in three-meter diving.  Melton tallied 356.05 points in three-meter and came home third with 331.85 in one-meter.

The title represents Rose-Hulman's first diving victory in a conference championship format and occurred with tutelage from team diving coach Carey Stapleton.

Senior Matt Hein (Escondido, Calif./San Pasqual) claimed two fifth-place honors with 279.55 points in one-meter and 244.05 in three-meter.

On the women's side, Hannah LaFleur helped the Engineers finish fifth in the league with 209 points in one-meter.

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