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updated 12/05/2009

  Rose-Hulman News Michael Gerdov Claims Top Honors at
Rose-Hulman Diving Invitational
 

Michael Gerdov -- Rose-Hulman Diving Invitational
champion in the three-meter competition.

COMPLETE RESULTS

TERRE HAUTE, IND. -- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology junior diver Michael Gerdov (Lincolnshire, Ill./Adlai Stevenson) claimed the individual title at the Engineer Diving Invitational to lead the team performance on Saturday.

Gerdov recorded 393.50 points on 11 dives to top a field of 13 divers from six institutions, including perennial powers Wabash, Wittenberg, Wisconsin-Whitewater and DePauw.

The effort marks the second consecutive year that Gerdov has won a title at the Rose-Hulman Invitational.  He earned the one-meter title last season.

Senior Mark Parzych (Pearland, Texas/Central) added a second-place finish in one-meter diving to narrowly outdistance Gerdov, who placed third.

Parzych recorded 377.30 points on 11 dives to place behind only Matthew Erenpreiss of Wittenberg with a total of 386.65.  Gerdov recorded 371.75 points.

Other competitors for Rose-Hulman included freshman Nicole Richardson (Janesville, Wis.), who placed eighth in one-meter diving with 210.45 points; and sophomore Julian Ametsitsi (Marysville, Wash./Marysville-Pilchuck), who placed 14th in one-meter diving with 209.25 points.

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