Lengyel, Rinaldi Highlight Diving Dominance at Pittsburgh Invitational

Nov. 19, 2001

Pittsburgh, Pa. – The University of Miami Swimming & Diving team returned from the Pittsburgh Invitational after a dominating diving performance this weekend.

The Hurricane men’s diving team swept the 3-meter event with senior Imre Lengyel(Budapest, Hungary) taking first (604.60), junior Kyle Prandi in second (594.90)and freshman Miguel Velazquez (Mexico City, Mexico) in third (575.80).

The men also dominated in the 1-meter diving event with Lengyel taking first (359.70),Prandi in second (324.30) and Velazquez third (294.10).

In the platform diving competition, Lengyel took his third first-place finishwith a 627.00 score. Velazquez finished second (509.75) and Prandi third (508.40).

The Miami women’s diving team answered with sophomore Melanie Rinaldi (MteNord,Canada). Rinaldi captured first-place in both the 3-meter diving competition (549.85)and the platform (436.30).

Sophomore Manon van Rooijen (Holland) finished first in the 200-yard freestyleswimming competition with a time of 1:51.10.

The team returns to competition at the U.S. Open in Uniondale, New York on November30th-December 3rd.