Miami's Ross Finishes Seventh in 3m Event
March 27, 2009
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College Station, Texas – Miami junior Reuben Ross picked up his second All-America award in as many days with a seventh place showing in the 3-meter springboard diving event Friday evening at this year’s NCAA Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships in College Station, Texas. This year’s event is hosted by Texas A&M University inside the Student Recreation Natatorium.
Ross entered the day looking to defend his national title in the 3-meter event from a year ago. Though failing to achieve that goal, he did collect his second All-America honor of the week, and seeks the possibility of an All-America sweep tomorrow.
Ross finished the day with a final round score of 400.60, narrowly edging Sean Moore of Ohio State (400.55).
The finals could be described by the first dive which was costly for the Regina, Saskatchewan (Canada) native as he failed to connect on a Forward 3 ½ Somersault Pike. He would, however, bounce back to land a score of 70.50 on his next dive with a Back 2 ½ Somersault Pike.
He landed 80s the rest of the way by the judges, earning his best dive in his last chance with a beautiful Back 2 ½ Somersault 1 ½ Twist Pike, earning him an even score of 84. Ross also touched 82.25 in consecutive dives as the junior performed two reverse dives, including a Reverse 2 ½ Somersault 1 ½ Twist Pike on his fourth dive.
Purdue’s David Boudia, the Big Ten Male Diver of the Year, took the top spot for the 3-meter springboard with a score of 493.10, setting a new meet record in the process. Behind him were Kelly Marx of Auburn (454.85) and Hugh Showe III of Ohio State (447.25) rounding out the top three finishers.
This is now the sixth All-America accolade for Ross in his third year of competing for the Hurricanes and veteran head coach Randy Ableman.
Ross will now step onto the 10-meter platform Saturday afternoon for a chance of taking All-America honors in all three events, something he has yet to achieve in his Miami career. He finished fourth last season on the platform at the NCAA Championships, earning a score of 445.50.
Live stats/results for all diving events, as well as full bios of each participant will be made available through www.divemeets.com.
For more information on the NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving National Championships, please locate your internet browser to http://www.aggieathletics.com/ncaa2009/swimming/men/. Once there, you will find live scoring, results and information pertaining to this year’s championships.
