Miami Divers End Second Day of Texas Invitational
Dec. 3, 2010
Austin, Texas – Junior Carrie Dragland tallied a score of 304.25 in the finals of the women’s 1-meter springboard on Friday, taking second place in the event on the second day of the Texas Swimming and Diving Hall of Fame Invitational at UT’s Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.
Dragland, a transfer from the University of Alabama – a native of Woodinville, Wash., was third after the preliminary round with a score of 291.25. In the finals, she produced a score of 304.25 in order to finish in second place behind Maren Taylor of Texas.
Freshman Thea Vock (Clermont, Fla.) finished in fifth place with a score of 281.85, and redshirt senior Brittany Viola (Orlando, Fla.) finished sixth with a score of 265.15. For Viola, the event on Friday marked her first collegiate diving competition since the 2009 NCAA Championships, sitting out the entire 2009-10 campaign with an injury.
In the men’s diving well, freshman Samuel Dorman (Tempe, Ariz.) took a seventh place finish in the men’s 3-meter event. Dorman posted a score of 320.15 in the finals, while scoring 393.50 in the preliminaries.
After the preliminary round of dives, Dorman sat in third place – trailing only two-time national champion David Boudia (Purdue) and All-American Drew Livingston (Texas).
The final day of competition takes place on Saturday back at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center. All divers will climb to the 10-meter platform for the final day of diving.
Miami swimming will be in action on Saturday as well, competing against Vanderbilt at home in a dual meet at the Whitten University Center Pool at 11 a.m. Admission to that event is free.
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