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Freshman Breaks 46-Year-Old Diving Record
11/23/2005 12:00:00 AM | Swimming & Diving
DURHAM, N.C. -- Freshman Nick Campisano struck down a 46-year-old three-meter school diving record Sunday, winning the event at the Patriot Invitational with a mark of 340.7. Former Duke diving standout Clinton Brush set both the one and three-meter records in 1961, and neither had been broken until Campisano stepped up Sunday to best Brush's 340.0 by seven-tenths of a point.
Campisano, a native of Louisville, Ky., was a regional top three finalist all four years as a competitor for Saint Xavier High School and a four-time All-America and All-State selection. In his first season of collegiate competition, he has been a major force for the Duke swimming and diving squad, leading every diving event for the Blue Devils and contributing to a men's team that claimed its first ACC win in seven years in early November.
In the Blue Devils' first 2005-06 swimming and diving meet, Campisano qualified for the NCAA Zone Championships on the one-meter diving board and then repeated a week later on the three-meter board. He will compete at the zone championships March 10-12 in hopes of qualifying for the NCAA Championships.
Also on Sunday, senior Billy Pearce had a top five finish at the 11-team Patriot Invitational, taking fourth in the 200 backstroke in a season-best time of 1:52.92. The Blue Devil men finished fourth at the three-day event.
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