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Sunday, December 6
Columbus, Ohio
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McCrory on a Different Level at OSU Diving Invitational
12/7/2009 10:00:00 AM | Swimming & Diving
DURHAM, N.C. – The Blue Devils divers opened up competition at the Ohio State Invitational on Friday with a couple of strong performances from sophomore Abby Johnston and freshman Jordan Long. Johnston used the morning session to secure her place in the finals with a three-meter score of 325.10. During finals, she scored 352.25 points to take second place. Duke senior Julie Brummond also competed on the three-meter board, taking 10th place with her score of 250.60. Long had his work cut out for him facing a talented 25-diver field; however he stepped up to the challenge taking 12th place with a score of 275.90.
On Saturday, Johnston retook to the boards, turning in a second-place performance in the one-meter competition. Brummond followed up with an 11th-place finish.
But the story of the weekend was the performance of freshman Nick McCrory. He competed on the three-meter board and the 10-meter platform and the results couldn't have been better. McCrory earned two first-place finishes and broke two school records and two pool records.
On the three-meter board he edged Purdue's David Boudia by 16.20 points and broke the pool record set two years ago by Miami's Rueben Ross. His mark of 447.50 was also enough to break his own school record set earlier this season.
Then on Sunday, McCrory turned in the most dominating performance of his collegiate career. Before this weekend the Duke school record stood at 293.25 points and the Bill and Mae McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion benchmark was 434.60; McCrory smashed both. His score of 474.30 won the event by 72 points, beat the pool record by 40 points, and obliterated the Duke record by an unimaginable 181 points.
The Blue Devil divers will return to action on December 16 when the Ohio State Buckeyes visit Taishoff Aquatics Pavilion. The swimmers do not compete again until January 2 when they swim in the Orange Bowl Classic as part of their winter training program.
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