Springfield Divers In the News...
Shaw's Two National
Championships Lead Men's Swimming & Diving To Ninth
Place At NCAA Championships
HOPE, Mich. - Springfield College junior Mike Shaw
(Westfield, Mass.) was crowned national champion in both
1- and 3-meter diving to lead the Pride to ninth place out
of 63 teams at the NCAA Divison III Championships, Saturday,
at Hope College, Michigan.
Three-time national champion and six-time All-American
Mike Shaw
Shaw, who was named the "Diver of the Meet,"
totaled 456.80 points to win the one-meter dive on Thursday,
and 505.55 points on Saturday to win his second-straight
three-meter title. He was the one-meter runner-up in 2004.
Shaw also finished sixth and third, respectively, in the
events in 2003.
SC Freshman Ben Casavant (Acton, Mass.) finished
runner-up to Shaw in the three-meter competition (456.80)
while taking eighth place on the one-meter board (371.90) to
earn a pair of All-America honors as head diving coach Peter
Avdoulos was named the national Diving Coach of the
Year.
published: 03/17/2005
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