February 12, 2006 - Rider's Coles/Korn Heading to NCAA Zone

February 14, 2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

College Diving

Rider’s Coles, Korn Heading to NCAA Zone

            LAWRENCEVILLE—Rider University senior Chris Coles and sophomore Dylan Korn have qualified for the NCAA Diving Zone Qualifying Meet in both the one-meter and the three-meter dives.

            At the Rutgers Diving Invitational, Coles (Plainsboro, N.J./WW-P North) placed third in the 3-meter dive with 305.15 points, and seventh in the 1-meter dive with 312.80 points.

            Korn (Hawthorne, N.Y./Westlake) placed third in the 1-meter dive (340.65) and seventh in the 3-meter (273.65).

            Coles and Korn are the first Rider divers to qualify for the NCAA Zone meet since Rob Baier in 2003. Baier was the four-time MAAC Diver of the Year. 

Rider is in Zone A and will compete at the US Naval Academy March 9-12.

            Coles is the two-time MAAC Diver of the Year, and will defend his title at the MAAC Championships this weekend, February 16-18 at Loyola.

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