Saturday, February 17
Nassau Aquatic Center; Uniondale, N.Y.
All Day
Syracuse University
vs
at BIG EAST Championship
Alida DiPlacido became the first female Syracuse diver to win both events at the BIG EAST Championship since 1983
DiPlacido, Keck Honored On Final Day of the BIG EAST Championship
2/18/2007 10:53:50 AM | Swimming / Diving
Uniondale, N.Y.-Graduate student Alida DiPlacido won the three-meter dive, giving her the BIG EAST titles on both boards. DiPlacido was named Outstanding Diver of the meet for her efforts and her coach, Jeff Keck, claimed the BIG EAST Women’s Diving Coach of the Year Award, his first.
DiPlacido was seeded second after the preliminaries, where she scored a 285.50. In the finals, DiPlacido won by a commanding margin with a score of 306.25, defeating Lisa Marianni of Connecticut (278.35) and Tara Hyer of Notre Dame (247.80). DiPlacido is only the second female diver to win both events at the conference championship and be named Outstanding Diver of the meet. Betsy Spiegel achieved both feats in 1983, the first year that Syracuse women competed in the BIG EAST.
At the end of the four-day championship, the Syracuse men’s team finished in eighth place with 237 points and the women’s team finished ninth with 177 points.
On the final day, senior Luk Boral placed seventh in the 200 breast (2:01.33). Freshman Arda Isikslan finished fifth in the 200 back (1:48.76). Sophomore Peter Gollands (1:52.89) and freshman Moshe Kohen (1:52.96) came in 15th and 16th, respectively, in the 200 fly.
Freshman Katelyn Schumacher placed ninth in the 200 fly (2:05.54). Sophomore Catrina Roth placed 11th in the 200 back (2:04.72). Sophomore Dani Stein finished 15th in the 200 breast (2:22.69).
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