Bamforth Sets Records in Home Diving Invitational

(PITTSBURGH, Pa.) - Freshman Gabriel Bamforth (Cambridge, Mass./CRLS) set two school records during the Carnegie Mellon University Diving Invitational on Friday and Saturday, November 13-14 at the Jared L. Cohon University Center pool.

Competing against divers from the University of Rochester and Washington & Jefferson College, Bamforth won the men's 3-meter event with a score of 474.20. The score is a pool and school record and also goes down as his first qualifying score for the NCAA Diving Regional which takes place in March.

Sophomore DeShawn Green (Newport News, Va./Warwick) finished the 3-meter event with 276.30 points in his first collegiate competition while senior Noah Fatsi (Midlothian, Va./Trinity Episcopal) recorded a score of 257.80.

On Saturday, Bamforth was victorious on the 1-meter board, meeting the NCAA Regional qualifying score with a mark of 442.85. Fatsi finished seventh with 300.25 points, junior Brad Jennette (Pittsford, N.Y./Sutherland) was ninth with 271.45 points and Green was 10th with 262.70 points.

In order to qualify for the NCAA Diving Regional, a diver must surpass the set scores two during the season. For the 3-meter board, 440 points are needed following 11 dives and 285 points are needed at a six-dive event. For the 1-meter board, 425 points are needed after 11 dives and 275 points are needed after six dives.

The divers will next compete at the Total Performance Invitational hosted by Kenyon College on December 3-5.