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Men's and Women's Diving Wraps Up Penn State Invitational

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Men's Swimming and Diving | January 29, 2017

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The La Salle Men's and Women's Diving teams closed out the Penn State Diving Invitational Sunday night with finals appearances from individuals on both teams.

In the men's competition, freshman Blake Griffith led all Explorers with a fourth place finish in the 3 meter finals. In doing so, Griffith scored 278.80 in the field of eight divers. Just behind him, Dylan Yurasits scored 274.05 for fifth place. In seventh place, Chase Ott scored 264 flat.

Sydney Szopo and Dominique DiRienzo both qualified for the women's final. Szopo's score of 224.75 for fifth place. DiRienzo's score of 198.75 rounded out the top ten.

Head Coach Steve Kuttruff and his team will begin to gear up for the Atlantic 10 Championships which start on February 15th. But first, the Swimming and Diving teams will head to the Villanova Sprint Fest on February 4th at noon.
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Players Mentioned

Chase Ott

Chase Ott

Diving
5' 9"
Senior
Dylan Yurasits

Dylan Yurasits

Diving
5' 10"
Junior
Dominique DiRienzo

Dominique DiRienzo

Diving
5' 4"
Sophomore
Sydney  Szopo

Sydney Szopo

Diving
5' 6"
Junior
Blake Griffith

Blake Griffith

Diving
6' 2"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Chase Ott

Chase Ott

5' 9"
Senior
Diving
Dylan Yurasits

Dylan Yurasits

5' 10"
Junior
Diving
Dominique DiRienzo

Dominique DiRienzo

5' 4"
Sophomore
Diving
Sydney  Szopo

Sydney Szopo

5' 6"
Junior
Diving
Blake Griffith

Blake Griffith

6' 2"
Freshman
Diving