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Photo Gallery: USA Diving Spring Region 5 Championships

Area kids competed in the event at Northwestern University.

Divers from around the country gathered at Northwestern's Norris Aquatics Center Saturday and Sunday for the 2011 USA Diving Spring Region 5 Championships.

Chicago Dive Club, led by local divers Michael Manhard (Loyola Academy), Jordan Sacks (New Trier), Michael Nash (Loyola Academy), Caroline Grant (New Trier) and Juliette Corboy (North Shore Country Day) won weekend's competition.

Meanwhile Manhard placed first for both the Boys (16- to 18-year-old group) 1 meter and 3 meter championships while Sacks and Nash scored well enough in the same competitions to qualify for the Spring National Championship to be held in April at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas.

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In the 16-to 18-year old Girls competition, Grant’s performance in 1 meter event and Corboy’s in the 3 meter event also earned them a trip to nationals.

But Chicago Dive’s success was not limited to the older divisions. In the 14-to 15-year-old division Ryan Nash (Joseph Sears Elementary School-Kenilworth) qualified for nationals in the 1 meter and 3 meter events. In the 12-to 13-year-old boys’ division, Christopher Canning, Jr.  (St. Joseph School-Wilmette) qualified in both events and in the 11 and under girls division, Jessie Creed (Christian Heritage Academy-Northfield) also qualified in both events.

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Other local divers who competed in the regional championship included Tara Boyle (Chicago Dive – New Trier), Matthew Staab (Glenbrook Aquatics - New Trier) and Olivia Loucks (Glenbrook Aquatics – New Trier).

In the team competition, Chicago Dive defeated GC Diving (Houston, TX) 235-214. In all, the competition featured 147 divers from more than 10 states. Chicago Dive is coached by Northwestern Diving Coach Alik Sarkisian and assisted by Dan Rybalko and Patrick Noyes.

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