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Senior
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| Hometown:
Kissimmee, FL
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| Height:
5-7
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AT MIAMI: Three-time All-American is one of the top divers in
the U.S. collegiate ranks...will compete in the 1-, 3-, and platform diving
events...earned All-America honors as the fifth highest individual scorer
(47 points) at the 1997 NCAA Championships...placed second in the 10-meter
event (810.70) and fourth in the 1-meter (552.45) and 3-meter (584.9) springboard...finished
second in the 1-meter event behind teammate Rio Ramirez at the 1997 BIG
EAST Championships and third in the 3-meter behind Ramirez and Tyce Routson...competed
at the 1997 World University, placing eighth in the preliminaries on the
1-meter diving competition...named 1996 NCAA Diver of the Year...earned
All-America honors, finishing in first place at the 1996 NCAA Swimming
& Diving Championships in the 10-meter diving competition, and placing
second in the three-meter event and third in the one-meter event...finished
second in the 1-meter event at the 1996 BIG EAST Championships, behind
teammate Chris Mantilla, and finished third in the three-meters, behind
Mantilla and Routson...earned All-America honors as a freshman finishing
second at the NCAA Championships in the 10-meter event and fifth in the
3-meter event...joined Mantilla and Routson to become the first freshman
trio from the same school to finish in the top three spots at the NCAA
Champion-ships in the 10-meter diving competition...member of the 1996-97
BIG EAST Academic All-Star Team...PRIOR TO MIAMI: trained under four-time
Olympian Kong Zheng Li...three-time member of the U.S. National Team...was
a record 15-time Junior National champion...five-time Can-Am-Mex champ...1995
Pan American games team member...Senior National Platform champion...1993
Alamo Challenge 1-meter bronze medalist...1992 Olympic Trials finalist...1991
World Age Group champion...
PREP: Attended Gateway High School where he was the only four-time
Florida high school state champion...
PERSONAL: Born 2/29/76...enjoys playing basketball and golf...sister
Erin a former ACC Diver of the Year at Florida State...on of William and
Mary Gillooly.
