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Senior
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| Hometown:
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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| High School:
W.P. Wagner School
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| Height:
5-11
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| Event:
Diving
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| Experience:
3L
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Junior (2008-09)
Competed for his home country of Canada in several events at the FINA World Championships in Rome over the summer of 2009 ... Earned a 10th place finish with partner Riley McCormick on the 10-meter synchronized platform ... Picked up three finals appearances at the FINA World Championships, including a bronze medal with partner Alexandre Despatie on the 3-meter synchro springboard ... Named the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Men's Swimming and Diving Scholar Athlete of the Year ... Named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Team ... Tabbed the ACC Male Diver of the Year ... Ross earned his second consecutive ACC Diver of the Year honor after posting three All-America finishes at the NCAA Championships in College Station, Texas ... The Regina, Saskatchewan (Canada) native was a unanimous selection after he finished third on the platform as well as seventh on both the 1-meter and 3-meter boards ... Claimed a score of 379.80 in the NCAA finals of the 1-meter springboard ... Earned a score of 400.60 on the 3-meter board ... At the 2009 ACC Championships, Ross earned first place on both the 1m and 3m boards, as well as a runner-up finish on the platform ... The Hurricane diver earns Miami's fourth Diver of the Year accolade in the fifth year of the award ... The 2008 Summer Olympian--diving for Canada, finished his storied 2008-09 season as the Most Outstanding Diver on the men's side of this year's ACC Swimming & Diving Championships ... He left this year's platform championships as just the fifth diver in Miami's storied history of men's diving to earn All-American honors in all three diving events (1-meter, 3-meter and platform) at the NCAA Championships ... Only Miguel Velazquez (2004), Tyce Routson (1996, '97, 2000), Chris Mantilla (1996, '97, '98) and Bryan Gillooly (1996, '97) had accomplished that task before ... He earned his highest finish on the platform (third) at the NCAA's in his career, collecting a finals score of 452.75 ... Earned four first place finishes on the year in the 1-m and 3-m events combined ... Registered his highest score of the year on the 1-m board at the ACC Championships, posting a score of 453.10 ... Finished second on the platform at both the Georgia Tech Invite (400.30) and Ohio State Invite (383.90) ... Had a second place finish on the platform at the ACC Championships with a score of 431.30 ... Claimed a first place finish at the Georgia Tech Diving Invite on the 3-meter board with a total score of 433.00 ... Helped UM to an 18th place finish at the NCAA Championships with 40 points scored ... Also helped the UM men's diving team to be recognized as having posted multi-year APR scores in the top 10 percent of all squads in their respective sports ... Those teams recognized during the 2008-09 year had an APR score of between 976 and a perfect 1000.
Sophomore (2007-08)
Established himself among the great names in Miami history by collecting a national title in the 3-meter springboard ... Joined the long list of All-Americans as Hurricane divers ... Became the first male diving national champion for the Hurricanes since 2002 (Imre Lengyel) in the 10-meter platform ... All-American and All-ACC performer in back-to-back years at UM ... First 3-meter springboard UM national title holder since Bryan Gillooly in 1998 ... Collected a score of 466.80 in the NCAA Finals of the 3-meter springboard to collect the title ... Had just a 359.25 score after the first round of action ... Also collected a first place finish at the Ohio State Invitational (431.85) ... Again, bounced back strong in the finals at OSU after a preliminary round score of 341.90 ... Had a regular-season best mark of 441.30 at the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational ... In 1-meter action, Ross placed first, second and third, respectively, in three events throughout the campaign ... Enjoyed a first place finish at the Georgia Tech Fall Invite in the 1-meter springboard with a score of 425.90 (career-best) ... Placed second in a tri-match with Florida State and Florida A&M with a score of 347.20 ... Participated in just four platform diving events on the year--one being a first place finish at the GT Fall Invite (377.45) ... Finished fourth at the NCAA Championships with a total score of 445.50 ... Ended second at the NCAA Zone "B" Championships with a career-best score of 796.70 for the weekend event.
Freshman (2006-07)
Collected numerous accolades during his freshman campaign ... Earned an Atlantic Coast Conference Championship title in the three-meter diving event with a score of 439.15 ... Also earned All-American honors with an eighth-place finish in the one-meter springboard with a score of 315.15 and a fourth-place finish in the men's 10-meter platform with a score of 369.15 at the 2007 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships ... Prior to the NCAA Championships, Ross finished second in both the 10-meter platform and the three-meter platform at the Zone B Diving Championships ... Was also named to the 2006-07 ACC Academic Honor Roll and the 2006-07 All-ACC Academic Swimming and Diving Team.
High School/Prep
Competed in the Age Group Nationals in 2004 and the Canadian Olympic trials ... Placed second on the one meter and finished third on the three meter at the Age Group Nationals ... At the Olympic trials, turned in a fourth-place finish in the three meter diving event ... In 2003, competed in the Senior Nationals as well as the Age Group Nationals ... Scored a 426 on the three meter at the 2005 World Championship trials.
Personal
Full name is Reuben Daniel Ross ... Majoring in Civil Engineering at UM ... Son of Nat and Mary Ross ... Born in his home town of Regina, Saskatchewan in Canada ... Has four siblings in Timothy, Elliott, Azelia and Madeline ... Chose to attend UM because of the excellent balance of good athletes and good academics.
Around the Pool with Ross
Lists a hobby as working with wood and reading ... Says his first impression of Miami was that it was completely different from anything he was used to ... Lists his favorite sports team as the Edmonton Oilers of the NHL ... Favorite movies include Crash, Fight Club and The Shawshank Redemption ... Favorite television show is Firefly ... Says his favorite book is What's So Amazing About Grace ... Advice he would give to young people would be to stay optimistic about life and not to let other people tell you what to think.
