Behrend's Kovach Set to Make a Splash at NCAA Diving Championships
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State Behrend sophomore diver Krystal Kovach (Scott Township/Chartiers Valley)
will be competing in the 2009 NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving
Championships
hosted by
Macalester College
at the University of Minnesota Aquatics Center in Minneapolis March 18-21.
Kovach is the first Behrend swimmer or diver ever to compete at the NCAA
championships.
The reigning AMCC diver of the year will compete in the 3 meter event on
March 18 and take part in the 1 meter event on March 21. Kovach was
selected to participate by the NCAA diving committee, who reviewed her
qualifying scores from earlier in the season. She joins a field of 21
other divers in each event.
Head coach Jen Wallace said, "Krystal has proven to be a great addition to
our Behrend Lions squad. This is a wonderful accomplishment for Krystal and
sets the tone for seasons to come."
Wallace, along with assistant coach Gordy Schmidt will be traveling with
Kovach to the championship meet. Kovach most recently compted at the
ECAC championships where she finished fourth in the one meter event and
seventh in the three meter event. Kovach holds all four Behrend diving
records, is a two-time league diver of the year, and holds the Junker Center
pool record in the three meter event.