Men’s Swimming & Diving Athlete – Ithaca
Matt Morrison, Junior – Simsbury, CT/Simsbury
Matt Morrison swept the diving events in a dual meet against Alfred on Saturday, highlighted by scores of 345.35 in the 1-meter dive and 331.65 in the 3-meter dive. His scores marked career highs and also set pool and school records. Morrison broke his own program mark in the 1-meter, while his performance in the 3-meter broke Derek Rand's score of 314.60 set in 2012. Morrison paced the field of nine entries at the Dick Comanzo Diving Invite on Sunday in the 1-meter with a score of 569.95, easily meeting the NCAA qualifying standard. Morrison's score set a team and pool record in the 11-dive format, while his split score at 350.155 set a program record at six dives, breaking the record he had set 24 hours earlier.