Word: mule
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Mule, clearly the more skilled of the two, fought off a case of shin splints earlier in the week, only to have them return to haunt him while going into the press for the inward one and a half. Not wanting a balk scored against him, Mule continued the dive and lost points trying to regain form in midair...
While notching victories from both the one- and three-meter boards, Crimson sophomore Jeff Mule established himself as the man to beat among Ivy League divers. Paul Opperman, Columbia's number one entrant gave Mule a run for his money on the low board, but couldn't quite catch the Princeton, N.J., native. Mechanical execution of the first and required forward dive afforded Mule the narrow margin that allowed him to slip past Opperman...
Seeing Ingari practicing some of the maneuvers he learned in one lone year of high school competition diving, coach John Walker invited him to tryout for the third slot behind Mule and Karl Illig. After making, the squad, Ingari then managed to learn a full list of collegiate dives in just five weeks--even the twists, which he'd never tried before...
...meter diving--1. Mule (H) 276.50; 2. Opperman...
Three-meter diving--1. Mule (H) 298.40; 2. Opperman...