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Third time: Jake Burris headed to NCAA Div. 3 swimming and diving championships

Courtesy photo. Albion divers Jake Burris, (left) a junior from Chelsea and Jacob Maurer, a senior from Lake Orion, Mich., are heading to the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championship March 21-23 in Indianapolis.

(Chelsea Update would like to thank Bobby Lee for the photo and information in this story.)

Chelsea’s Jake Burris, an Albion College junior, is heading to the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championship for the third time.

Burris was the runner-up in the 1- and 3-meter events in the regional championship meet held in Chicago last weekend.

In the 1-meter competition, he finished with a 456.40 total, finishing 67 ½ points behind Heath Ogawa (Lake Forest College).

Burris achieved awards of 50.70 on his forward 2 ½ somersault and reverse 1 ½ somersault, 1 ½ twist.

In the 3-meter competition, Burris finished with a 460.25 total. He gained scores of 7 and 7 ½ on a forward 3 ½ somersault with a 2.8 degree of difficulty and three judges awarded scores of 6 ½ on a forward 2 ½ somersault with a twist that came with a 3.0 degree of difficulty.

The NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championship is scheduled for March 21-24 in Indianapolis.

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