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Kendall MacRae '11 shatters 1985 diving record
Two 25-Year-Old School Records Fall in PA Pool
MacRae and Oh go high and low
January 26, 2010
—The brightest highlight of the day was the shattering of Jenny Greene’s 1985
school record in the diving event. Greene’s record of 251.05 was broken by
Kendall MacRae ’11 with an astounding score of 267. The 25 year record has
been chased by many great divers over these past years. Great kudos also
go out to diving coach Belinda Wolf Canavan who is in her 19th season
with the swimming and diving program.
In a home match-up against Northfield Mount Hermon Saturday, the fans of PA
swimming and diving not only saw a pair of Andover team wins in the boys’ and
girls’ meets, but also were treated to two splendid record-shattering individual
performances. In the boys’ meet, Jun Oh '12 powered his way to a 4:34.90 in the
500-yard freestyle race, shaving more than seven seconds off the long-standing
school record of 4:42.28 set by Jon Bernstein '86 in 1985. In the girls’ diving
event, Kendall MacRae ’11 also broke a 25-year-old record by scoring 267 points,
a PA best since Jenny Greene ’85 posted a 2:51.05 in her senior season.
According to girls’ swim coach Paul Murphy ’84, MacRae, a third-year upper from
Sherborn, Mass., was “on fire,” nailing each of her six dives that day. MacRae
has only been in the program for two years, said Murphy, but under the guidance
of diving coach Belinda Canavan and with a strong off-season training program,
she has really been coming on strong.
In addition to breaking the long-distance record, Oh, a new lower from North
Andover, Mass., showed his versatility by also winning the 200-yard individual
medley in a time of 1:56.52 and anchoring the 400-yard freestyle relay; he and
his teammates narrowly missed breaking the 1983 pool record with their time of
3:14.12.
With their team victories, the boys (93-75) and the girls (95-72) each improved
their records to 3-0 on the season. They will be back in action Saturday,
January 30, at Deerfield
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