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Rylan Ridenour
Rylan Ridenour

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Lebanon, Ind.

High School:
Lebanon

Height:
5-7

Event:
Diving

01/30/2012

Rylan Ridenour Named AgSouth Athlete of the Week

01/28/2012

Gamecock Swimming & Diving Ends Regular Season with Sweep of ECU, Vanderbilt

Carolina shifts focus to SEC Championships

01/20/2012

Gamecock Swimming & Diving Swept at Georgia

Forcucci sweeps boards for fifth-straight dual meet

01/19/2012

Gamecock Swimming & Diving Set for Difficult Road Test at Georgia

Meet slated to begin at 4 p.m. at Gabrielsen Natatorium in Athens, Ga.

01/13/2012

Gamecock Swimming & Diving Hosts Duke, Queens to Open 2012 Schedule

Meet begins Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Blatt P.E. Center/Carolina Natatorium

2010-11 - Gamecocks' top diver...Qualified for NCAA Zone B for second straight year...Just missed trip to NCAA Championships with 6th-place finish on 1-meter with 12-dive score of 684.30...Set school record with 3-meter score (12 dives) of 698.20 at NCAA Zone B...Finished 18th on 1-meter and 19th on 3-meter at SEC Championships...Top score on 1-meter (358.30) earned a win over Kentucky/Charleston...Posted a personal-best 407.17 in the 3-meter competition vs. Clemson to win going away; missed Andy Bradley's school record by .23 points...Won seven times during the season, including five consecutive events to open the season...Five of seven wins came on 3-meter board...Named SEC Diver of the Week twice during the season after performances vs. Western Kentucky (10/16) and Clemson (11/2)...Qualified for 1- and 3-meter semifinals at USA Diving Winter National Championships.

2009-10 - Top diver for the Gamecocks on the 1- and 3-meter boards... Qualified for NCAA Zone B Regionals... Advanced to finals at Zone meet on 3M board, finished 13th with 12-dive score of 629.35...Just missed finals on 3M at SEC Championships, finishing 9th with a 342.85...Took 11th place at SECs on 1M with 303.40...Top scores came at Gamecock Invitational in 1M (351.55) and 3M (390.80)...Won twice during the season on 3M vs. Kentucky and UNC Wilmington.

PRE-COLLEGE - Graduated from Lebanon High School... Named team MVP as a senior... Three-time state qualifier... Won three conference titles... Was state runner-up in 2008... Club team was Starz Diving... Advanced to finals in 3M springboard at AT&T National Diving Championships in 2009, finishing 12th... Won the 2007 Future Champions Diving Invitational in both the 1M and 3M events... Was runner-up in both events at the same competition in 2008...Qualified for 2009 Spring Nationals.

PERSONAL - Full name is Rylan Ridenour... Born April 27, 1990... Parents are Ty and Luann Ridenour... Has one brother, Robert... Plans to major in music... Chose South Carolina over offers from Kentucky and LSU.

Ridenour's Top Scores
Event Score Date Meet Location
1-meter (6 dives) 358.30 1/7/11 Kentucky/Coll. of Charleston Columbia, S.C.
1-meter (12 dives) 684.30 3/10/11 NCAA Zone B Diving Athens, Ga.
3-meter (6 dives) 407.17 10/29/10 Clemson Columbia, S.C.
3-meter (12 dives) 698.20! 3/11/11 NCAA Zone B Diving Athens, Ga.
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