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...your fit this description, then you are Lara Jacobson of Hollis Hall and Austin...
...Jacobson, who has only been diving since her sophomore year of high school but had 12 years of prior gymnastics experience, has had a pretty chaotic time of it over the last week. Jacobson, a slave to a grueling schedule that fuses competition, practice and homework, competed in the Phillips 66 Indoor National Diving Championships last Wednesday and Saturday...
...performed astonishingly well. With only four days to practice on the 10-meter platform, Jacobson placed sixth in a field of 36 dives, stockpiling 411.69 points in two days worth of competition. Patty Armstrong, a non-collegiate competitor from the private Woodlands Diving Team, garnered 451.74 points and first place in the competition...
...think I was surprised but I was definitely pleased [with Jacobson's performance]," says Harvard diving coach Keith Miller. "Since she does not train on the 10-meter platform regularly, I thought that it could go either way. If she hits her dives, she can be in the top three [in the country] or better in this event...
...Jacobson left for the Championships a week ago Friday to prepare for the 10-meter tower. Further complicating matters was the fact that because the event was not connected to the NCAA and took place out of season, Harvard could not finance the trip. Both Jacobson and Miller paid for expenses out of their own pockets...