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UALR Diving and Swimming Squad 2008-2009 Season Opens Today
October 21st, 2008
Posted in Diving, Shallow diving, swimming
St. Louis, Mo. – Finally, the most awaited 2008-2009 season for the UALR Diving and Swimming Squad opened today as the team faces two of their toughest competitors, Western Illinois, and St. Louis University. Unfortunately, the UALR Trojans failed to grab the bacon today as Western Illinois won 108 to 68 and St. Louis by the count of 160 to 59 won over them. 
The combination of Audra Stalzer, Stephanie Heutel, Brenda Gannon and Jenna Rutecki finished the 200-yard medley relay for 1:56:89 sporting snazzy bikinis, landing them on the third place.
Stalzer likewise enjoyed her third place when she finished the 200-yard breaststroke for 2:34:26 and the 200-yard individual medley with a mark of 2:18:23.
The second place was snatched by Jordan Moon as he finished the 1000-yard freestyle race with a mark of 11:06:41 placing him behind WIU’s Lauren Trondle who reached the finish line with a mark of 10:58:69.
The UALR Trojans had two other second placers. Gannon finished the 500-yard freestyle with a mark of 5:23:35 while Heutel finished the 100-yard freestyle with a mark of 57:32.
Though the UALR Trojans finished their first day with a second place, they are eager and determined to return to action on the 25th when they host the Rhodes and Hendrix at the Donaughey Center Natatorium. The fight will begin at 1 p.m.
Diving from 40ft in a foot high pool
September 4th, 2008
Posted in Record diving, Shallow diving
Professor Splash, whom’s real name is Darren Taylor is going to try to land safely in a pool no higher than one foot when jumping of a 40 ft platform. He will reach speeds of up to 30 mph before the water breaks his fall and this record attempt will be broadcasted on live television from Hollywood on the Jimmy Kimmel show on US network ABC on Sept 12.
Denver’s Darren Taylor is a former strip-club DJ has a different way of diving as enters the water on his belly with his limps stretched. He says “I study a lot of video, and I transform myself into a different being. I become rock hard, I feel no pain,” he said. This technique however is not one to try at home. “Thirty three feet was the height of the first jump,” he said. “I jumped ‘out’, instead of ‘up’, and I landed in the front of the pool on my face! It hurt, and it did scare me.”
The pain did now stop him though as Taylor set the current shallow diving record anyways and brought it to 35 ft and 5 in. The new record attempt is to go upto 40 ft.
Taylor is 47 years old but has not yet had enough of the diving. In the upcoming three years – untill his ‘retirement’ at 50 – he plans to do three more deadly diving records. Taylor used to compete professionally as a high diver untill he realised that shallow diving could get him into the record books.
Like said before, this is not something to do at home, but if you want to become a shallow divers, Taylor advises you to show commitment and work on your technique all the time. “For your life’s sake, jump straight up, jump out, and make damn sure you land flat enough to blacken your chest and legs,” he said. “You must stay completely focused on your ‘flight plan’, or it could lead to your death. I never forget at anytime what could happen if this dive goes bad.”