BEREA, OHIO -- Baldwin-Wallace College freshman diving sensation Todd Richert, a graduate of North Royalton High School, placed 12th in the finals of the three-meter diving event at the 2008 NCAA Championship Meet at Miami of Ohio in Oxford.
With his 12th place finish, Richert earns Division III All-America honors for the second time in the meet. He becomes the first-ever two-time swimming All-American in school history. Richert scored 422.15 points.
On Thursday, Richert earned All-America honors by placing 13th in the one-meter event with 394.05 points.
Richert won the one-meter title at the 2008 Ohio Athletic Conference Championship Meet and was second in the 3-meter event and was subsequently named as the OAC Men's Diver of the Year.
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