FORK UNION, VA – Junior Everett Mitchell of the Fork Union Military Academy diving team set a school record at the December Diving Invitational Thursday night at the Fork Union Aquatics Center.

"Competing in 11-dive meets is a difficult task, especially this early in the Winter season. Stringing together 11 successful dives over a 3-hour period requires mental fortitude, and our FUMA divers demonstrated a lot of that last night. The cadets took things one dive at a time, remaining calm and focused throughout each round. They had fun and didn't worry about anything that was out of their control, which is why I think they performed so well. I'm unbelievably proud of them and I can't wait to see what the rest of our season has in store."
 
Mitchell scored a 386.00 in the 11-dive competition that broke his teammate Grant Demorro's school record of 328.10, which was set a year ago. Mitchell's score placed him second overall on the night.
 
In addition to Michell's school record, Demorro and Kellen Colevas also scored higher than the previous school record. Demorro took a score of 346.70 to place third overall, while Colevas took a score of 343.00 to place fourth.
 
George Gurney rounded out the top five for the Blue Devils, scoring a personal best of 266.00.
 
State Champion Tyler Read from Grove Christian School won the invitational by setting a Fork Union Aquatics Center record of 613.00.
 
Fork Union will return to action after the New Year when it hosts another invitational on Saturday, January 28.