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| Skye Sanders |
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Sophomore
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| Hometown:
Knoxville, Tenn.
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| High School:
South-Doyle
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| Height:
5-4
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| Event:
Diving
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| Club:
Tennessee Diving (Coach: Dave Parrington)
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| Career Best Scores |
| 1-meter | 243.83 |
| 3-meter | 267.35 |
| Platform | 198.70 |
2009-10: Had a season-best platform dive (198.70) at the SEC Championships to finish 16th...Finished third on the 1-meter and 3-meter at Virginia...Placed in the top-10 on all three dives at the Tennessee Invitational, including taking seventh on the 3-meter with a season best score of 267.35...At LSU, finished fourth on the 1-meter and 3-meter...Grabbed fourth on the 3-meter and fifth on the 1-meter against Louisville and at Kentucky...Added another fifth-place finish on the 1-meter against South Carolina.
HIGH SCHOOL: Placed third on the 1-meter at the 2009 Tennessee High School Swimming and Diving Championships for South-Doyle High School...Was also fifth in the event at the 2007 and 2006 state championships...Placed second on the 1-meter behind UT classmate Tori Lamp at the 2009 Knoxville Area Swim League Championships, after capturing the title in 2008...Qualified for the USA Junior National Championships on the platform from 2005-07...Was a three-time winner of the Tennessee Mathematics Teachers' Association Award.
PERSONAL: Enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences...Is a licensed pilot and hopes to attain her private pilot certificate soon...Has played the piano since she was five years old...Started competing for the Tennessee Diving Club and head coach Dave Parrington as a 12-year-old and made her mind up she would dive for UT one day...Has two sisters, Star, 16, and Summer, 13....Skye Karyne Sanders, daughter of Nancy and John Sanders, was born Feb. 13, 1991, in Knoxville, Tenn.
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