The Westminster College swimming & diving team announced its hire of new diving coach Heath Calhoun. Calhoun was a sixth-time All-American as a diver at Division II Clarion University.
Calhoun won the NCAA Division II national championship on the 3-meter springboard at the 2014 NCAA Championships. Calhoun broke the NCAA record by scoring 615.95 points (34.30 points better than the previous record and 54.15 points better than the second-place finisher). Calhoun was .50 points from winning the 1-meter competition. A team co-captain his senior year, Calhoun was named the CSCAA (College Swimming Coaches Association of America) Division II "Male Diver of the Year".
"We are extremely excited to welcome Heath to our coaching staff," Titan Head Swimming & Diving Coach Rob Klamut said. "His diving experience and credentials are truly outstanding. I know that he will help build a successful diving program here at Westminster College that will help us sustain and improve the high level of competitiveness of our program." Klamut is also a Clarion graduate.
Heath, a graduate of Butler High School, earned a degree in Rehab Science at Clarion in 2014 where he was also a Scholar Athlete and an Academic All-American.
