Melissa Pond

Class:
Senior
Height:
5-5
High School:
Wayland HS
Hometown:
Wayland, Mass.

General: Named to the A-10 women[apos]s swimming and diving Academic All-Conference team... Posted the second-highest point total in UMass history for the three-meter dive (362.65) with her performance at the 2005 Atlantic 10 Championships. 2006-2007 Update (Senior): Placed fourth in both the one meter (229.95) and three meter (229.75) at Colgate (1/27) ... At Boston College (1/20), placed first in the three meter (279.49) ... At the Rhode Island Invitational (1/13), landed a three meter dive for 250.05 for second place ... Finished third (235.20) in 3 Meter Diving vs. Northeastern (12/2)

2005-2006 Update (Junior): At Army (11/18), took 4th in the 3 Meter Dive (213.75) and 5th in the 1 Meter Dive (214.43)... Placed 2nd in 1 meter dive against Stony Brook (235.20) ... Finished 5th against Boston University in 1 meter dive action (203.70) ... Took 3 at Southern Connecticut State on the 1 meter board (200.33) ... Placed 2nd in the 3 meter dive against Stony Brook (231.60) and at Southern Connecticut State (229.73)...Finished 9th in both the 1 Meter Dive (188.25) and the 3 Meter Dive (358.65) at Rutger[apos]s Super Splash (12/2) ... At the Brown Invitationsl (12/4), finished ninth in the 1 Meter Dive (188.25) and ninth in the 3 Meter Dive (358.65) ... At the Rhode Island Invitational (1/14), finished fifth in the 3 Meter Dive (195.40) ... Against Iona (1/18), finished fourth in the 1 Meter Dive (186.40) ... Against Boston College (1/21), finished third in the 1 Meter Dive (232.28) and third in the 3 Meter Dive (221.48) ... Against CCSU (1/22), finished third in the 1 Meter Dive (212.32) and second in the 3 Meter Dive (242.85) ... Against Fordham (1/28), finished second in the 1 Meter Dive (239.32) and second in the 3 Meter Dive (240.68). 2004-05 (Sophomore): Posted the second-highest point total in UMass history for the three-meter dive (362.65) with her performance in the preliminaries at the 2005 Atlantic 10 Championships ... finished fourth in that event with 351.10 points ... against Fordham (1/29), won the three-meter dive and posted a season-high score of 238.65 points on the one-meter board against Fordham (1/29) ... placed first in the one-meter dive against Central Connecticut State (1/23) with 205.72 points.