March 17, 2008

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Based on his two Top 10 finishes in one-meter and three-meter diving, North Carolina senior men's diver Ryan Funderburk of Summerfield, N.C., qualified this past weekend for the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships to be held March 27-29 at Federal Way, Wash.

Funderburk qualified as one of 10 individuals to come out of the NCAA Zone B Diving Championships this past weekend in Auburn. Funderburk will compete at NCAA's in one-meter, three-meter and 10-meter platform diving.

Funderburk also earned an NCAA invitation in 2006 where he finished just one spot off earning All-America status.