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    NORTHWESTERN NAMES NEW HEAD DIVING COACH

    CSTV.com, NY
    Aug. 14, 2006

    Alik Sarkisian will take reigns of both men's and women's diving
    programs

    EVANSTON, Ill. -- Northwestern has hired Alik Sarkisian as the new
    men's and women's head diving coach, the school announced today.

    Sarkisian joins the Wildcats after one year as the head diving coach
    at the Victory Diving Club in Oklahoma City. He has a wealth of head
    coaching experience, beginning his career as the USSR National Team
    coach from 1980-1990 before becoming the National Team coach in his
    native Armenia from 1991-93.

    He then moved to the United States where he was an assistant with
    Rose Bowl Aquatics in Pasadena, Calif., from 1993-98 before becoming
    the head coach with the Trojan Dive Club and an assistant coach at
    USC from 1998-2001.

    Following his stint with the Trojans, Sarkisian became the director
    and head coach at the USA Diving Regional Training Center from 2001-05.

    Sarkisian has earned a number of coaching accomplishments within USA
    and international diving, most notably serving as the USA National Team
    Coach for the 2003 and 2005 Pan-Am Games. He has coached at numerous
    FINA Grand Prix events and Olympic trials and training camps. In 1996,
    he was Armenia's National Team coach at the Atlanta Olympic Games.

    A 13-time Armenian national champion, Sarkisian competed
    internationally for the USSR. He graduated in 1980 with professional
    level training in sports science and education from the USSR State
    University of Physical Education in Yerevan, Armenia.

    "We are very excited to turn over the reigns of the diving program to
    a very talented coach," NU head women's swimming coach Jimmy Tierney
    said. "Alik has the skills and motivation to continue the rise of NU
    diving in the Big Ten and NCAA. We truly believe we have one of the
    most talented diving coaches in the world here to coach our divers."

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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