Joe Imel/Daily News Indian Hills Country Club's Emily Johns dives Friday at the 2008 South Central Diving Championship at Indian Hills Country Club.

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Moments after Jim Ritter helped cap off a win for Indian Hills Country Club, his teammates made sure he was back in the pool again.

Ritter, who won the Open Division in the diving competition, also serves as an assistant for Indian Hills. So in keeping with tradition, Ritter joined diving coach Sue Prieskorn in the pool after Indian Hills beat Bowling Green Country Club 175-83 on Friday in the team diving competition of the 52nd annual South Central Swim and Dive Meet at Indian Hills.

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“Jim does a great job helping out with the kids,” Prieskorn said. “They look up to him. He’s such a good diver and is going to be diving at Western next year. Someday maybe they can be a diver in college.”

Ritter took the impromptu dip in stride.

“I love being out here,” Ritter said. “I love working with all the kids. They keep me entertained and I love being out here with them having fun.”

Ritter finished with 200.35 points in the competition, easily outdistancing Bowling Green Country Club’s Bradley Wierson, who finished second.

“It was fun to get out here and get some experience,” Ritter said. “I’ve been doing this for the past eight years. You get used to it every once and a while. You get out here and start diving and then you get the hang of it. It’s just how much you practice and how much you get into it.”

In the Girls’ Open Division, Bowling Green Country Club’s Katie Berryman edged Indian Hills’ Tori Dillard 138.15-137.20, making amends for a disappointing finish in the Girls’ 16-and-under Division.

Berryman was in position to possibly win two events - but an incomplete score during the 16-and-under competition dropped her to third place. Indian Hills’ Goodman Johnson was the winner with a score of 106.90.

“I tried as hard as I could after that, but after an incomplete dive you can’t win,” Berryman said.

In the Boys’ division, Bowling Green’s Robbie Neveras won with a score of 110.30.

In the Girls’ 14-and-under Division, Indian Hills’ Elaina Mueller easily outdistanced Bowling Green Country Club’s Allyson Sack to win the event. Mueller had 131.75 points, 30 more than Sack.

“It was exciting,” Mueller said. “I’m glad I won. I win a lot sometimes, but it was fun.”

Mueller said she didn’t feel that much pressure as one of the favorites.

“I get a little nervous, but I’m used to it,” Mueller said. “I’ve (done) my dives a lot and the more I do them, the better I get.”

Bowling Green’s Matthew Higdon was the winner in the Boys’ Division.

Indian Hills won 10 of the 14 divisions Friday, and had nine divers place second.

“I was very pleased with how the kids came together - especially in a sport like diving where it can be nerve-racking,” Prieskorn said. “They just got up there and did their little dives very gracefully, with smiles on their faces and had a great time.

“No matter where they placed, they really enjoyed it.”

The meet continues today and Sunday with swimming events at the Greenville Country Club.

The other winners Friday:

Girls’ 12-and-under Division, Casey Van Meter (Bowling Green Country

Club)

Boys’ 12-and-under Division, Parker Thomas (Indian Hills)

Girls’ 10-and-under Division, Ashley Grace Bragg (Indian Hills)

Boys’ 10-and-under Division, Griffin Cline (Indian Hills)

Girls’ 8-and-under Division, Emma Davenport (Indian Hills)

Boys’ 8-and-under Division, Kyle Bragg (Indian Hills)

Girls’ 6-and-under Division, Reagan Fields (Indian Hills)