Diving: Van Vladricken, Gibbons carrying on Ridley tradition

Posted On: Wednesday, February 18, 2015
By: ldevlin

RIDLEY TWP. — Even as he glances up at the banner heralding a pair of state championships, Ridley diving coach John Dyer is reticent to take any semblance of credit. Luck, Dyer insists, was behind the run of 11 straight seasons of divers representing the Green Raiders at the PIAA Championships, capturing 13 medals from 2001-11, including a pair of golds thanks to Josh Bonner in 2003 and 2004. Dyer’s role in that dominant decade, he admits with earnest humility, was to simply manage the fortuitous pipeline that produced one standout after another.

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