WALTHAM, MASS. 2/14/10 - Keene State College's Derek Peabody earned All-New England honors with his fifth place finish in the three-meter diving event at the NEISDA Swimming and Diving Championships at Bentley College on Sunday.

Peabody, a sophomore from Haverhill, Mass., tallied 306.35 points for his fifth place finish.  Matt Fahey of UMass-Dartmouth won the event with 396.25 points.

In the women's field, junior Rachel Battis (Beacon Falls, Conn.) and freshman Jaclyn Rando (Walpole, Mass.) failed to qualify for the finals in the three-meter event. 

After the two-day diving event, the KSC men are in fourth place with 18 points.  UMass-Dartmouth is on top with 58 points.  The KSC women are in fifth place with 33 points.  Westfield State leads with 125 points.

The swimming portion of the championships takes place next weekend (Feb. 19-21) at the Upper Valley Aquatic Center in White River Junction, Vt.