FEDERAL WAY, Wash. (AP) -- Mark Ruiz and Troy Dumais, best friends and rivals for eight years, are going on a most excellent adventure together -- the Sydney Olympics...

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. (AP) -- Mark Ruiz made an indelible impression on diving coach Jay Lerew the first time they met at a meet in Orlando, Fla. Ruiz, then 12, ignored...

...Outclassed-4, 01:41. DIVING Synchronized Platform Final 7, United States (David Pichler, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Mark Ruiz, Orlando, Fla.), 321.69. EQUESTRIAN Women Team Foil Semifinals Italy (Giovanna Trillini 2-1; Valentina Vezzali...

...DIVING: China rules the deep end. Tian Liang barely beat teammate Hu Jia in the men's 10-meter platform as China became the first nation to win five diving golds at one Olympics. Mark Ruiz, in sixth, was the top American finisher.

...Wisconsin; wrestler Stephen Neal from Cal State-Bakersfield; softball player Stacey Nuveman from UCLA; and diver Mark Ruiz from Orlando, Fla. As their youngest daughters posed for pictures holding the 13 1/2-pound bronze trophy of a runner...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Two-time defending U.S. diver of the year Mark Ruiz won the 3-meter springboard Friday at the U.S. National Indoor Diving Championships, his 14th career national title. His...

...was leading with 682.86 points, but Troy Dumais of Ventura, Calif., was only 1.2 points behind. Heavy favorite Mark Ruiz of Orlando, Fla., struggled in the morning preliminaries -- hitting his toes on the board on one dive -- but rebounded...

...Karen Kurreck, Los Altos, Calif., DNF. DIVING Springboard Final 6, Troy Dumais, Ventura, Calif., 642.72. 7, Mark Ruiz, Orlando, Fla., 638.22. EQUESTRIAN Individual Dressage Grand Prix Group 1 6, Susan Blinks (Flim Flam), Mount...

...Colorado Springs, 42:37.372 -- SILVER. 16, Karen Kurreck, Los Altos, Calif., 44:33.379. DIVING Platform 6, Mark Ruiz, Orlando, Fla., 625.92. 9, David Pichler, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., 616.17. WRESTLING Freestyle Gold Medal...