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Injury worse than expected for Benet's Vandendorpe

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By Sean Fuchs

Benet swimmer Dave Vandendorpe learned on Monday that he has a partially torn ligament in his right ankle, according to Redwings coach Mike Rigali.

The good news for Vandendorpe is that he returned to practice after having to sit out the Fox Valley Invite.

"He's back in the water," Rigali told the Sun on Wednesday night.

The bad news is that Vandendorpe is still on crutches and has yet to attempt diving off a starting block since he injured his ankle falling down stairs at school last week. He said at the Fox Valley Invite that he didn't think his injury was that big of a deal and that he would be available for the conference meet this weekend.

Rigali said Wednesday his team captain may not be able to compete on Saturday in the conference meet at Fenwick. The injury could take as long as six weeks to fully heal, so Vandendorpe will not return to 100 percent this season.

"It's swollen, but he's been able to swim," Rigali said. "He's not able to put much pressure on it."

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Brad Engel is the longest-tenured member of The Sun sports staff and has won several national and state awards in his coverage of preps as well as the Chicago Bears, Chicago Fire and general sports.

Paul LaTour has been honored with national awards in each of the last three years and currently serves as The Sun's sports enterprise writer in addition to his duties covering high school and college sports.

Dustin Michael Harris joined The Sun in August 2005 and has covered everything from high school sports to men's college basketball in addition to his new role as one of The Sun's sports columnists.

Patrick Mooney covered politics, prep sports and professional baseball for several print and online media outlets before joining The Sun in August 2007. He concentrates on prep sports, writing features, profiles and breaking recruiting news.

Sean Fuchs joined The Sun in January 2008 and covers prep football in addition to swimming and diving and other high school sports. During his career, he’s won national awards covering prep, college and pro sports.

Brad Nolan worked as a Sun sports staff writer for nearly five years before taking over as sports editor in April 2005. Since then, The Sun has continued to be honored as one of the top sports sections in the nation.

Chris Sosa formerly served as The Sun's assistant city editor before taking the assistant sports editor position in January 2007. He also writes a weekly sports column for The Sun.

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