INDIANAPOLIS – Kristian Ipsen (Clayton, Calif./Stanford, Calif.) and Michael Hixon(Amherst,Mass./Bloomington, Ind.) are separated by just 7.05 points atop the men’s 3-meter field, and Jessica Parratto (Dover, N.H./Bloomington, Ind.) is in first in the women’s 10-meter individual event after Monday’s preliminaries and semifinals at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Diving.
Hixon had the lead after the preliminary round on Monday afternoon, finishing with a personal best score of 523.80, but missed a reverse 3 ½ tuck on his fourth dive of the semifinals and surrendered the lead to Ipsen. Ipsen secured his spot atop the leaderboard with a 94.50 on his final dive, a reverse 1 ½ somersaults with 3 ½ twists, to head into the finals with a total of 973.20 points.
“I felt really confident with my last dive. I’ve been doing a reverse 3 ½ twist for a really long time now. It just feels like something that I can do in a high pressure situation,” said Ipsen. “If I am shaky, or if I am a little bit back on the board I can pretty much do it from any situation, so that’s why I save it for last. But I actually didn’t know where I was going into that last dive. I was trying not to watch Mike or anyone else’s scores. I was thinking about it as if I was starting with a clean slate.”
Ipsen said he would rest on Tuesday, then build to the finals events in 3-meter synchro on Wednesday and the individual competition on Saturday.
“Honestly, I’m just excited. I think I’m coming into this competition a little bit differently because I have been to an Olympics before and I’m not really that nervous. I just don’t know when my diving career is going to be over, so I’m just trying to enjoy every moment,” said Ipsen.
Hixon said he will stick with what’s worked for him.
“All of the divers are very capable,” he said. “No one is safe. I’m not going to take it for granted. I’m going to go out there and dive the best I can.”
Mark Anderson (Lake Forest, Calif./Austin, Texas) is in third with a cumulative score of 856.95, Troy Dumais (Ventura, Calif./Austin, Texas) is fourth (856.10) and Sam Dorman(Tempe, Ariz./Miami, Fla.), scored a 102.60 on his final dive of the night, a front 4 ½ tuck, to make his way into fifth with 840.40 points
Parratto has a 69-point lead following Monday night’s semifinals. Samantha Bromberg(Bexley, Ohio/Austin, Texas) is in second place (645.95) and Amy Cozad (Indianapolis, Ind./Bloomington, Ind.) is only .15 points behind in third place.
Parratto completed dives with the most consistency among the top three throughout the two sessions.
“I want to improve on my entries. I feel like I always need to. So that’s one of my biggest goals, just to get my inward down, and just make everything as consistent as I can,” said Parratto.
Twelve divers in each event move on to the finals on Saturday afternoon.
The U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Diving continue through Sunday. Tuesday’s competition features women’s 3-meter springboard followed by men’s 10-meter individual preliminaries at 10 a.m., with an evening semifinals session at 7 p.m.
Results
Men’s 3-meter Springboard – Standings after semifinals (12 advance to Saturday’sfinals)
1.Kristian Ipsen, Stanford Diving, 973.20;2. Michael Hixon, TriSynerG Diving Academy, 966.15;3. Mark Anderson, Longhorn Aquatics, 856.95;4. Troy Dumais, Longhorn Aquatics, 856.10;5. Samuel Dorman, Miami Diving, 840.40;6. Briadam Herrera, University of Miami, 825.35;7. Zachary Nees, Penn State Diving, 784.40;8. Grayson Campbell, Dominion Dive Club, 758.75;9. Dashiell Enos, University of Southern California, 750.25;10. Joseph Cifelli, Purdue University, 732.15;11. Aaron Fleshner, Alabama Diving, 731.70;12. Dylan Zoe, Unattached, 726.60;13. Bradley Christensen, Unattached, 724.15;14. Dwight Dumais, Longhorn Aquatics, 706.15;15. Jakob (jb) Kolod, Stanford Diving, 705.25;16. Connor Kuremsky, Stanford Diving, 691.25;17. Bryce Klein, Unattached, 677.25; 18. Darian Schmidt, TriSynerG Diving Academy, 354.25;
Eliminated after preliminaries
19. Clark Thomas, Mizzou Diving, 338.20;20. Cory Bowersox, Longhorn Aquatics, 332.60;20. Hayden Jones, Mile High Dive Club, 332.60;22. Joshua Arndt, TriSynerG Diving Academy, 326.8 5;23. Cameron Thatcher, Ohio State Diving Club, 325.60;24. Joseph Coumos, Unattached, 322.40;25. Sean OBrien, Longhorn Aquatics, 321.45;26. Henry Fusaro, Clavadistas del Sol, 316.40;27. Jacob Crayne, Utah Diving Club, 309.30;28. Devin Burnett, Unattached, 308.90;29. Jack Nyquist, North Carolina Diving, 306.80;30. Christopher Law, Unattached, 306.50;31. Matthew Phillip, Unattached, 293.50;32. Stephen Romanik, Unattached, 291.35;33. Dominic Giordano, Unattached, 290.10;34. Jordan Gotro, South Carolina Divers, 288.15;35. Gregory Duncan, Dominion Dive Club, 282.80;36. Joshua Davidson, Woodlands Diving Academy, 279.05;37. Thomas Shinholser, H2okie Aquatics, 270.40.
Women’s 10-meter Platform – Standings after semifinals (12 advance to Saturday’sfinals)
- Jessica Parratto, TriSynerG Diving Academy, 714.95;2. Samantha Bromberg, Longhorn Aquatics, 645.95;3. Amy Cozad, TriSynerG Diving Academy, 645.80;4. Katrina Young, Unattached, 620.35;5. Delaney Schnell, Tucson Diving Team, 599.65;6. Lisa Faulkner, YCF Diving Team, 597.05;7. Tarrin Gilliland, City of Midland, 576.40;8. Victoria Lamp, Schroeder Diving Team, 574.40;9. Krysta Palmer, Nevada Diving Club, 573.60;10. MacKenzie Tweardy, Purdue University, 564.00;11. Camryn Hidalgo, Mission Viejo, 553.30;12. Kahley Rowell, Unattached, 537.05;13. Gracia Leydon-Mahoney, Unattached, 528.50;14. Mya Kraeger, Unattached, 523.70;15. Cheyenne Cousineau, Unattached, 518.60;16. Sarah McCrady, RipFest, 508.85;17. Emily Bretscher, Tennessee Diving, 503.80;18. Johanna Holloway, Ft Lauderdale Diving Team, 499.40;
Eliminated after preliminaries
19. Rachel Rubadue, Tennessee Diving, 241.25;20. Wallace Layland, University of Miami, 220.80;21. Annika Lenz, UCLA Diving, 213.75;22. Lexi Tenenbaum, Unattached, 203.70;23. Christy Cutshaw, North Carolina Diving, 163.60.
Swimming news courtesy of USA Diving.