Courtesy USA Diving
Three-time Olympian Troy Dumais (Ventura, Calif.) and Kristian Ipsen (Clayton, Calif) lead heading into Friday’s men’s synchronized 3-meter finals at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials after scoring 876.00 points in Monday’s preliminaries and semifinals. The week-long event is being held at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center with 16 berths to the 2012 Summer Olympic Games ion London on the line.
2008 Olympian Chris Colwill (Brandon, Fla.) and Drew Livingston (The Woodlands, Texas) are in second at 849.33, and David Bonuchi (Columbia, Mo.) and Michael Hixon (Amherst, Mass.) in third with 779.28.
Colwill and Livingston led by 4.86 points after the preliminaries, taking the lead on their last dive with 92.40 points on a reverse 3 ½. Colwill and Livingston hung on to their lead through the first two rounds of the semifinals before Dumais and Ipsen overtook them with 84.63 points on their front 3 ½ pike in round three. Dumais and Ipsen’s best dive came in round five, with 90.30 points on their reverse 3 ½ and closed out the semis with 84.66 on their final dive, a front 2 ½ with 2 twists.
“We had a wake-up call in the preliminaries. The competition was great out there,” Ipsen said. “It was very nerve-wracking, but we’ve been training hard and I’m happy with our semifinal score.”
Scores are cumulative through preliminaries, semifinals and finals. The top team will be nominated to the U.S. Olympic team.
An exhibition women’s 10-meter synchronized event was also held Monday, with Ashley Buchter (East Berlin, Pa.) and Natalie Kalibat (Princeton, N.J.) leading with 482.52 points on two lists of dives.
Monday’s Results
Synchronized Men 3m Springboard Semifinal (Top 8 advance to finals)
1. Troy DUMAIS, Longhorn Aquatics / Kristian IPSEN, Stanford Diving, 876.00;2. Christopher COLWILL, Georgia Diving Club / Drew LIVINGSTON, The University of Texas, 849.33;3. David BONUCHI, Mizzou Diving / Michael HIXON, Unattached, 779.28;4. Justin DUMAIS, YCF Diving Team / Dwight DUMAIS, Longhorn Aquatics, 749.82;5. Bryce KLEIN, GC Diving / Bradley CHRISTENSEN, GC Diving, 731.55;6. Michael MOSCA, Harvard Diving / Toby STANLEY, Unattached, 703.56;7. Aaron FLESHNER, Alabama Diving / Chris HEATON, Unattached, 696.99;8. Zachary NEES, Unattached / Samuel DORMAN, University of Miami, 689.13;9. Justin YOUTSEY, Redhawk Elite Diving Academy / Clark THOMAS, Jayhawk Diving Club, 653.88;10. Wil MAYO, Unattached / Benjamin FREEDMAN, Unattached, 602.25;
Synchronized Men 3m Springboard Preliminary
1.Christopher COLWILL, Georgia Diving Club / Drew LIVINGSTON, The University of Texas, 431.28;2. Troy DUMAIS, Longhorn Aquatics / Kristian IPSEN, Stanford Diving, 426.42;3. David BONUCHI, Mizzou Diving / Michael HIXON, Unattached, 386.43;4. Bryce KLEIN, GC Diving / Bradley CHRISTENSEN, GC Diving, 374.04;5. Justin DUMAIS, YCF Diving Team / Dwight DUMAIS, Longhorn Aquatics, 373.86;6. Michael MOSCA, Harvard Diving / Toby STANLEY, Unattached, 354.06;7. Aaron FLESHNER, Alabama Diving / Chris HEATON, Unattached, 348.81;8. Justin YOUTSEY, Redhawk Elite Diving Academy / Clark THOMAS, Jayhawk Diving Club, 325.71;9. Zachary NEES, Unattached / Samuel DORMAN, University of Miami, 319.83;10. Wil MAYO, Unattached / Benjamin FREEDMAN, Unattached, 302.07;
Synchronized Women Platform Semifinals – Exhibition
1. Ashley BUCHTER, Soaring Eagles Dive Club / Natalie KALIBAT, Jersey Rebels, 482.52;2. Allie ALTER, Ohio State Diving Club / Andrea ACQUISTA, Ohio State Diving Club, 462.42;
Synchronized Women Platform Preliminary – Exhibition
1. Ashley BUCHTER, Soaring Eagles Dive Club / Natalie KALIBAT, Jersey Rebels, 251.73;2. Allie ALTER, Ohio State Diving Club / Andrea ACQUISTA, Ohio State Diving Club, 241.98;
