INDIANAPOLIS – Amy Cozad (Indianapolis, Ind./Bloomington, Ind.) leads heading into Saturday’s women’s 10-meter final, while Kristian Ipsen (Clayton, Calif./Stanford, Calif.) stands atop the men’s 3-meter field after Thursday’s preliminary and semifinal rounds at the USA Diving Winter National Championships.
Ipsen will carry nearly a 50-point lead into Saturday’s final after scoring 957.35 points over two lists on Thursday.Michael Hixon (Amherst, Mass./Bloomington, Ind.) is second with 907.45, and Sam Dorman (Tempe, Ariz./Coral Gables, Fla.) is third at 905.45. Ipsen and Dorman won Tuesday’s men’s synchronized 3-meter event.
Ipsen, who also led after the preliminaries, scored more than 80 points on three of his six dives in the semifinals. His best marks came in round four with 94.50 points on his reverse 1 ½ with 3 ½ twists. He closed out his list with 78 points on the difficult front 2 ½ with three twists, which carries a 3.9 degree of difficulty.
Hixon moved into second place in the last round of the semifinals after scoring 91.80 points on his last dive, an inward 3 ½ tuck. Dorman had the highest scoring dive of the day with 102.60 points on a front 4 ½ tuck in the preliminaries.
Cozad scored 663.05 over two lists of dives in the preliminaries and semifinals to head into the finals with a 3.35-point lead over 13-year-old Tarrin Gilliland (Liberty Hill, Texas/Midland, Texas). Jessica Parratto (Dover, N.H./Bloomington, Ind.) is in third place with 646 points. Cozad, who was in second to Parratto after the morning preliminaries, took the lead in round four of the semifinals after scoring 80.85 points on her back 3 ½ tuck. Cozad and Parratto paired for the synchronized 10-meter national title on Tuesday.
The USA Diving Winter National Championships continue through Sunday, December 20. Friday’s competition features preliminaries and semifinals in women’s 3-meter and men’s 10-meter.
Results
Women’s platform semifinal (top 13 will advance to Saturday’s final)
- Amy Cozad, TriSynerG Diving Academy, 663.05;2. Tarrin Gilliland, City of Midland, 659.70;3. Jessica Parratto, Unattached, 646.00;4. Samantha Bromberg, Longhorn Aquatics, 634.25;5. Delaney Schnell, Tucson Diving Team, 617.80;6. Lisa Faulkner, YCF Diving Team, 589.55;7. Victoria Lamp, Schroeder Diving Team, 576.65;8. Sarah McCrady, RipFest, 571.60;9. Katrina Young, Unattached, 567.20;10. Krysta Palmer, Unattached, 556.00;11. Cheyenne Cousineau, Unattached, 519.20;12. Mara Aiacoboae, Unattached, 517.30;13. Maggie Merriman, YCF Diving Team, 477.65;
Eliminated after semifinals
MacKenzie Tweardy, Purdue Diving, 466.70;15. Johanna Holloway, Ft Lauderdale Diving Team, 459.30;16. Wallace Layland, University of Miami, 448.85;17. Madison Witt, Unattached, 434.40;18. Christy Cutshaw, North Carolina Diving, 415.15;19. Samantha Adams, University of Southern California, 382.35;
Eliminated after preliminaries
20. Annika Lenz, UCLA Diving, 190.10;21. Carly Souza, Trojan Dive Club, 181.15;22. Nicole Schwery, Unattached, 178.55;23. Lexi Tenenbaum, Unattached, 173.75;24. Mya Kraeger, Ft Lauderdale Diving Team, 66.55.
Men’s 3-meter semifinal (top 14 will advance to Saturday’s final)
- Kristian Ipsen, Stanford Diving, 957.35;2. Michael Hixon, Unattached, 907.45;3. Samuel Dorman, Unattached, 905.45;4. Troy Dumais, Longhorn Aquatics, 862.30;5. Yona Knight-Wisdom, Jamaica, 797.55;6. Zachary Nees, Penn State Diving, 788.80;7. Oliver Dingley, Unattached, 787.65;8. Bryce Klein, Unattached, 783.80;9. Cory Bowersox, Longhorn Aquatics, 779.30;10. Aaron Fleshner, Alabama Diving, 777.20;11. Darian Schmidt, TriSynerG Diving Academy, 767.55;12. Joseph Cifelli, Purdue Diving, 753.15;13. Briadam Herrera, University of Miami, 722.85;14. Sean OBrien, Longhorn Aquatics, 717.55;
Eliminated after semifinals
15. Joseph Coumos, Unattached, 717.25;16. Mark Anderson, Longhorn Aquatics, 711.50;17. Dwight Dumais, Longhorn Aquatics, 705.45;18. Jack Nyquist, North Carolina Diving, 703.65;19. Samuel Smith, Unattached, 696.15;20. Connor Kuremsky, Stanford Diving, 678.85;
Eliminated after preliminaries
Collin Pollard, University of Southern California, 333.20;22. Joshua Arndt, Unattached, 329.80;23. Henry Fusaro, Clavadistas del Sol, 327.85 ;24. Clark Thomas, Mizzou Diving, 326.90;25. Ian Forlini, Unattached, 325.45;26. Hayden Jones, Mile High Dive Club, 323.15;27. Ryan Hawkins, Ft Lauderdale Diving Team, 315.75;28. Bradley Christensen, Unattached, 315.30;29. Kyle Goodwin, Mizzou Diving, 312.30;30. Tarek Abdelghany, Stanford Diving, 299.10;31. David Hoffer, Unattached, 294.65;32. Austin Alexander, Nebraska Diving Club, 293.05;33. Sean Burston, Unattached, 281.10;34. Logan Stevens, H2okie Aquatics, 272.80;35. Manny Pollard, Unattached, 270.25;36. Lyle Yost, American Flyers Diving, 220.25.
Swimming news courtesy of USA Diving.
