Steele Johnson Wins 1m Diving Title

Photo Courtesy: Peter Bick

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Purdue’s Steele Johnson made his return to NCAA diving this year after winning silver at the Olympics last summer in the 10m synchro event. Johnson, a sophomore won the 1m title on Thursday night for the Purdue Boilermakers. Johnson finished at 446.90 points, ahead of Indiana’s Michael Hixon (437.70) and James Connor (437.30).

Tennessee’s Liam Stone, Miami, Florida’s Briadam Herrera, Purdue’s Joey Cifelli, Texas’ Mark Anderson and Ohio State’s Colin Zeng also competed in the A-final. This is now Purdue’s fourth 1m diving title. Johnson joins himself (2015) and David Boudia (2010, 2011) as champions in the event for the Boilermakers.

There was little change to the leaderboard as Texas grabbed 12 points to stay ahead of Florida, NC State and Cal.

 Event 6  Men 1 mtr Diving
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 Championship: C 473.75  3/28/2013 Kristian Ipsen, Stanford
    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points 
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                       === Championship Final ===                        
 
  1 Johnson, Steele        SO Purdue             406.00     446.90   20  
  2 Hixon, Michael         JR Indiana            384.70     437.70   17  
  3 Connor, James          SO Indiana            396.30     437.30   16  
  4 Stone, Liam            JR Tennessee          382.55     427.35   15  
  5 Herrera, Briadam       JR Miami              424.20     405.90   14  
  6 Cifelli, Joseph        SO Purdue             380.35     397.90   13  
  7 Anderson, Mark         SR Texas              363.55     395.20   12  
  8 Zeng, Zhipeng          SO Ohio St            392.90     327.00   11

    Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 6                  
 
  1. Texas                           185.5   2. Florida                         116.5
  3. NC State                          113   4. California                        109
  5. Indiana                            95   6. Stanford                           81
  7. Auburn                           55.5   8. Univ of Georgia                    55
  9. Southern Cali                      45  10. South Carolina                     40
 11. Missouri                         39.5  12. Michigan                           39
 13. Purdue                             33  14. Alabama                            32
 15. Louisville                         29  16. Texas A&M                          23
 17. Arizona State                      22  18. Wisconsin                          21
 19. Tennessee                          19  20. University of Miami                14
 21. Notre Dame                         12  21. Lsu                                12
 23. Ohio St                            11  24. Florida State                       7
 25. Harvard                             6  25. UNC                                 6
 27. Kentucky                            4  27. Northwestern                        4
 27. Virginia Tech                       4  30. Hawaii                              2
 30. Arizona                             2  30. Penn St                             2
 33. Pittsburgh                          1

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Patricia Mazzer Gibson

7 years ago

Throwback: This is a picture of the 2017 NCAA Men and Women 1 Meter Champions at the 2013 Junior Pan American Championships for diving in Tuscon, AZ. Alison Gibson and Steele.