NCAA Men’s Championship: Carson Tyler Masterclass Leads Another Indiana 1-2
Carson Tyler started fast in the platform diving event Saturday night at IUPUI Natatorium. He did the middle part fast and then finished fast, too.
Tyler threw down an absolute heater, scoring 515.75 points to rout the field and do the 3-meter/platform double at the NCAA Championships. It’s a repeat title for the junior Tyler and was in dominating fashion, even getting a 10 from one judge in the finals.
“It means a ton because platform is my main specialty. To be able to show out like that was a spectacular moment,” Tyler said. “It was really cool to compete with my teammates.”
Indiana went 1-2-7 in the final, their second 1-2 result of the meet. Quentin Henninger, the 3-meter runner-up, finished seventh. Instead, it was Maxwell Weinrich stepping up to finish second in 450.70. He absolutely crushed his last dive, scoring 80 points to hold the position.
Tennessee’s Bryden Hattie secured his third straight top-3 finish on platform in third at 44.60. Jordan Rzepka was fourth.
Tyler’s first five dives along would’ve placed him fourth, without need for his final. He applied the exclamation point anyway, scoring 88.20 on his 5255B to win by 65 points.
“They were falling tonight. I felt the (10) go through the water and it was a great dive overall. It was a great feeling,” Tyler said. “It was so loud. Trying to tune it all out was a goal, but it is hard when the whole room is shaking. It was a cool experience. When everyone is diving like that, it is a lot of fun to be in the mix like that.”
Hattie drew oohs and ahhs from the crowd when he scored 79.5 on the first round of finals. Tyler answered with 95.40 on his 6245D. He drew a 10 in the fourth round for his 307C, scoring 91.80 points, hit 87 on his fifth and then capped it off in style.
California got an A finalist and a B finalist, though it looks too little, too late for their chances of slowing the Arizona State title freight train. Freshman Geoffrey Vavitsas finished fifth in 404.90. Joshua Thai was 10th out of the B final.
Carson Paul of LSU was sixth. Pitt’s Cameron Cash was ninth.
Men’s NCAA Championships Team Scores
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 20 1. Arizona St 483.5 2. California 412.5 3. Indiana 358 4. Florida 344 5. NC State 288 6. Tennessee 203 7. Texas 179 8. Stanford 153 9. Virginia Tech 146 10. Notre Dame 110 11. Georgia 108 12. Ohio St 90 13. Auburn 88 14. Michigan 87.5 15. Texas A&M 81 16. Louisville 80 17. Virginia 66.5 18. Smu 59 19. Alabama 50 20. Minnesota 40 21. Florida St 34 22. Southern California 31 23. Purdue 25 24. Lsu 24 24. Pittsburgh 24 26. Miami (Fl) 21 27. Arizona 19 27. Missouri 19 29. Towson 18 30. Penn 17 31. Wisconsin 16 32. Brown 11 33. UNC 9 34. Penn St 8 35. Brigham Young 7 36. Utah 6 37. GW 3 38. Northwestern 1
Event 20 Men Platform Diving
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Meet: M 548.90 3/26/2011 Nick McCrory, Duke
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Tyler, Carson JR Indiana 465.20 515.75 20
2 Weinrich, Maxwell SO Indiana 437.05 450.70 17
3 Hattie, Bryden SR Tennessee 403.60 444.60 16
4 Rzepka, Jordan JR Purdue 412.10 432.30 15
5 Vavitsas, Geoffrey FR California 387.80 404.90 14
6 Paul, Carson SO LSU 421.15 384.80 13
7 Henninger, Quentin JR Indiana 385.00 377.65 12
8 Chaplin, Clayton JR OSU 383.85 348.35 11
=== Consolation Final ===
9 Cash, Cameron JR Pittsburgh 374.75 412.60 9
10 Thai, Joshua SO California 356.45 394.50 7
11 Gosselin, Laurent SO USC 363.80 384.80 6
12 Higbie, Holden FR Purdue 383.45 360.75 5
13 Hensley, Rhett JR TAMU 343.60 349.90 4
14 Duperre, Noah SR Texas 373.25 346.70 3
15 Reasor, Jacob SR Tennessee 371.90 334.35 2
16 Braunton, Tanner FR Texas 358.95 334.05 1
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