Purdue’s Steele Johnson Overcomes Adversity to Win 3-Meter Event on Day Three of NCAA’s

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Steele Johnson pushed through his ankle injury, which kept him out of competition for a whole 12 weeks, by securing a win on the 3-meter board for Purdue with a score of 499.35.

Johnson, during the final moments, changed his dive list to increase his degree of difficulty, enabling him to earn enough points for the win ahead of Tennessee’s Colin Zeng who scored 495.15 for second. Taking third was last night’s 1-meter champion, Indiana’s Michael Hixon, who scored 481.15.

Rounding out the A final with 381.60 points was Indiana freshman Andrew Capobian.

Winning the B final was Penn State’s Hector Garcia with 406.85 points.

Event 13  Men 3 mtr Diving
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 Championship: C 529.10  03/27/2015Samuel Dorman, Miami (FL)-FL
         Pool: P 540.55  02/23/2018Steele Johnson, Purdue
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals NISCA Points
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                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Steele Johnson   JR Purdue             444.85     499.35   199   20  
  2 Colin Zeng       JR Tennessee          460.70     495.15   198   17  
  3 Michael Hixon    SR Indiana            454.85     481.90   195   16  
  4 Juan Hernandez   SO LSU                428.20     468.80   192   15  
  5 Jordan Windle    FR Texas              431.15     441.70   186   14  
  6 James Connor     JR Indiana            419.15     433.25   184   13  
  7 Grayson Campbel  SO Texas              438.45     416.90   180   12  
  8 Andrew Capobian  FR Indiana            440.90     381.60   170   11

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