TALLAHASSEE, Florida, August 14. TROY Dumais (Ventura, Calif.) won his 28th career national title with a win on 1-meter at the AT&T National Diving Championships on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Dumais, who hadn't competed on 1-meter since finishing second at the 2002 national championships, scored 424.90 to win his latest national title. Florida State's Terry Horner (Orlando, Fla.), who won the title in 2008, finished second with 398.00 points. Benjamin Grado (Conifer, Colo.) scored 393.40 points to win the bronze medal as a first-time national finalist.<\/p>\n
"It was fun. I wanted to dive well. I took it one dive at a time, and I enjoyed it," said Dumais, who won silver medals on 3-meter and synchronized 3-meter at last month's FINA World Championships. "I've been training on 1-meter and thought, 'Why not mix it up and compete something other than 3-meter?'"<\/p>\n
Dumais led the men's 3-meter semifinals on Wednesday and will dive for a national title on that event Saturday.<\/p>\n
Horner led at the halfway point but Dumais took the lead with 80 points on his reverse 2\u00bd pike in the fourth round to take a 20-point lead. Horner closed the gap in the fifth round, but Dumais sealed the victory with 79.50 on his final dive.<\/p>\n
In Thursday's women's 3-meter semifinals, Christina Loukas (Riverwoods, Ill.) topped the field with 324.60 points a day after winning the national title on 1-meter. Eleven other divers will join Loukas in Sunday's 3-meter finals; Olympian Kelci Bryant (Chatham, Ill.) finished second and Bianca Alvarez (Miami, Fla.) was third in the semifinals.<\/p>\n
The AT&T National Diving Championships continue through August 16. Friday's competition features preliminary and semifinal competition in men's and women's platform. The men are scheduled to dive starting at 11 a.m., with the women's events beginning at 5 p.m.<\/p>\n
The AT&T National Diving Championships continue through August 16. Thursday's competition includes women's 3-meter quarterfinals and semifinals and men's 1-meter semifinals and finals. Competition begins at 11 a.m.; the finals are set for 6 p.m.<\/p>\n
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