USA Diving\u2019s 2017 World Championships roster is set after the final eight spots on the team were determined\u00a0Sunday\u00a0at the World Championships Trials.<\/p>\n
Olympians\u00a0Michael Hixon<\/strong>\u00a0(Amherst, Mass.\/Bloomington, Ind.),\u00a0Steele Johnson<\/strong>\u00a0(Carmel, Ind.\/West Lafayette, Ind.) and\u00a0Jessica Parratto\u00a0<\/strong>(Dover, N.H.\/Bloomington, Ind.) each added another event to their World Championships schedule, having previously qualified on other events. Hixon and Johnson qualified for men\u2019s 3-meter and Parratto secured a women\u2019s 10-meter spot\u00a0on Sunday.<\/p>\n Also\u00a0<\/strong>qualifying for the World Championships\u00a0on Sunday\u00a0were\u00a0Delaney Schnell<\/strong>\u00a0(Tucson, Ariz.) in women\u2019s 10-meter,\u00a0David Dinsmore<\/strong>\u00a0(New Albany, Ohio\/Miami, Fla.) and\u00a0Jordan Windle<\/strong>\u00a0(Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) in men\u2019s 10-meter, and\u00a0Brooke Schultz\u00a0<\/strong>(Fayetteville, Ark.) and\u00a0Krysta Palmer\u00a0<\/strong>(Carson City, Nev.\/Reno, Nev.) in women\u2019s 3-meter.<\/p>\n In all, 17 divers will represent the U.S. at the FINA World Championships, which will be held\u00a0in Budapest, Hungary.<\/p>\n Parratto finished with 1003.35 points on three lists of dives to win the women\u2019s 10-meter contest. She led by 29.75 points heading into the finals, but said she approached\u00a0Sunday\u2019s\u00a0competition as if she was starting at zero.<\/p>\n \u201cIt wasn\u2019t a huge lead, and even if I do have a lead going into a final, I like to think of it as a clean slate starting from scratch so I can try to get five solid dives in. It was another consistent day,\u201d Parratto said. \u201cI didn\u2019t really hit anything, but I was consistent and vertical. Looking ahead to worlds, I need to focus on getting cleaner entries and hitting dives a little better.\u201d<\/p>\n Schnell came from behind to qualify for worlds by five-hundredths of a point, finishing with 963.70 points to edge\u00a0Tarrin Gilliland<\/strong>\u00a0(Liberty Hill, Texas\/Midland, Texas) for a spot on the team. Schnell entered the finals trailing Gilliland by 8.55 points. Heading into the final round, the margin had been narrowed to 1.55 points. Schnell dove first and put down 81.60 points on an inward 3 \u00bd tuck, while Gilliland followed with 80 points on a back 2 \u00bd with 1 \u00bd twists to push Schnell into second place.<\/p>\n \u201cI came into this meet with no expectations, just to dive how I dive in practice and see how I do. Before the last dive, I saw the score and I was like, \u2018I\u2019m going to go for it. I\u2019m either going to hit the dive really well or I\u2019m going to miss it and know that I tried my hardest,\u2019 so that\u2019s kind of how I went into my last dive. When I hit the water, I knew it. It was there,\u201d Schnell said.<\/p>\n Hixon won the men\u2019s 3-meter contest with 1317.55 points, with Johnson finishing just behind him with 1314.00 points. The two Olympic medalists went back and forth in the final. Johnson took the lead after round three but Hixon came through with 80 or more points on his final three dive, including 91.80 on his inward 3 \u00bd tuck in round five, to end up with the narrow victory.<\/p>\n \u201cI think with the dives we\u2019re doing now and the caliber we\u2019re doing them at, we can be contenders (internationally),\u201d said Hixon, who finished 10th<\/sup>\u00a0on 3-meter at the 2016 Olympic Games.<\/p>\n Johnson will be competing at his second World Championships, but will be diving on 3-meter for the first time.\u00a0 Johnson competed in individual and synchronized 10-meter at the 2016 Olympic Games and hasn\u2019t competed much on 10-meter since then to give his body a break.<\/p>\n \u201cSince the Olympics, I\u2019ve mostly been doing 1-meter and 3-meter just to give my body a break from 10-meter. To come in and put down a 480 list in the finals is encouraging knowing there\u2019s still room to grow,\u201d Johnson said.\u00a0 \u201cTen-meter synchro is still my main focus and what I enjoy the most. I didn\u2019t have any expectations for myself (on springboard) and I don\u2019t think many people had expectations for me because this was my first time trying out for 3-meter.\u201d<\/p>\n Schultz won the women\u2019s 3-meter contest with 976.30 points, maintaining the lead she had coming into the finals as she clinched her first trip to the World Championships.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m super excited. I\u2019ve been working hard. I wasn\u2019t quite sure how it would work out, but now that it\u2019s over, I\u2019m so excited. I was actually really nervous, to be honest, but I just had to remind myself that I can only control my dives and that\u2019s all that I can do,\u201d Schultz said.<\/p>\n Palmer, who went into the finals in second but just 3.85 points from third, pulled away from the rest of the field in the finals to finish second with 927.60 points, 61.1 points ahead of third place.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is surreal. Coming into it, I didn\u2019t expect this so I\u2019m very, very excited. I really didn\u2019t pay attention to the scores at all. I tried hard not to look at them because it\u2019s really just one dive at a time. Going into it, I just treated it like a practice. I think that really helped me relax,\u201d Palmer said.<\/p>\n Palmer had the highest scoring dive of any diver in the 3-meter final with 78 points on a reverse 2 \u00bd pike and she also competed a front 2 \u00bd with two twists, a dive that few women compete. She scored 71 points on the dive, which carries a 3.4 degree of difficulty. Most women perform the dive with just one twist, for a degree of difficulty of 3.0.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve been training that dive and working hard to get it consistent. I\u2019ve really been in the weight room a lot to get strong enough to do it here. I thought I\u2019d give it a shot. I might as well go for it, and my coach was on the same page,\u201d Palmer said.<\/p>\n Dinsmore and Windle led the rest of the men\u2019s 10-meter field by more than 100 points heading into the finals, and the duo maintained their advantage through\u00a0Sunday\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0competition. Dinsmore finished with 1428.75 points, while Windle picked up the second spot with 1415.00 points over his three lists of dives.<\/p>\n \u201cI love when everyone\u2019s diving well. I loved having Jordan in front of me. When I saw him do a good dive, I wanted to do a good dive. We both pushed each other to do our best. Coming into it, I didn\u2019t think too much about the lead. I just wanted to dive my best on all three lists,\u201d said Dinsmore, who also competed at the 2015 World Championships.<\/p>\n Windle will be making his first appearance at World Championships in an individual event after having competed at the 2015 worlds in mixed synchronized 3-meter.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m at a loss for words. I\u2019m super excited to go to worlds and represent the USA and hopefully I put on a good show,\u201d Windle said. \u201cI think the way I handled this competition was just like any other event, giving it my all and putting up a good fight.\u201d<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 3-meter Women\u2019s 3-meter Men\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a010-meter Women\u2019s 10-meter Previously selected<\/strong><\/p>\n Men\u2019s 1-meter<\/strong> Women\u2019s 1-meter<\/strong> Men\u2019s synchronized 3-meter<\/strong> Women 10-meter final<\/strong><\/p>\n Men\u2019s 3-meter final Women\u2019s 3-meter final<\/strong><\/p>\n Men\u2019s 10-meter final<\/strong><\/p>\n Press release courtesy of USA Diving<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" USA Diving\u2019s 2017 World Championships roster is set after the final eight spots on the team were determined\u00a0Sunday\u00a0at the World Championships Trials. Olympians\u00a0Michael Hixon\u00a0(Amherst, Mass.\/Bloomington, Ind.),\u00a0Steele Johnson\u00a0(Carmel, Ind.\/West Lafayette, Ind.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":106993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,13],"tags":[24919,61647,27486,40852,27472,61646],"class_list":["post-257067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-diving","tag-diving-2","tag-jessica-parrato","tag-michael-hixon","tag-steele-johnson","tag-usa-diving","tag-world-champs-roster"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\nWomen\u2019s 10-meter<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nMen\u2019s 3-meter<\/strong><\/h3>\nWomen\u2019s 3-meter<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Men\u2019s 10-meter<\/strong><\/h3>\n
USA Diving roster for 2017 FINA World Championships<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n<\/strong>Michael Hixon (Amherst, Mass.\/Bloomington, Ind.)
\nSteele Johnson (Carmel, Ind.\/West Lafayette, Ind.)<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Brooke Schultz (Fayetteville, Ark.)
\nKrysta Palmer (Carson City, Nev.\/Reno, Nev.)<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>David Dinsmore (New Albany, Ohio\/Miami, Fla.)
\nJordan Windle (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)<\/p>\n
\nJessica Parratto (Dover, N.H.\/Bloomington, Ind.)
\nDelaney Schnell (Tucson, Ariz.)<\/p>\n
\nMichael Hixon (Amherst, Mass.\/Bloomington, Ind.)
\nSteele Johnson (Carmel, Ind.\/West Lafayette, Ind.)<\/p>\n
\nMaria Coburn (Round Rock, Texas)
\nAlison Gibson (Austin, Texas)<\/p>\n
\nSam Dorman (Tempe, Ariz.\/Miami, Fla.)
\nMichael Hixon (Amherst, Mass.\/Bloomington, Ind.)<\/p>\n
\nWomen\u2019s synchronized 3-meter<\/strong>
\nMaria Coburn (Round Rock, Texas)
\nKassidy Cook (The Woodlands, Texas\/Stanford, Calif.)<\/p>\n
\nMen\u2019s synchronized 10- meter<\/strong>
\nSteele Johnson (Carmel, Ind.\/West Lafayette, Ind.)
\nBrandon Loschiavo (Huntington Beach, Calif.\/West Lafayette, Ind.)<\/p>\n
\nWomen\u2019s synchronized 10-meter<\/strong>
\nTarrin Gilliland (Liberty Hill, Texas\/Midland, Texas)
\nJessica Parratto (Dover, N.H.\/Bloomington, Ind.)<\/p>\n
\nMixed synchronized 3-meter<\/strong>
\nBriadam Herrera (Miami, Fla.)
\nLauren Reedy (Rochester Hills, Mich.\/Columbia, Mo.)<\/p>\n
\nMixed synchronized 10-meter<\/strong>
\nAndrew Capobianco (Holly Springs, N.C.)
\nTarrin Gilliland (Liberty Hill, Texas\/Midland, Texas)<\/p>\nWorld Championships Trials Results<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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\n<\/strong>1. Michael Hixon (TriSynerG Diving Academy), 1317.55; 2. Steele Johnson (Purdue University), 1314.00;3. Briadam Herrera (University of Miami), 1235.95;4. Joseph Cifelli (Purdue University), 1154.55;5. Mark Anderson (Longhorn Aquatics), 1093.90;6. Grayson Campbell (Longhorn Aquatics), 1093.80;7. Andrew Capobianco (Duke Diving), 997.70;8. Gregory Duncan (Dominion Dive Club), 969.70;9. Cody Coldren (TriSynerG Diving Academy), 958.20;10. Travis Wright (Unattached), 850.65;11. Samuel Dorman (University of Miami), 742.80;<\/p>\n\n
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