LOS ANGELES, California, August 12. THE first two gold medals were awarded Thursday at the AT&T National Diving Championships, with Amanda Burke (Southampton, Pa.\/Indianapolis, Ind.) winning the women's 1-meter and Amy Korthauer (Naperville, Ill.\/Bloomington, Ind.) and Amy Cozad (Decatur, Ind.\/Bloomington, Ind.) winning the women's synchronized 10-meter contest.<\/p>\n
Burke came out on top in a close 1-meter final that came down to the last round, finishing with 270.10 points to beat out Erin Mertz (Omaha, Neb.\/West Lafayette, Ind.) by just a tenth of a point. Samantha Pickens (Murrysville, Pa.\/Tucson, Ariz.) finished third with 264.05 points. Burke trailed Mertz by 1.2 points heading into the final round, when Mertz scored 54.60 on her reverse 1 \u00bd with 1 \u00bd twists and Burke earned 55.90 points on her front 1 \u00bd with 2 twists to move into the top spot.<\/p>\n
"It still doesn't feel like I won, but I'm more confident now that I have more competitions under my belt. At the World Championships trials (in May), I had my best list ever, and that helped me understand myself better," Burke said. "I just wanted to keep that momentum going and just keep doing my routine. Hopefully this carries over to 3-meter (on Friday)." <\/p>\n
Cozad and Korthauer scored 295.92 points to win their first national title, with silver going to Jessica Parratto (Dover, N.H.\/Indianapolis, Ind.) and Anna James (Midland, Texas) at 291.00. After a miss in round three, the Indiana Diving teammates moved past Parratto and James when they hit their inward 3 \u00bd tuck for 85.44 points in round four. <\/p>\n
"We did well, but we didn't hit everything the way we can," Korthauer said. "But, it feels good. I just had the same mindset as I did (Wednesday in individual 10-meter), and that was that I had two things to think about: stay tight and keep my feet together." <\/p>\n
Sisters Haley and Victoria Ishimatsu (Seal Beach, Calif.) finished third with 264.42 points.<\/p>\n
In other action Thursday, Troy Dumais (Ventura, Calif.\/Austin, Texas) led the field of divers advancing to Saturday's men's 3-meter finals, finishing first with 454.85 points in the semifinals. Chris Colwill (Brandon, Fla.\/Athens, Ga.) earned the second qualifying spot with 440.35 points, and Drew Livingston (The Woodlands, Texas\/Austin, Texas) scored 426.60 points for third. Dumais will also be joined in the finals with his two brothers, as Justin (Ventura, Calif.\/Orlando, Fla.) placed fourth and Dwight (Ventura, Calif.\/Austin, Texas) sixth to advance.<\/p>\n
AT&T National Diving Championships
\nResults \u2013 August 11, 2011<\/p>\n
Men's 3-meter Semifinal (top 12 advance to finals)<\/b>
\n1. Troy DUMAIS, Longhorn Aquatics, 454.85;2. Christopher COLWILL, Georgia Diving Club, 440.35;3. Drew LIVINGSTON, Longhorn Aquatics, 426.60;4. Justin DUMAIS, YCF Diving Team, 413.35;5. Aaron FLESHNER, Unattached, 405.80;6. Dwight DUMAIS, Longhorn Aquatics, 404.95;7. Logan SHINHOLSER, H2okie Aquatics, 394.15;8. Greg FERRUCCI, Kentucky Diving Club, 392.45;9. Brandon WATSON, Unattached, 387.90;10. Samuel DORMAN, Unattached, 384.50;11. Kristian IPSEN, Diablo Divers, 380.70;12. David MACDONALD, Whirlwind Diving, 372.15;13. Benjamin GRADO, Tucson Diving Team, 372.00;14. Chris HEATON, Unattached, 363.80;15. Michael HIXON, Unattached, 350.70;15. Cole YOUNG, McCormick Divers, 350.70;17. Roberto EBERSOLE, GC Diving, 347.25;18. Cameron BRADSHAW, Sun Devil Divers, 345.15;19. Zachary NEES, Indiana Diving, 334.05;20. Jesse RAPPAPORT, Indiana Diving, 293.90;<\/p>\n
Cut after preliminaries<\/b>
\n21. Bryce KLEIN, GC Diving, 329.10;22. Devin BURNETT, Mustangs in the Sun, Inc., 323.30;23. Dashiell ENOS, Unattached, 321.85;24. Micha el MOSCA, Unattached, 315.65;25. Noah GARCIA, Ft Lauderdale Diving Team, 313.15;26. Dhruv TYAGI, Upstate NY Diving, 309.05;27. Darian SCHMIDT, Indiana Diving, 306.45;28. David PIERCY, Indiana Diving, 304.10;29. Ford MCLINEY, Jayhawk Diving Club, 297.45;30. Michael WRIGHT, Tennessee Diving, 295.05;31. Lester WRIGHT, Mission Viejo, 293.30;32. Joshua BIDAK, Clavadistas del Sol, 274.95;33. Finn SCRIBBICK, San Antonio Divers, 259.85;<\/p>\n
Women's 1-meter Final<\/b>
\n1. Amanda BURKE, Unattached, 270.10;2. Erin MERTZ, Purdue University, 270.00;3. Samantha PICKENS, Tucson Diving Team, 264.05;4. Kassidy COOK, Woodlands Diving Academy, 263.65;5. Courtney FORCUCCI, Unattached, 239.35;6. Meili CARPENTER, Wings Diving, 234.65;7. Deidre FREEMAN, University of Iowa, 230.80;8. Lisa FAULKNER, Unattached, 218.90;<\/p>\n
Cut after semifinals<\/b>
\n9. Victoria ISHIMATSU, Unattached, 249.10;10. Jennifer CHIANG, Pitt Aquatic Club, 245.95;11. Katie CARTER, Unattached, 244.25;12. Christina LOUKAS, Woodlands Diving Academy, 241.45;13. Stephanie PHIPPS, Stanford Diving, 238.75;14. Logan KLINE, Indiana Diving, 234.20;15. Lindsay LESTER, Unattached, 229.60;16. Summer ALLMAN, Legacy Diving, 218.95;17. Kate HILLMAN, Indiana Diving, 217.55;18. Alexandra BETTRIDGE, Longhorn Aquatics, 212.10;19. Meghan HOUSTON, Longhorn Aquatics, 211.75;20. Sharon FINN, Unattached, 210.55;21. Loren FIGUEROA, Conroe Diving Club, 207.50;22. Lesley VIZURRAGA, Legacy Diving, 207.10;23. Olivia BALL, Ohio State Diving Clu b, 207.05;24. Victoria LAMP, Tennessee Diving, 202.35;25. Molly HAYES, Unattached, 199.70;26. Vennie DANTIN, Auburn Diving, 199.35;27. Amanda LOHMAN, Unattached, 198.10;28. Lacey HOUSER, Starz Diving Club, 195.50;29. Kelsey GOODMAN, Unattached, 192.45;30. Christina KOUKLAKIS, Indiana Diving, 180.75;31. Cosima LENZ, Unattached, 173.20;32. Veronica RYDZE, Unattached, 172.70;33. Ciera CORTNEY, Rebel Dive Club, 156.30;<\/p>\n
Synchronized Women's Platform Final<\/b>
\n1. Amy COZAD, Indiana Diving, 295.92;1. Amy KORTHAUER, Indiana Diving, 295.92;2. Jessica PARRATTO, Unattached, 291.00;2. Anna JAMES, City of Midland, 291.00;3. Haley ISHIMATSU, Unattached, 264.42;3. Victoria ISHIMATSU, Unattached, 264.42;4. Emma IVORY-GANJA, Woodlands Diving Academy, 248.73;4. Kendall MCCLENNEY, Woodlands Diving Academy, 248.73;5. Logan KLINE, Indiana Diving, 219.90;5. Kate HILLMAN, Indiana Diving, 219.90;6. Samantha BROMBERG, Ohio State Diving Club, 199.35;6. Eszter PRYOR, Ohio State Diving Club, 199.35<\/p>\n
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