University of North Carolina Athletics
Dawson Reaches Final Of 10-Meter Platform
December 19, 2016 | Swimming & Diving
COLUMBUS, Ohio – University of North Carolina junior women's diver Elissa Dawson is in fourth place after the semifinals of the women's 10-meter platform diving competition, highlighting Sunday's competition at the USA Diving Winter National Championships in Columbus, Ohio.
"Elissa dove wonderfully today. Her first list was a little shaky," says Tar Heel diving coach Abel Sanchez. "Her second list was confident and had one dive she was shaky on. She's moving into finals sitting in fourth. All scores are cumulative. I think this will give her a confident booster for tomorrow for her 3 meter event. Elissa and Maria (Lohman) both compete tomorrow. Jack (Nyquist) ended up 14th in a tough group of divers and Greg (Duncan) ended up 6th. Greg moves into finals."
A total of 13 women competed in the women's 10-meter platform with 12 advancing to the finals.
Incoming freshman Greg Duncan and senior Jack Nyquist also competed for the Tar Heels Sunday in the men's three-meter diving competition. Duncan was sixth and Nyquist 14th in the 25-man field. Nyquist missed a spot in the finals of the event by just one spot while Duncan's sixth-place finish earned him a spot in the finals.
Women's platform and men's three-meter finals are scheduled for Tuesday.
The USA Diving Winter National Championships continue through Wednesday, December 21. Monday's competition begins at 10 a.m. and features preliminaries and semifinals for women's 3-meter and men's 10-meter along with the men's 1-meter final.
Results – December 18, 2016/USA Diving Winter National Championships
Women's 10-meter semifinal (Top 12 advance to Tuesday's final)
1. Amy Cozad, The Indiana International School of Diving, 662.10;2. Olivia Rosendahl, Unattached, 649.25;3. Tarrin Gilliland, City of Midland, 610.40;4. Elissa Dawson, North Carolina Diving, 512.10;5. Johanna Holloway, Moss Farms Diving, 510.95;6. Madison Witt, University of Southern California, 481.70;7. Sophia McAfee, Trojan Dive Club, 466.60;8. Allyson Nied, Unattached, 457.55;9. Daria Lenz, SoCal Divers, 455.25;10. Andrea Acquista, Unattached, 446.05;11. Maggie Merriman, Moss Farms Diving, 444.15;12. Annika Lenz, UCLA Diving, 439.55;
Eliminated after semifinals
13. Carly Souza, University of Southern California, 404.30
Men's 3-meter semifinal (Top 13 advance to Tuesday's final)
1. Steele Johnson, Purdue University, 879.00;2. Mark Anderson, Longhorn Aquatics, 809.70;3. Briadam Herrera, University of Miami, 772.60;4. Zhipeng Zeng, Ohio State Diving Club, 755.30;5. Dashiell Enos, University of Southern California, 735.95;6. Gregory Duncan, Dominion Dive Club, 719.05;7. Jordan Windle, Duke Diving, 719.00;8. Grayson Campbell, Longhorn Aquatics, 717.70;9. Joseph Cifelli, Purdue University, 716.00;10. Brandon Loschiavo, Purdue University, 698.70;11. Samuel Smith, Unattached, 668.00;12. Bryce Klein, Unattached, 666.85;13. Henry Fusaro, University of Southern California, 660.30;
Eliminated after semifinals
14. Jack Nyquist, North Carolina Diving, 629.15;15. Bradley Christensen, Unattached, 628.40;16. Benjamin Bramley, Unattached, 621.25;17. Maxwell Flory, Dominion Dive Club, 574.50;18. Christopher Law, Unattached, 574.00;19. Lyle Yost, American Flyers Diving, 539.20;
Eliminated after preliminaries
20. Stephen Romanik, Unattached, 271.45;21. Connor Dignan, Sun Devil Divers, 265.80;22. Zachary Cooper, RipFest, 244.45;23 . Jacob Fielding, Trojan Dive Club, 241.25;24. Nicholas Hart, RipFest, 226.60;25. Jack Matthews, Ohio State Diving Club, 192.85;
