Diving - World Championship

Team USA wrapped up the 12th FINA World Championships with its best diving performance of the weeklong competition – a bronze medal in the men’s 10-meter synchronized diving event. Divers David Boudia (Noblesville, Ind.) and Thomas Finchum (Indianapolis, Ind.) scored 463.56 points to place third behind China’s Huo Liang and Lin Yue (489.48) and Russia’s Dmitriy Dobroskok and Gleb Galperin (467.16) in the final event of the meet.

Two USA divers placed in the top 10 of the women's 3-meter finals at the World Championships on Sunday afternoon. Nancilea (Underwood) Foster (Spring, Texas) placed sixth with 312.70 points, and Kelci Bryant (Chatham, Ill.) was 10th at 294.55.

Thomas Finchum missed out on a spot in the men’s 10-meter semifinals at the FINA World Championships by the narrowest of margins Saturday evening. The top 18 divers advance to the semifinals, and Finchum (Indianapolis, Ind.) placed 19th with 382.00 points. He was less than half a point behind Italy’s Francesco Dell’uomo, who placed 18th with 382.45 points.

Both divers representing the United States in the women’s 3-meter competition at the FINA World Championships have advanced to the semifinals after their results in Saturday’s preliminaries. Nancilea (Underwood) Foster (Spring, Texas) placed eighth with 297.15 points, and Kelci Bryant (Chatham, Ill.) was 12th with 284.85 points.

It was a men’s 3-meter competition for the ages Friday night at the 2007 FINA World Championships, and Troy Dumais was right in the midst of it. Dumais received 12 marks of 9.0 or better throughout the night and still finished seventh with 487.60 points. The competition was that good.

Allison Brennan finished sixth in the 1-meter finals at the World Championships. Brennan (Huntington Beach, Calif.) scored 287.75 points in the finals, improving her score from the semis by 17.80 points.

Troy Dumais (Austin, Texas) took seventh in the men’s 3-meter semifinals Friday afternoon to earn a spot in Friday night’s finals at the FINA World Championships. He scored 434.80 points to qualify for the finals, and with his guaranteed top 12-finish, he also secured one spot for the U.S. in the 2008 Olympic Games. The top 12 finishers in each individual event earn spots for their countries on that event for the Games.

Allison Brennan came from behind to earn a spot in the women’s 1-meter finals at the FINA World Championships Friday. Brennan (Huntington Beach, Calif.) placed third with 269.95 points in Semifinal A to advance. The top three finishers in each semi move on to the finals, which will be held at 6 p.m. (3 a.m. Eastern time) on Friday.

Allison Brennan will move on the women's 1-meter semifinals after placing eighth with 268.15 points in Thursday night's preliminaries at the FINA World Championships. The top 12 finishers advance, with two six-diver semifinals to determine the field for the finals.

Troy Dumais placed fifth in the men’s 3-meter preliminaries at the World Championships Thursday to move on to Friday’s semifinals. Dumais (Austin, Texas), the silver medalist on the event at the 2005 World Championships, scored 456.00 points. He scored 84 points on his reverse 3-1/2 in the fifth round, good for the top score of any diver in the round.

Laura Wilkinson (Spring, Texas) turned in another gutsy performance in the women’s 10-meter finals at the World Championships on Wednesday night. She finished fourth with 361.80 points, giving the U.S. its third fourth-place finish of the championships. China took the top two spots, with gold going to Wang Xin (432.85) and silver to Chen Roulin (410.30). Germany’s Christin Steuer took the bronze with 386.85 points.

Chris Colwill (Brandon, Fla.) placed fourth on the 1-meter finals at the FINA World Championships on Wednesday evening. Colwill finished with 432.10 points, while China claimed the top two spots. Luo Yutong won the gold with 477.40 points, and He Chong took silver at 469.85. Italy's Christopher Sacchin finished third at 441.40.

Chris Colwill (Brandon, Fla.) finished third in his semifinal on men’s 1-meter Wednesday morning to advance to the finals at the FINA World Championships. He’ll compete again Wednesday evening against five other divers.

Laura Wilkinson will get a chance to defend her world championship after all. Early into the preliminaries at the World Championships, Wilkinson (Spring, Texas) dug herself into a hole and appeared in danger of failing to advance to the semifinals. She came through when it mattered most and ended up 16th with 288.00 points. Only the top 18 divers advance to the semifinals.

Fourteen divers have been selected to represent the United States at the 2007 FINA World Championships. Among the divers selected to the team are two-time Olympians Laura Wilkinson (Spring, Texas) and Troy Dumais (Austin, Texas). At the 2005 World Championships in Montreal, Wilkinson won the gold medal in women’s 10-meter, while Dumais took...

Half of USA Diving’s 2007 World Championship team will compete at the Wendy Wyland Invitational in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., from March 2-4. Later this month, they'll head off to Melbourne, Australia, for the World Championships, which will be held March 19-26.

The 2007 FINA World Championships are in Melbourne from 17 March through 1 April 2007. Follow the pool and ocean action as swimmers, divers, water polo players, synchronized swimmers, and open water swimmers go for the gold, silver, and bronze medals during the biggest aqautic competitions prior to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Team USA picked up a pair of top five finishes in synchronized diving on the first day of competition at the FINA World Championships. Troy Dumais (Austin, Texas) and Mitch Richeson (Greenwood, Ind.) finished fourth in the men’s 3-meter event, and Haley Ishimatsu (Seal Beach, Calif.) and Mary Beth Dunnichay (Elwood, Ind.) were fifth in the women’s 10-meter synchro contest. China won both golds.

Chris Colwill (Brandon, Fla.) placed fourth in the men's 1-meter preliminaries Tuesday morning at the FINA World Championships to advance to Wednesday morning's semifinals. Colwill, who won a bronze on the event at the 2006 World Cup, scored 387.05 points to advance to the next round. He jumped from seventh place to fourth in the final standings after scoring 72 points on his final dive - a reverse two and a half pike. It was his highest scoring dive of the prelims.