She was third after the first round, but badly over-rotated on her inward 3 ½ in the second round and dropped to 24th. With one round to go, she was in 22nd place. Wilkinson, the final competitor of the evening, needed to score 78.65 points on her final dive in order to advance to Wednesday's semis. She ended up with 86.70 points, earning a 9.0 and five 8.5s, as the crowd cheered her on. She'll get to wipe the slate clean in the semifinals, as the scores from the preliminaries do not carry over.
China's Chen Roulin posted the top score of the prelims, earning 400.80 points. Mexico's Paolo Espinosa was second at 367.15. Wilkinson's teammate, Haley Ishimatsu (Seal Beach, Calif.) was 29th at 187.25. The women's 10-meter semifinals are set to follow Wednesday's men's 1-meter semis, which begin at 10 a.m. Chris Colwill (Brandon, Fla.) finished fourth in the prelims to advance to the semifinal round. The finals for the men's 1-meter and women's 10-meter will be held Wednesday evening.
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