Dive-by-Dive Scoring / OC Register Feature on Loschiavo
MISSION VIEJO, Calif. -- Purdue's Brandon Loschiavo won bronze with a podium finish on 10-meter at the FINA Diving Grand Prix in a return home to his native Southern California.
Loschiavo had three dives score more than 80 points in the final. He opened with 86.40 points on an inward 3 ½ tuck and added 83.30 points on a reverse 3 ½ tuck to take the lead after round three. A miss on his fifth-round front 4 ½ tuck dropped him to third, and he held on for bronze with 84.60 points on his back 2 ½ with 2 ½ twists in the final round.
Among an international field of 25 divers in Thursday's prelim, Loschiavo placed seventh with a list score of 395.85 to advance to the semifinals. He was the runner-up in semifinal B (389.00 list score), qualifying for the six-diver final. The two-time Big Ten champion earned the bronze with 442.70 points in final. Randall Willars of Mexico won gold with 479.55, while Great Britain's Matthew Dixon came away with silver on 471.10 points.
Loschiavo is scheduled to compete again Sunday in synchronized 10-meter with 2019 NCAA champion Jordan Windle of Texas.
Also competing for USA Diving, Hailey Hernandez won the women's 3-meter event Saturday.
The U.S. also won three synchronized bronze. Samantha Bromberg and Katrina Young were third in synchronized women's 10-meter; Mark Anderson and Jordan Windle were third in synchronized 3-meter; and Sophia McAfee and Max Weinrich took the mixed 10-meter synchro bronze.
Hernandez scored 312.75 points to edge Italy's Elena Bertocchi by 4.6 points for the women's 3-meter gold. Mexico's Melany Hernandez scored 303.60 points for bronze.
USA's Hernandez put forth a consistent effort, with all five dives scoring 58.80 points or higher. In third place after two rounds, she took the lead with 67.20 points on a back 2 ½ tuck in round three. She held on to the top spot for the duration of the contest after scoring 63 points on each of her last two dives – a reverse 2 ½ tuck and a front 2 ½ with one twist.
"I was very excited and happy with my performance. I was pleased overall, but I definitely think my back 2 ½ in the third round gave me a boost of energy and a lot of confidence. It gives me confidence knowing that I can hang in there. I'll just keep working hard for the next meet," the 16-year-old Hernandez said.
The U.S. had two others in Saturday's individual finals, with David Dinsmore finishing fifth in men's 10-meter and Krysta Palmer taking fifth in women's 3-meter. Dinsmore scored 425.55 points with 90.10 points on a reverse 3 ½ tuck and 97.20 on a back 2 ½ with 2 ½ twists, but two misses kept him out of medal contention. Palmer finished with 239.90 points and rallied back with 60.45 points on a front 3 ½ pike and 68 points on a front 2 ½ with two twists in the last two rounds after some early misses.
MISSION VIEJO, Calif. -- Purdue's Brandon Loschiavo won bronze with a podium finish on 10-meter at the FINA Diving Grand Prix in a return home to his native Southern California.
Loschiavo had three dives score more than 80 points in the final. He opened with 86.40 points on an inward 3 ½ tuck and added 83.30 points on a reverse 3 ½ tuck to take the lead after round three. A miss on his fifth-round front 4 ½ tuck dropped him to third, and he held on for bronze with 84.60 points on his back 2 ½ with 2 ½ twists in the final round.
Among an international field of 25 divers in Thursday's prelim, Loschiavo placed seventh with a list score of 395.85 to advance to the semifinals. He was the runner-up in semifinal B (389.00 list score), qualifying for the six-diver final. The two-time Big Ten champion earned the bronze with 442.70 points in final. Randall Willars of Mexico won gold with 479.55, while Great Britain's Matthew Dixon came away with silver on 471.10 points.
Loschiavo is scheduled to compete again Sunday in synchronized 10-meter with 2019 NCAA champion Jordan Windle of Texas.
Also competing for USA Diving, Hailey Hernandez won the women's 3-meter event Saturday.
The U.S. also won three synchronized bronze. Samantha Bromberg and Katrina Young were third in synchronized women's 10-meter; Mark Anderson and Jordan Windle were third in synchronized 3-meter; and Sophia McAfee and Max Weinrich took the mixed 10-meter synchro bronze.
Hernandez scored 312.75 points to edge Italy's Elena Bertocchi by 4.6 points for the women's 3-meter gold. Mexico's Melany Hernandez scored 303.60 points for bronze.
USA's Hernandez put forth a consistent effort, with all five dives scoring 58.80 points or higher. In third place after two rounds, she took the lead with 67.20 points on a back 2 ½ tuck in round three. She held on to the top spot for the duration of the contest after scoring 63 points on each of her last two dives – a reverse 2 ½ tuck and a front 2 ½ with one twist.
"I was very excited and happy with my performance. I was pleased overall, but I definitely think my back 2 ½ in the third round gave me a boost of energy and a lot of confidence. It gives me confidence knowing that I can hang in there. I'll just keep working hard for the next meet," the 16-year-old Hernandez said.
The U.S. had two others in Saturday's individual finals, with David Dinsmore finishing fifth in men's 10-meter and Krysta Palmer taking fifth in women's 3-meter. Dinsmore scored 425.55 points with 90.10 points on a reverse 3 ½ tuck and 97.20 on a back 2 ½ with 2 ½ twists, but two misses kept him out of medal contention. Palmer finished with 239.90 points and rallied back with 60.45 points on a front 3 ½ pike and 68 points on a front 2 ½ with two twists in the last two rounds after some early misses.