FINA World Championships / Gwangju 2019
TV & Webcast Schedules: Swimming / Diving /// NBC Sports Stream
MEET INFORMATION
Boilermakers at the FINA World Championships
Student-Athletes Competing: Nikola Acin, Ben Bramley, Brandon Loschiavo, Jinq En Phee
Alumni Competing: David Boudia, David Colutri, Steele Johnson, Steven LoBue
Friday, July 12 to Sunday, July 28 / Gwangju, South Korea
Diving Events: July 12 to 20 at Nambu International Aquatics Centre
Swimming Events: July 20 to 28 at Nambu International Aquatics Centre
High Diving Events: July 21 to 24 at Chosun University
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A school-record eight Boilermakers are set to represent their countries and Purdue swimming & diving at the top international showcase prior to the 2020 Olympic Games, the 18th FINA World Championships.
Gwangju, South Korea is serving as the host city of what's being billed as the largest FINA World Championships ever. The biennial world aquatics championship meet dates back to 1973. Gwangju also hosted the 2015 World University Games. The Olympics are in Asia next year as well as, with Tokyo hosting for the second time (previously in 1964).
The Boilermakers will be represented by four current student-athletes and four alumni. Together they're scheduled to compete in seven events – three swimming and four diving. All four current student-athletes competing also represented Purdue at the 2019 NCAA Championships. The USA's synchronized 10-meter diving team is comprised entirely of Boilermakers for the third straight World Championships.
Men's head coach Dan Ross has also made the trip to South Korea. He will be on deck with the Serbia coaching staff for the relays. Ross also traveled to Gwangju for the 2015 World University Games and was in Taipei two years ago for the Summer Universiade. Alumnus Kyle Mitrione is also likely to be on site serving as a coach for the American high divers.
NBC, NBCSN, the Olympic Channel and the NBC Sports App will be providing the live coverage of the World Championships here in the United States. All events are expected to be streamed live. Television coverage is either live or via tape delay.
High diving was added to the FINA World Championships in 2013. Competing from a height of 27 meters, it's a four-round event split over two days of competition. LoBue is line to represent the U.S. at a fourth-straight Worlds. He captured gold two years ago in Budapest. That led to him earning FINA's Best Male High Diver award in December 2017. David Colturi (2019) and LoBue (2017) have both won silver at the FINA High Diving World Cup.
The high-diving competition in Gwangju will be held on the Chosun University Football (Soccer) Field. Temporary circular swimming pools measuring at 17 meters wide by 6 meters deep have been installed on the field.
Johnson earned the right to represent the U.S. in 10-meter synchro at a third straight World Championships. He'll be competing with a third different teammate, all of them fellow Boilermakers. He finished fifth with Boudia in 2015 and the duo went on to capture a silver medal at the Olympic Games the following year. Johnson teamed with Loschiavo in 2017, with the duo placing sixth in their first international competition together and Loschiavo's first event at the World Championships. This year it's Bramley making his debut at Worlds.
Bramley and Johnson were also selected to represent the U.S. in both 10-meter events next month at the Pan American Games. They'll return home from South Korea for only about three days before departing again for Lima, Peru.
Acin was selected as part of the Serbian 4x100 freestyle relay team after breaking 50 seconds with a time of 49.95 in the 100-meter free in June. If Serbia can finish among the top 14, it will qualify for the 2020 Olympics in the event.
In the traditional diving events, a top-12 showing in the individual events should clinch a berth at the Olympics for the diver's country. The 27-meter high diving event is not part of the Olympic program yet.
The Olympic Team Trials continue to serve as the official qualifying meet for the Olympic Games. USA Diving (Indianapolis) and USA Swimming (Omaha) will hold their events in June 2020.
PURDUE SCHEDULE AT 2019 FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
July 12 to 28 // Gwangju, South Korea
13-hour time difference between Gwangju & USA's Eastern Time Zone
Men's 10-Meter Synchro – Ben Bramley & Steele Johnson (USA)
• Prelim – Monday, July 15 at Midnight ET (373.80, Finished 8th)
• Final – Monday, July 15 at 7:45 a.m. ET (383.79, Finished 8th)
Men's 3-Meter – David Boudia (USA)
• Prelim – Tuesday, July 16 at 9 p.m. ET (424.45, Finished 7th)
• Semifinal – Wednesday, July 17 at 2:30 a.m. ET (464.20, Finished 4th)
• Final – Thursday, July 18 at 7:45 a.m. ET (458.10, Finished 5th)... Live on Olympic Channel; also on NBCSN 7/18 at 7 p.m. ET
Men's 10-Meter – Brandon Loschiavo (USA)
• Prelim – Thursday, July 18 at 9 p.m. ET (401.40, Finished 12th)
• Semifinal – Friday, July 19 at 2:30 a.m. ET (433.70, Finished 9th)
• Final – Saturday, July 20 at 7:45 a.m. ET (470.10, Finished 8th)
Men's 4x100 Freestyle Relay – Nikola Acin (Serbia)
• Prelim – Saturday, July 20 at 9 p.m. ET (3:15.72; Finished 8th in Heat 3, 15th Overall)
• Final – Sunday, July 21 at 7 a.m. ET (DNQ)
Women's Breaststroke – Jinq En Phee (Malaysia)
• 100m Breast Prelim – Sunday, July 21 at 9 p.m. ET (1:09.05; Finished 2nd in Heat 3, T-27th Overall)
• 100m Breast Final – Monday, July 22 at 7 a.m. ET (DNQ)
• 50m Breast Prelim – Friday, July 26 at 9 p.m. ET (31.23; Finished 10th in Heat 5, 31st Overall)
• 50m Breast Final – Saturday, July 27 at 7 a.m. ET (DNQ)
Men's 27-Meter High Diving – David Colturi, Steven LoBue (USA)
• Rounds 1-2 – Monday, July 21 at 1 a.m. ET (218.40 - LoBue 1st; 154.00 - Colturi 15th)
• Rounds 3-4 – Tuesday, July 23 at 11 p.m. ET (433.65 - LoBue Silver Medalist; 343.90 - Colturi 10th)
EXPERIENCE AT THE FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
• David Boudia – 7th (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2019)
• Steven LoBue – 4th (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
• David Colturi – 3rd (2015, 2017, 2019)
• Steele Johnson – 3rd (2015, 2017, 2019)
• Brandon Loschiavo – 2nd (2017, 2019)
• Jinq En Phee – 2nd (2015, 2019)
• Ben Bramley, Nikola Acin – 1st
TV & Webcast Schedules: Swimming / Diving /// NBC Sports Stream
MEET INFORMATION
Boilermakers at the FINA World Championships
Student-Athletes Competing: Nikola Acin, Ben Bramley, Brandon Loschiavo, Jinq En Phee
Alumni Competing: David Boudia, David Colutri, Steele Johnson, Steven LoBue
Friday, July 12 to Sunday, July 28 / Gwangju, South Korea
Diving Events: July 12 to 20 at Nambu International Aquatics Centre
Swimming Events: July 20 to 28 at Nambu International Aquatics Centre
High Diving Events: July 21 to 24 at Chosun University
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A school-record eight Boilermakers are set to represent their countries and Purdue swimming & diving at the top international showcase prior to the 2020 Olympic Games, the 18th FINA World Championships.
Gwangju, South Korea is serving as the host city of what's being billed as the largest FINA World Championships ever. The biennial world aquatics championship meet dates back to 1973. Gwangju also hosted the 2015 World University Games. The Olympics are in Asia next year as well as, with Tokyo hosting for the second time (previously in 1964).
The Boilermakers will be represented by four current student-athletes and four alumni. Together they're scheduled to compete in seven events – three swimming and four diving. All four current student-athletes competing also represented Purdue at the 2019 NCAA Championships. The USA's synchronized 10-meter diving team is comprised entirely of Boilermakers for the third straight World Championships.
| BOILERMAKERS COMPETING AT THE 2019 FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS | |
| Current Student-Athletes • Nikola Acin (Serbia) – 4x100 Free Relay • Ben Bramley (USA) – Synchronized 10-Meter Diving • Brandon Loschiavo (USA) – 10-Meter Diving • Jinq En Phee (Malaysia) – 50 & 100 Breaststroke |
Alumni • David Boudia (USA) – 3-Meter Diving • David Colturi (USA) – 27-Meter High Diving • Steele Johnson (USA) – Synchronized 10-Meter Diving • Steven LoBue (USA) – 27-Meter High Diving |
Men's head coach Dan Ross has also made the trip to South Korea. He will be on deck with the Serbia coaching staff for the relays. Ross also traveled to Gwangju for the 2015 World University Games and was in Taipei two years ago for the Summer Universiade. Alumnus Kyle Mitrione is also likely to be on site serving as a coach for the American high divers.
NBC, NBCSN, the Olympic Channel and the NBC Sports App will be providing the live coverage of the World Championships here in the United States. All events are expected to be streamed live. Television coverage is either live or via tape delay.
Boudia is a five-time medalist at the FINA World Championships, winning all five medals in 10-meter events. The three-time Olympian has now made the transition to 3-meter, winning the event at USA Diving Senior National Championships in May. He's making his seventh career appearance at the World Championships, winning his first medal (bronze) in 10-meter synchro (with Thomas Finchum) as an 18-year-old in 2007. He and Finchum won silver together two years later. Individually, Boudia won silver on the tower in 2011, 2013 and 2015. The 2017 World Championships was the only biennial event in which he did not compete over the last 14 years.Thrilled to have 6? #Boilermakers diving at the FINA World Championships ???? this year. #Purdue's 1st event is 10m synchro at midnight (ET) on Monday, July 15.@Steele_Johnson, @BrandoLoschiavo, @BrotherBen_ & @DavidBoudia preview the international stage. ???? pic.twitter.com/l5tGgD9Kvh
— Purdue Diving (@PurdueDivers) July 12, 2019
High diving was added to the FINA World Championships in 2013. Competing from a height of 27 meters, it's a four-round event split over two days of competition. LoBue is line to represent the U.S. at a fourth-straight Worlds. He captured gold two years ago in Budapest. That led to him earning FINA's Best Male High Diver award in December 2017. David Colturi (2019) and LoBue (2017) have both won silver at the FINA High Diving World Cup.
The high-diving competition in Gwangju will be held on the Chosun University Football (Soccer) Field. Temporary circular swimming pools measuring at 17 meters wide by 6 meters deep have been installed on the field.
Johnson earned the right to represent the U.S. in 10-meter synchro at a third straight World Championships. He'll be competing with a third different teammate, all of them fellow Boilermakers. He finished fifth with Boudia in 2015 and the duo went on to capture a silver medal at the Olympic Games the following year. Johnson teamed with Loschiavo in 2017, with the duo placing sixth in their first international competition together and Loschiavo's first event at the World Championships. This year it's Bramley making his debut at Worlds.
Bramley and Johnson were also selected to represent the U.S. in both 10-meter events next month at the Pan American Games. They'll return home from South Korea for only about three days before departing again for Lima, Peru.
Phee is a Malaysian record holder in the breaststroke events and represented her homeland at the 2016 Olympic Games before enrolling at Purdue that fall. She competed at the 2015 FINA World Championships and won a pair of medals in the breaststroke events at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games.#Boilermakers are representing ???? in 10-meter synchro at a 3rd-straight World Championships. @Steele_Johnson has been part of all 3? synchro teams. @BrotherBen_ joins him on the tower this year.
— Purdue Swim-Dive (@PurdueMSwimDive) July 12, 2019
They compete in the early hours (ET) of Monday, July 15. #BoilerUp pic.twitter.com/4IUPGboRF7
Acin was selected as part of the Serbian 4x100 freestyle relay team after breaking 50 seconds with a time of 49.95 in the 100-meter free in June. If Serbia can finish among the top 14, it will qualify for the 2020 Olympics in the event.
In the traditional diving events, a top-12 showing in the individual events should clinch a berth at the Olympics for the diver's country. The 27-meter high diving event is not part of the Olympic program yet.
The Olympic Team Trials continue to serve as the official qualifying meet for the Olympic Games. USA Diving (Indianapolis) and USA Swimming (Omaha) will hold their events in June 2020.
PURDUE SCHEDULE AT 2019 FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
July 12 to 28 // Gwangju, South Korea
13-hour time difference between Gwangju & USA's Eastern Time Zone
Men's 10-Meter Synchro – Ben Bramley & Steele Johnson (USA)
• Prelim – Monday, July 15 at Midnight ET (373.80, Finished 8th)
• Final – Monday, July 15 at 7:45 a.m. ET (383.79, Finished 8th)
Men's 3-Meter – David Boudia (USA)
• Prelim – Tuesday, July 16 at 9 p.m. ET (424.45, Finished 7th)
• Semifinal – Wednesday, July 17 at 2:30 a.m. ET (464.20, Finished 4th)
• Final – Thursday, July 18 at 7:45 a.m. ET (458.10, Finished 5th)... Live on Olympic Channel; also on NBCSN 7/18 at 7 p.m. ET
Men's 10-Meter – Brandon Loschiavo (USA)
• Prelim – Thursday, July 18 at 9 p.m. ET (401.40, Finished 12th)
• Semifinal – Friday, July 19 at 2:30 a.m. ET (433.70, Finished 9th)
• Final – Saturday, July 20 at 7:45 a.m. ET (470.10, Finished 8th)
Men's 4x100 Freestyle Relay – Nikola Acin (Serbia)
• Prelim – Saturday, July 20 at 9 p.m. ET (3:15.72; Finished 8th in Heat 3, 15th Overall)
• Final – Sunday, July 21 at 7 a.m. ET (DNQ)
Women's Breaststroke – Jinq En Phee (Malaysia)
• 100m Breast Prelim – Sunday, July 21 at 9 p.m. ET (1:09.05; Finished 2nd in Heat 3, T-27th Overall)
• 100m Breast Final – Monday, July 22 at 7 a.m. ET (DNQ)
• 50m Breast Prelim – Friday, July 26 at 9 p.m. ET (31.23; Finished 10th in Heat 5, 31st Overall)
• 50m Breast Final – Saturday, July 27 at 7 a.m. ET (DNQ)
Men's 27-Meter High Diving – David Colturi, Steven LoBue (USA)
• Rounds 1-2 – Monday, July 21 at 1 a.m. ET (218.40 - LoBue 1st; 154.00 - Colturi 15th)
• Rounds 3-4 – Tuesday, July 23 at 11 p.m. ET (433.65 - LoBue Silver Medalist; 343.90 - Colturi 10th)
EXPERIENCE AT THE FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
• David Boudia – 7th (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2019)
• Steven LoBue – 4th (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
• David Colturi – 3rd (2015, 2017, 2019)
• Steele Johnson – 3rd (2015, 2017, 2019)
• Brandon Loschiavo – 2nd (2017, 2019)
• Jinq En Phee – 2nd (2015, 2019)
• Ben Bramley, Nikola Acin – 1st
I had a blast showing these fellow #Boilermakers around Seoul today! Good luck this week at the FINA World Championships! #boilerup pic.twitter.com/cExDnsM9An
— Josh Lindblom-???? (@JoshLindblom52) July 11, 2019