ROSEMONT, Ill. – A springboard sweep in Knoxville has earned Purdue's Greg Duncan his third Big Ten Diver of the Week award in less than a month's time.
After winning on 1-meter and 3-meter in the Nov. 8 dual at No. 10 Tennessee, Duncan is now 5-for-5 in event victories this season and has won Big Ten Diver of the Week each of the three times he has been nominated. Around the Big Ten, no other school has won more than one men's Diver of the Week honor this season.
Duncan won two vastly different kinds of competitions in Knoxville, teaming up with Emily Bretscher for a springboard sweep by the Boilermakers. He cruised to victory on 1-meter, winning by 54 points after posting the top-scoring dive in four of the six rounds. His impressive list score of 365.85 nearly exceeded his victorious score on 3-meter (369.98).
He rallied for the victory on 3-meter, ripping his final dive for a list-high score of 73.95. That allowed him to overtake teammate Ben Bramley after Bramley held a 7.72-point advantage entering the final round. Duncan had the top-scoring dive in three of the six rounds.
Duncan joins David Boudia, Steele Johnson and Steven LoBue as Boilermakers to win Big Ten Diver of the Week three times in the same season. Boudia and Johnson both accomplished the feat three times. They're also the only other Boilermakers to win the award three times by Nov. 16 like Duncan has done this year. Johnson accomplished that feat in consecutive years in 2016 and 2017.
Now in his second season at Purdue, Duncan won his fourth career Big Ten Diver of the Week award. He joins fellow All-Americans David Colturi, Boudia, Johnson and LoBue as the only Boilermakers to be honored at least four times by the conference office.
Around the Big Ten last season, two divers – Penn State's Hector Garcia Boissier and Indiana's James Connor – won Big Ten Diver of the Week three times.
Duncan and the Purdue divers return to action the weekend of Nov. 22 to 24 when they compete at IUPUI's House of Champions Invitational. The meet is being held at the same pool, the IU Natatorium on the campus of IUPUI, where the NCAA Men's Championships and U.S. Olympic Team Trials for diving will be contested in 2020.
GREG DUNCAN AT TENNESSEE
• Victorious on 1-Meter – 365.85 // Top Scoring Dive – 72 (Round 1) // Won by 54 Points
• Victorious on 3-Meter – 369.98 // Top Scoring Dive – 73.95 (Round 6) // Won by 7.73 Points
BIG TEN DIVER OF THE WEEK 3 TIMES IN SAME SEASON
• Greg Duncan (3) – 2019-20
• Steele Johnson (4) – 2017-18
• Steele Johnson (6) – 2016-17
• Steele Johnson (6) – 2014-15
• David Boudia (9) – 2010-11
• David Boudia (4) – 2009-10
• David Boudia (7) – 2008-09
• Steven LoBue (3) – 2005-06
BIG TEN DIVER OF THE WEEK 3 TIMES BY NOV. 16
• Greg Duncan (3) – 2019
• Steele Johnson (4) – 2017
• Steele Johnson (3) – 2016
• David Boudia (3) – 2010
After winning on 1-meter and 3-meter in the Nov. 8 dual at No. 10 Tennessee, Duncan is now 5-for-5 in event victories this season and has won Big Ten Diver of the Week each of the three times he has been nominated. Around the Big Ten, no other school has won more than one men's Diver of the Week honor this season.
Duncan won two vastly different kinds of competitions in Knoxville, teaming up with Emily Bretscher for a springboard sweep by the Boilermakers. He cruised to victory on 1-meter, winning by 54 points after posting the top-scoring dive in four of the six rounds. His impressive list score of 365.85 nearly exceeded his victorious score on 3-meter (369.98).
He rallied for the victory on 3-meter, ripping his final dive for a list-high score of 73.95. That allowed him to overtake teammate Ben Bramley after Bramley held a 7.72-point advantage entering the final round. Duncan had the top-scoring dive in three of the six rounds.
Duncan joins David Boudia, Steele Johnson and Steven LoBue as Boilermakers to win Big Ten Diver of the Week three times in the same season. Boudia and Johnson both accomplished the feat three times. They're also the only other Boilermakers to win the award three times by Nov. 16 like Duncan has done this year. Johnson accomplished that feat in consecutive years in 2016 and 2017.
Now in his second season at Purdue, Duncan won his fourth career Big Ten Diver of the Week award. He joins fellow All-Americans David Colturi, Boudia, Johnson and LoBue as the only Boilermakers to be honored at least four times by the conference office.
Around the Big Ten last season, two divers – Penn State's Hector Garcia Boissier and Indiana's James Connor – won Big Ten Diver of the Week three times.
Duncan and the Purdue divers return to action the weekend of Nov. 22 to 24 when they compete at IUPUI's House of Champions Invitational. The meet is being held at the same pool, the IU Natatorium on the campus of IUPUI, where the NCAA Men's Championships and U.S. Olympic Team Trials for diving will be contested in 2020.
GREG DUNCAN AT TENNESSEE
• Victorious on 1-Meter – 365.85 // Top Scoring Dive – 72 (Round 1) // Won by 54 Points
• Victorious on 3-Meter – 369.98 // Top Scoring Dive – 73.95 (Round 6) // Won by 7.73 Points
BIG TEN DIVER OF THE WEEK 3 TIMES IN SAME SEASON
• Greg Duncan (3) – 2019-20
• Steele Johnson (4) – 2017-18
• Steele Johnson (6) – 2016-17
• Steele Johnson (6) – 2014-15
• David Boudia (9) – 2010-11
• David Boudia (4) – 2009-10
• David Boudia (7) – 2008-09
• Steven LoBue (3) – 2005-06
BIG TEN DIVER OF THE WEEK 3 TIMES BY NOV. 16
• Greg Duncan (3) – 2019
• Steele Johnson (4) – 2017
• Steele Johnson (3) – 2016
• David Boudia (3) – 2010