DOHA, QATAR – Purdue's Maycey Vieta earned a trip to Paris this summer as an Olympic qualifier in 10-meter diving, claiming her bid for Puerto Rico via a top-10 performance in the preliminary at the World Aquatics Championships.
Vieta was ninth among a field of 46 divers in Sunday's prelim round, posting a list score of 296.50. By advancing to the semifinal, in which she placed 15th, the Big Ten champion assured herself of inclusion among the Olympic quota allotted for the event this summer at the XXXIII Olympiad.
Since winning the Big Ten title on the tower in February 2023, Vieta has competed at the NCAA Championships, Central American and Caribbean Games, Pan American Games and two editions of the World Aquatics Championships. She won a pair of medals at the Central American and Caribbean Games and finished fifth at the Pan Am Games.
Vieta has now become Purdue's first female diver to qualify for the Olympics since Mary Beth Dunnichay did so for Team USA as a 15-year-old in 2008. Dunnichay officially enrolled at Purdue in August 2011.
Headlined by three-time Olympian and 2012 gold medalist David Boudia, the Boilermakers will have a diving representative at a fifth straight Olympics. The next question becomes who will join Vieta in Paris.
While Purdue's Olympic contenders for USA Diving like Brandon Loschiavo, Daryn Wright, Greg Duncan and Jordan Rzepka won't officially have an opportunity to qualify until the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in June, the women's 10-meter results at the World Championships this week were important because of how American Katrina Young and Boilermaker Jaye Patrick (Latvia) finished. Young (259.10 list total) and Patrick (257.30) were 20th and 21st in the preliminaries Sunday.
Their finishes are projected to be very near the cutline for Olympic qualification. Diving has a total quota of 136 competitors (68 per gender) across its eight events – 3-meter and 10-meter, individual and synchro at the 2024 Olympics. The U.S. has already earned one Olympic bid in women's 10-meter diving and Young may have claimed the second depending on how the 3-meter and synchro results shake out among those that have and have not already qualified for Paris. Similar to Vieta, Patrick would auto-qualify for Latvia if the quota allocation numbers also break in her favor.
Wright (252.35) placed 24th in Sunday's prelim while competing at her second career World Aquatics Championships. Loschiavo, an Olympian in 2020, begins the men's 10-meter competition Friday at 5 a.m. ET and is also aiming to earn an Olympic bid for USA Diving after the Americans did not have a finalist in the event at the 2023 World Championships in Japan.
Also at the opening weekend fo the World Champoinships, Purdue's National Letter of Intent signee Tyler Wills teamed up with NC State's Bayleigh Cranford for a fourth place finish in mixed 10-meter syncronized for USA Diving. Both Americans made their debut at Worlds after winning the event at the USA Diving Winter Nationals the week after Thanksgiving. They posted a list score of 291.90 to finish fourth among the nine synchro teams. The mixed synchro events are not part of the Olympic program.
Vieta is set to become Purdue's first diver to compete at the Olympic Games for a territory besides the U.S. She grew up in Ohio and began competing for Puerto Rico via a family heritage on her father's side. Patrick grew up in Southern California and competed under her Latvian name of Dzeja Delanija Patrika this week at the World Championships. She joined the Boilermakers in August as a graduate transfer from Northwestern.
Vieta, Wright and Patrick will return to campus in time for the Big Ten Championships at Purdue's Morgan J. Burke Aquatic (Feb. 21-24). Sophie McAfee, Jenna Sonnenberg and Kaitlin Simons represent the other three would set to compete for the Boilermakers at Big Tens. Platform diving will be featured on Saturday as is customary. A Purdue diver has not won a Big Ten title at home since Boudia swept the three events in 2009.
PURDUE'S REMAINING EVENT SCHEDULES AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
All Days/Times Converted to Eastern Time (8-Hour Time Difference)
Results from Doha will be added as they become available
Friday, Feb. 9
• Men's 10-Meter Prelim at 5 a.m. – Brandon Loschiavo
Saturday, Feb. 10
• Men's 10-Meter Semifinal at 2 a.m. – Top 18 in Prelim Qualify
• Men's 10-Meter Final at 10:30 a.m. – Top 12 in Semifinal Qualify
Tuesday, Feb. 13
• Men's 27-Meter High Diving Prelim at 6 a.m. – David Colturi
Wednesday, Feb. 15
• Men's 27-Meter High Diving Final at 3 a.m. – Total Qualifiers TBD
SWIMMING
Monday, Feb. 12
• Women's 100m Breaststroke Prelims at 1:30 a.m. – Jinq En Phee
• Women's 100m Breaststroke Semifinals at 11 a.m. – Top 16 in Prelims Qualify
Tuesday, Feb. 13
• Women's 100m Breaststroke Final at 11 a.m. – Top 8 in Semifinals Qualify
Saturday, Feb. 17
• Women's 50m Breaststroke Prelims at 1:30 a.m. – Jinq En Phee
• Women's 50m Breaststroke Semifinals at 11 a.m. – Top 16 in Prelims Qualify
Sunday, Feb. 18
• Women's 50m Breaststroke Final at 11 a.m. – Top 8 in Semifinals Qualify
Vieta was ninth among a field of 46 divers in Sunday's prelim round, posting a list score of 296.50. By advancing to the semifinal, in which she placed 15th, the Big Ten champion assured herself of inclusion among the Olympic quota allotted for the event this summer at the XXXIII Olympiad.
Since winning the Big Ten title on the tower in February 2023, Vieta has competed at the NCAA Championships, Central American and Caribbean Games, Pan American Games and two editions of the World Aquatics Championships. She won a pair of medals at the Central American and Caribbean Games and finished fifth at the Pan Am Games.
Vieta has now become Purdue's first female diver to qualify for the Olympics since Mary Beth Dunnichay did so for Team USA as a 15-year-old in 2008. Dunnichay officially enrolled at Purdue in August 2011.
Headlined by three-time Olympian and 2012 gold medalist David Boudia, the Boilermakers will have a diving representative at a fifth straight Olympics. The next question becomes who will join Vieta in Paris.
While Purdue's Olympic contenders for USA Diving like Brandon Loschiavo, Daryn Wright, Greg Duncan and Jordan Rzepka won't officially have an opportunity to qualify until the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in June, the women's 10-meter results at the World Championships this week were important because of how American Katrina Young and Boilermaker Jaye Patrick (Latvia) finished. Young (259.10 list total) and Patrick (257.30) were 20th and 21st in the preliminaries Sunday.
Their finishes are projected to be very near the cutline for Olympic qualification. Diving has a total quota of 136 competitors (68 per gender) across its eight events – 3-meter and 10-meter, individual and synchro at the 2024 Olympics. The U.S. has already earned one Olympic bid in women's 10-meter diving and Young may have claimed the second depending on how the 3-meter and synchro results shake out among those that have and have not already qualified for Paris. Similar to Vieta, Patrick would auto-qualify for Latvia if the quota allocation numbers also break in her favor.
Wright (252.35) placed 24th in Sunday's prelim while competing at her second career World Aquatics Championships. Loschiavo, an Olympian in 2020, begins the men's 10-meter competition Friday at 5 a.m. ET and is also aiming to earn an Olympic bid for USA Diving after the Americans did not have a finalist in the event at the 2023 World Championships in Japan.
Also at the opening weekend fo the World Champoinships, Purdue's National Letter of Intent signee Tyler Wills teamed up with NC State's Bayleigh Cranford for a fourth place finish in mixed 10-meter syncronized for USA Diving. Both Americans made their debut at Worlds after winning the event at the USA Diving Winter Nationals the week after Thanksgiving. They posted a list score of 291.90 to finish fourth among the nine synchro teams. The mixed synchro events are not part of the Olympic program.
Vieta is set to become Purdue's first diver to compete at the Olympic Games for a territory besides the U.S. She grew up in Ohio and began competing for Puerto Rico via a family heritage on her father's side. Patrick grew up in Southern California and competed under her Latvian name of Dzeja Delanija Patrika this week at the World Championships. She joined the Boilermakers in August as a graduate transfer from Northwestern.
Vieta, Wright and Patrick will return to campus in time for the Big Ten Championships at Purdue's Morgan J. Burke Aquatic (Feb. 21-24). Sophie McAfee, Jenna Sonnenberg and Kaitlin Simons represent the other three would set to compete for the Boilermakers at Big Tens. Platform diving will be featured on Saturday as is customary. A Purdue diver has not won a Big Ten title at home since Boudia swept the three events in 2009.
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PURDUE'S REMAINING EVENT SCHEDULES AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
All Days/Times Converted to Eastern Time (8-Hour Time Difference)
Results from Doha will be added as they become available
Friday, Feb. 9
• Men's 10-Meter Prelim at 5 a.m. – Brandon Loschiavo
Saturday, Feb. 10
• Men's 10-Meter Semifinal at 2 a.m. – Top 18 in Prelim Qualify
• Men's 10-Meter Final at 10:30 a.m. – Top 12 in Semifinal Qualify
Tuesday, Feb. 13
• Men's 27-Meter High Diving Prelim at 6 a.m. – David Colturi
Wednesday, Feb. 15
• Men's 27-Meter High Diving Final at 3 a.m. – Total Qualifiers TBD
SWIMMING
Monday, Feb. 12
• Women's 100m Breaststroke Prelims at 1:30 a.m. – Jinq En Phee
• Women's 100m Breaststroke Semifinals at 11 a.m. – Top 16 in Prelims Qualify
Tuesday, Feb. 13
• Women's 100m Breaststroke Final at 11 a.m. – Top 8 in Semifinals Qualify
Saturday, Feb. 17
• Women's 50m Breaststroke Prelims at 1:30 a.m. – Jinq En Phee
• Women's 50m Breaststroke Semifinals at 11 a.m. – Top 16 in Prelims Qualify
Sunday, Feb. 18
• Women's 50m Breaststroke Final at 11 a.m. – Top 8 in Semifinals Qualify