WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue's Daryn Wright and Jaye Patrick have learned they're going to Paris this summer, receiving notice from World Aquatics they have officially qualified for the Olympic Games in 10-meter diving.
Wright will compete for the United States and Patrick for Latvia, giving the Purdue Divers four Olympic qualifiers this year. Maycey Vieta (10-meter for Puerto Rico) and Greg Duncan (3-meter synchro for USA) have also qualified.
An official ruling on the qualification status of alumnus Brandon Loschiavo is still pending and may not be resolved until Monday. Like Wright, Loschiavo was the runner-up on 10-meter at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials last week in Knoxville. Loschiavo previously represented Team USA in the event at the Tokyo Olympics and earned the U.S. its Olympic quota spot in the event as a finalist on the tower at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in February. However, USA Diving did not earn a second quota bid in the event this year and Carson Tyler earned the men's lone automatic bid with his victory on 10-meter at the Olympic Trials.
"It has been a long four days, but thankfully it came out on top with the good news. I'm pretty much just shocked right now to say the least. I'm very, very excited and emotional, but very shocked," Wright said.
"It was hard because I didn't necessarily know the odds, if they were good or not, just because it had taken so long to see if we had the second spot. My mind was racing in probably every possible direction, but I'm glad today was good."
Wright was surprised by teammates, friends and family at the Morgan J. Burke Aquatic on Thursday morning. Patrick is currently traveling in Europe.
"It was very special. Obviously, it's not the same experience as everyone else (at trials), but them showing up and being there for me was everything," Wright said.
Patrick was 21st and Wright 24th on 10-meter at the World Championships earlier this year. Since then, they were finalists in platform diving at the Big Ten Championships (with Wright winning bronze) and NCAA Championships qualifiers. Wright joined Maycey Vieta and Sophie McAfee in the platform championship final at NCAAs, all three earning All-America accolades.
Purdue Diving has been represented at the Olympic Games every quadrennium dating back to 2008. With at least four representatives this year, it will mark a program high for the Boilermakers. Purdue's qualifiers will also be competing for three different nations.
Wright joins Steele Johnson (2016) as Boilermakers to become Olympians while they were active student-athletes for Purdue Diving. Duncan, Patrick and Vieta are all alumni – Duncan wrapping up his collegiate career in the spring of 2022 and Patrick and Vieta closing out their NCAA eligibility as fifth-year student-athletes this spring.
The women's 10-meter event this year in Paris will join the men's 10-meter event in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro as individual competitions at the Olympics to feature multiple Boilermakers. David Boudia and Johnson both competed individually on the tower in Rio after winning silver together in 10-meter synchro.
Wright will compete for the United States and Patrick for Latvia, giving the Purdue Divers four Olympic qualifiers this year. Maycey Vieta (10-meter for Puerto Rico) and Greg Duncan (3-meter synchro for USA) have also qualified.
An official ruling on the qualification status of alumnus Brandon Loschiavo is still pending and may not be resolved until Monday. Like Wright, Loschiavo was the runner-up on 10-meter at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials last week in Knoxville. Loschiavo previously represented Team USA in the event at the Tokyo Olympics and earned the U.S. its Olympic quota spot in the event as a finalist on the tower at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in February. However, USA Diving did not earn a second quota bid in the event this year and Carson Tyler earned the men's lone automatic bid with his victory on 10-meter at the Olympic Trials.
"It has been a long four days, but thankfully it came out on top with the good news. I'm pretty much just shocked right now to say the least. I'm very, very excited and emotional, but very shocked," Wright said.
"It was hard because I didn't necessarily know the odds, if they were good or not, just because it had taken so long to see if we had the second spot. My mind was racing in probably every possible direction, but I'm glad today was good."
Wright was surprised by teammates, friends and family at the Morgan J. Burke Aquatic on Thursday morning. Patrick is currently traveling in Europe.
"It was very special. Obviously, it's not the same experience as everyone else (at trials), but them showing up and being there for me was everything," Wright said.
Patrick was 21st and Wright 24th on 10-meter at the World Championships earlier this year. Since then, they were finalists in platform diving at the Big Ten Championships (with Wright winning bronze) and NCAA Championships qualifiers. Wright joined Maycey Vieta and Sophie McAfee in the platform championship final at NCAAs, all three earning All-America accolades.
Purdue Diving has been represented at the Olympic Games every quadrennium dating back to 2008. With at least four representatives this year, it will mark a program high for the Boilermakers. Purdue's qualifiers will also be competing for three different nations.
Wright joins Steele Johnson (2016) as Boilermakers to become Olympians while they were active student-athletes for Purdue Diving. Duncan, Patrick and Vieta are all alumni – Duncan wrapping up his collegiate career in the spring of 2022 and Patrick and Vieta closing out their NCAA eligibility as fifth-year student-athletes this spring.
The women's 10-meter event this year in Paris will join the men's 10-meter event in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro as individual competitions at the Olympics to feature multiple Boilermakers. David Boudia and Johnson both competed individually on the tower in Rio after winning silver together in 10-meter synchro.