The contest came down to the last dive, a 305B, by the last diver, Soldati. Kimiko rose to the occasion and received 8’s from the judges and a 10-point victory over Kunkel and a 14-point margin over 2000 Olympian, Michelle Davidson. more

Life is hard and can get difficult at times. How we respond under these circumstances can determine the outcome. On Tuesday night at the Olympic Trials in St. Louis an individual took the board and competed in an event that she qualified for over a year ago, but a lot can happen in a year. more

"It's a bit of disbelief," said Wilcock, a Utah native who has been training at The Woodlands, Texas, the past two years. "I think I'm still in a bit of shock." ..Dumais had no such emotion, though he was ready to celebrate after a long week of diving. ...
"Call the casino," he said as he left the news conference. "They're going to lose some money tonight."

”It’s 80 percent mental and 20 percent physical,” said Mike McDowell, 16, who dives for the Blue Fins Diving Club. “When you’re three meters in the air, stuff can happen.” more

,,,,a pair of Hoosiers heading to Greece for the 2004 Summer Olympic Games.

The disease most often strikes middle-aged women. "A 25-year-old male elite athlete is about as far from the stereotypical Graves patient as you can get," he says. Now, he has his doctors baffled.

For much of their lives, Troy and Justin Dumais were brothers in name only...Even now, they must overcome the inevitable tensions that crop up when siblings spend too much time together.

A fear of heights flusters Cassandra Cardinell. The ripples of dyslexia leave Sara Hildebrand with "expression issues" in front of crowds.

Two years ago, Ashley Rubenstein couldn't have pictured her success at the Olympic diving trials. After the opening rounds of the springboard competition, she can see it, live it and paint it herself.

The first plane tickets to Athens, Greece have two names on them, Troy Dumais and Justin Dumais. The Dynamic Duo yielded no mercy on the field of divers having qualified for the Olympic Team without needing their final dive. more

ST. PETERS, MO. - Brothers Justin Dumais and Troy Dumais were so dominant Wednesday night in winning the men's 3-meter synchro at the USA Diving Olympic trials, they could have still won with unsynchronized cannonballs on their final dive...Relatively speaking, that almost happened.

Kimiko Soldati has 557.40 points to Kunkel's 538.44, but Kunkel likes her position. "I feel I can do a little bit better," she said after the semifinals. "I'm really happy that I dove, for me, just normal. And that was the goal."

Sara Hildebrand and Cassandra Cardinell were flawless in their execution and near perfect in their Syncro to take the lead over 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist, Laura Wilkinson and Kimiko Soldati 326.97 to 304.02. more

In the 3rd round, Troy and Justin “RIPPED” their 107B for 9’s and put themselves ahead of the pack to stay for the rest of the day. In third place with a score of 291.93 are Clayton Moss, Kentucky Diving and Justin Wilcock, CTC. more

Springing ahead of the rest, Kimiko Soldati leads the women’s 3-meter event at the USA Olympic Diving Trials in St. Louis, Missouri. Soldati, CTC, leads by 19 points over Rachelle Kunkel, Trojan Dive Club. 2000 Olympian Michelle Davidson is in the hunt for another O-Team spot in 3rd place, 7 points out. more

But Jones recovered nimbly to remain in contention for what in theory are two spots in the event, which concludes Friday. But only the winner is assured a place on the Olympic team because of an arcane contingency that considers the results of today's men's 3-meter springboard synchronized competition.
...Because of that, it's possible that the second spot for the individual event would go not to the second-place individual finisher but to the member of the synchro team - determined today - who finishes highest in the individual event. ...Further clouding the matter is that not only will Dumais compete in synchro, with his brother

Montgomery County divers off to strong starts at the Olympic Diving Trials

Road to Athens: Pleasant Hills' Ryan Fagan's high school had no diving team, not even a pool

Laura Wilkinson. From the first dive to the last, Laura led the event and looked in Gold Medal form. Jessica Livingston from the Woodlands Diving team is in second place with a score of 502.53. Jessica, who began her diving career at the Rec Plex in St. Louis with Doug Beavers and Lighting Diving more

Livingston gets close to a dream

After the first two rounds of diving in St. Louis, Missouri, it is Auburn Diving’s Caesar Garcia leading the way with a total score of 647.25. Thomas Finchum, Indianapolis Regional Training Center is in second with 620.13. more

GARCIA and Segerlin Advance

INDY teen plunges into US diving finals

GARCIA takes surprising lead

Hurricane Divers Conclude Platform Semifinals

BYU grad has always wanted Olympic shot I Kunkel making up for late start

Sole local qualifier is Gables' Prandi I YOUNG diver chasing leader at team trials

Finchum nears Olympic goal (Good Photo) I Day One of Olympic Diving Trials Complete

First for Kellie Brennan came the diagnosis of Crohn's disease in 2002. Next up was treatment for cervical cancer in January last year - about two weeks before she underwent surgery for a brain tumor.
"Everybody's got something, right?" Brennan said, laughing. "You become a warrior. You become a soldier." And, somehow, you stay a diver: more

As the Olympic Diving Trials begin today in St. Peters, Mo., one of Cincinnati's top two divers talks of gaining experience to prepare for the future. The other, sidelined, must wonder about her future. Indian Hill graduate Emily Hunter, 19, is a long shot in the 10-meter platform event, and says she'll more likely be a contender for the 2008 Games.

The interviewer, a reporter for a Chinese television station, spoke perfectly good English, so Laura Wilkinson had no problems understanding the question. Exactly how does it feel, Wilkinson was asked, to be a has-been? more