Kinzbach, Viola Earn Invitations to Olympic Team Selection Camp
June 22, 2008
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – University of Miami divers Brittany Viola and J.J. Kinzbach earned invitations to the U.S. Olympic Team’s selection camp after both finished in the top six in their respective fields in the 10-meter platform finals of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Diving Trials Sunday at the IU Natatorium. Viola placed fourth overall on the women’s side with an overall score of 1,046.25 while Kinzbach’s 1,285.60 points earned him a fifth-place finish on the men’s side.
Both divers will now head to Knoxville, Tenn., July 2-6, for the final selection camp to earn a spot on the U.S. Olympic team. David Boudia (Noblesville, Ind.) and Laura Wilkinson (Spring, Texas) earned the first two platform spots for the Beijing Games. Boudia won the men’s 10-meter title at the trials with 1642.20 points to earn his first trip to the Olympic Games, while Wilkinson clinched her third Olympic berth with 1214.50 points.
Viola scored between 72.00 and 76.50 on all five of her dives Sunday. She opened with finals with back-to-back scores of 72.00 before earning marks of 73.60 and 72.50 before picking up her top score of the day – 76.50 – on her final dive.
Kinzbach opened with dives of 67.50 and 72.00 before posting a score of 80.85 – his second-best dive of the finals – on his third dive. On his fourth dive, Kinzbach posted another solid mark of 76.50 and after a score of 65.60 on his fifth dive, he bounced back with an 85.00 on his final dive, securing his place in the top six.
Former UM diver Heather Bounds just missed a top-six finish, recording a seventh-place finish of 893.25 – just 6.60 points behind sixth-place finisher Mary-Beth Dunnichay – after dives of 72.00, 72.00, 64.35, 66.30 and 76.80 Sunday.
Haley Ishiumatsu, Cassandra Cardinell, Jessica Livingston and Dunnichay will join Viola at the women’s selection camp while Thomas Finchum, Drew Livingston, Nick McCrory and Matthew Cooper will be competing alongside Kinzbach to earn a spot on the men’s team.
For more information on the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, click here.
2008 U.S. Olympic Team Platform Trials
Finals
Women
1. Laura Wilkinson 1214.50
2. Haley Ishiumatsu 1140.40
3. Cassandra Cardinell 1059.90
4. Brittany Viola 1046.25
5. Jessica Livingston 1014.60
6. Mary-Beth Dunnichay 899.85
7. Heather Bounds 893.25
8. Michelle Cabassol 860.05
9. Lindsay Weigle 805.55
10. Kristen Asman 765.15
11. Vennie Dantin 678.55
12. Amy Korthauer 599.50
Men
1. David Boudia 1642.20
2. Thomas Finchum 1583.50
3. Drew Livingston 1443.15
4. Nick McCrory 1345.35
5. J.J. Kinzbach 1285.60
6. Matthew Cooper 1246.70
7. Daniel Mazzaferro 1246.30
8. Harrison Jones 1233.75
9. David Colturi 1229.30
10. Weston Wieser 1213.70
11. Sean Moore 1129.30
