Dinsmore Wins 10M at USA Diving Winter Nationals
COLUMBUS, Ohio (USA Diving) – University of Miami redshirt freshman David Dinsmore won the men’s 10-meter national title in front of his hometown fans as the 2016 USA Diving Winter National Championships came to a close Wednesday.
Dinsmore, who trained with the Ohio State Diving Club before heading off to college at the University of Miami, finished first on 10-meter with 1377.10 points over three lists of dives to win his second individual national title.
“It’s so good being back in my first meet since trials and being in my home pool. It’s just awesome. I can’t even describe it. I just wanted to go out there and give it my all. I haven’t really done much 10-meter since trials since I’ve been suffering from a herniated disc,” said Dinsmore, a redshirt freshman at Miami. “I haven’t really been able to do much, and I just wanted to go out there and give it all I could.
Dinsmore entered the finals in second place and held on to the second spot until the fifth of six rounds, when he put down a reverse 3 ½ tuck that scored 96.90 points. He followed up with 84.60 points on his back 2 ½ with 2 ½ twists.
“I just really wanted to go out there and try to hit everything as best I could. I really wanted to make sure I hit my back, my (reverse) and my back twister just because those are ones I’ve been struggling with, and I wanted to go out on a good note with those,” Dinsmore said.
Colin Zeng, an Ohio State diver from China, led heading into the finals but scored just 67.20 and 69.00 points on his last two dives to allow Dinsmore to take the lead. Zeng finished with 1365.80 points, 11.3 points behind Dinsmore.
Because Zeng is not a U.S. citizen, the silver medal was awarded to Benjamin Bramley (Wellesley, Mass.), who scored 1118.25 points. Christopher Law (San Antonio, Texas/Columbus, Ohio) finished with 1107.55 points for fourth place and a bronze medal.
Men’s 10-meter Final
1. David Dinsmore (University of Miami), 1377.10;2. Zhipeng Zeng (Ohio State Diving Club), 1365.80;3. Benjamin Bramley (Unattached), 1118.25;4. Christopher Law (Unattached), 1107.55;5. Maxwell Flory (Dominion Dive Club), 1088.20;6. Zachary Cooper (RipFest), 1074.25;7. Theodore Miclau (Unattached), 1056.65;8. Andrew Capobianco (Duke Diving), 1005.00;9. Krisztian Somhegyi (Unattached), 939.55;10. Sebastian Masterton (Unattached), 913.85;11. Max Showalter (Purdue University), 880.35;12. Tarek Abdelghany (Unattached), 865.55;13. Jacob Fielding (Trojan Dive Club), 838.50
