Dec. 19, 2011
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Stanford freshman Kristian Ipsensecured another spot at the World Cup in February, finishing second in the 3-meter on Monday at the Winter National Championships following a combined score of 1516.55. Ipsen lost the gold medal by .20 points as Chris Colwill secured the other spot with a mark of 1516.75.
Stanford graduate Dwight Dumaisfinished in ninth place with a combined score of 1271.85.
Ipsen secured at least 85 points in each of his final five dives, posting 9.5's on his final dive, a reverse 1 ½ somersault and twist for 91.80 points.
Both Ipsen and Dumais made the finals with second and eighth place showings in the morning. Ipsen scored a mark of 994.45, one point ahead of Drew Livingston and 16 points behind Colwill (1010.35). Dumais secured the final spot in the finals with a score of 855.35. All divers carried over scores from the quarterfinals, with Ipsen carrrying a mark of 493.00 and Dumais posting a tally of 415.65 yestrday.
Ipsen had already secured a spot in the 3-meter synchro with a win earlier at the Winter Nationals.
Results
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Stanford Two-Steps to Nashville
Saturday... 3-meter synchro (Ipsen and T. Dumais, 1st, D. Dumais and J. Dumais, 4th), platform quarters (Hinrichs, 25th), 1m quarters (Markle, 29th)
Monday... 3-meter (Ipsen, 2nd, D. Dumais, 9th)
Tuesday... 3m women's quarters, 10 a.m. PT (Krug, Markle)
Wednesday... 3m women's semifinals, 7 a.m. ET, finals aprox. 4 p.m. ET