The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
University of Texas
U.S. Olympic Diving Trials
06.18.2016 | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving
Troy Dumais, Cory Bowersox, Mark Anderson and Murphy Bromberg advance to the finals set for June 22 in Indianapolis.
INDIANAPOLIS – Former Longhorns Troy Dumais and Cory Bowersox, UT rising senior Mark Anderson and rising junior Murphy Bromberg advanced to the finals of their respective events Saturday evening on day one of the 2016 U.S. Olympic Diving Trials.
Dumais, the only U.S. diver to compete in four Olympic Games, joined former Stanford diver Kristian Ipsen to place second in the men's synchronized three-meter semifinals with 815.01 points. Dumais and Ipsen won bronze in the same event at the 2012 London Olympics.
UT rising senior Mark Anderson teamed with former Stanford diver Dwight Dumais of Longhorn Aquatics to qualify third with 743.40 points while former Longhorn Cory Bowersox qualified fifth with Miami diver Zach Nees with 733.14 points.
Nine diving pairs competed in a men's synchronized three-meter preliminary round Saturday before moving on to semifinals and compiling cumulative scores. The eight pairs advancing to finals take their cumulative scores into the finals set for Wednesday, June 22.
Only the winning team in Wednesday's finals will earn a U.S. Olympic team berth in men's synchronized three-meter diving. The finals air live on NBC Sports Network at 8 p.m. CT.
Bromberg teamed with Delaney Schnell to qualify third for next Wednesday's women's synchronized platform final with 560.64 points. Bromberg and Schnell competed in a preliminary round and carried that score into the semifinals. The duo will take its semifinal total into Wednesday's finals where only the winning pair will be awarded a spot on the U.S. Olympic Team.
Bromberg also is slated for the individual platform competition, which gets underway on Monday (June 20). The Texas divers will take Sunday off before competing in the men's three-meter and women's platform preliminary round on Monday.
