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Bromberg wins U.S. national title, qualifies for FINA Diving World Cup
05.18.2018 | Women's Swimming and Diving
Murphy Bromberg wins three-meter synchro, qualifies for next month's World Cup in China.
COURTESY OF USA DIVING
DALLAS - National titles were awarded to Olympic silver medalist Steele Johnson (Carmel, Ind./West Lafayette, Ind.) and Brandon Loschiavo (Huntington Beach, Calif./West Lafayette, Ind.) for the men's platform synchro after finishing the finals with 429.24 points Friday at the USA Diving Senior National Championships. Texas junior Murphy Bromberg (Bexley, Ohio/Austin, Texas) and Brooke Schultz (Fayetteville, Ark.) clinched their national title in the women's 3-meter synchro after completing the finals with 287.40 points. All four divers also secured spots on Team USA for next month's FINA Diving World Cup.
Bromberg and Schultz, who secured second place in the preliminaries, trailed in the finals through the first three rounds. The pair slowly built momentum for themselves and leaped from third to first place in the fourth round, when they dove their must successful dive, a back 2 ½ pike for 72.00 points. The pair held on to the lead in the final round, while Alison Gibson (Austin, Texas) and Krysta Palmer (Carson City, Nev./Reno, Nev.) placed second with 262.20 points with Sarah Bacon (Indianapolis, Ind./Minneapolis, Minn.) and Kristen Hayden (Hillsborough, N.J./Minneapolis, Minn.) 2.7 points behind at third.
"I think it's really easy to get caught up in what everyone else is doing and getting caught up in the environment. We just had to focus on ourselves and our individual dives," Bromberg said when asked about the close meet. "I know for me, once I take the first step, I try to ignore Brooke and just try to do my own dive."
The 2018 USA Diving Senior National Championships is part of the 2018 Team USA Summer Champions Series, presented by Xfinity. The champions series showcases numerous Olympic sports throughout the season, highlighting the year-round quest of Team USA athletes to compete at the Olympic Games.
The National Championships continue Saturday, May 19 with finals for women's platform and men's 3-meter. Saturday's women's platform will be broadcast live at 1 p.m. Central Time on NBC and the NBC Sports App. The men's platform final will be held at noon Central Time on Sunday, May 20 and also will be streamed live on NBC and the NBC Sports App.
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