Rising redshirt senior Andrew Capobianco closed out the 2020 Olympic Diving Trials with a bang, securing a spot in the Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo with a second-place finish in the men’s 3M Springboard competition. The women’s 10M Platform also concluded at the IUPUI Natatorium on Sunday night.
3-METER
Two-time defending NCAA 3M National Champion Andrew Capobianco started the final round in sixth place, but kept himself in striking distance of the top dives through 12 dives. He climbed his way into the top two spots after a critical fourth-round dive, an attempt he struggled with earlier in the week. He hit is for 75.60 points, nearly 50 points higher than his preliminary score. He also ripped four dives north of 80 points, including a 94.50-point Reverse 3 1/2 Somersault Tuck in the third round.
His second-place finish (1,319.40 points) gave him an automatic berth into the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 for the first time in his diving career in an individual event.
Hoosier graduate and Olympic Games 2016 Rio participant Mike Hixon finished fourth with a final tally of 1,309.65 points. He was one of five divers to be within 25 points of winning the event. He and Capobianco will represent the US Diving Team in Tokyo in the 3M Synchro Springboard.
Incoming freshman Quinn Henninger claimed seventh in the event with an 18-dive score of 1,142.20 points. He hit four dives at or above 63 points, including a 71.40-point effort on his final dive to remain in the seventh spot.
10-METER
Former NCAA Champion Jessica Parratto finished fourth overall in the women’s 10M Platform final with a 15-dive score of 973.75 points. She missed out on qualifying the event in the Olympic Games by less than 11 total points despite a valiant effort in the finals. She will still be traveling to Tokyo with Delaney Schnell (Arizona) as 10M Synchro Platform partners.
Hoosier alumnus Amy Cozad Magana claimed the sixth spot in the standings with an overall point total of 922.20. Her best effort of the night came on a Reverse 3 1/2 Somersault Tuck where she scored 73.10 points.
FINAL RESULTS
MEN’S 3M SPRINGBOARD
- Andrew Capobianco – 1,319.40 pts.
- Mike Hixon – 1,309.65 pts.
- Quinn Henninger – 1142.20 pts.
WOMEN’S 10M PLATFORM
- Jessica Parratto – 973.75 pts.
- Amy Cozad Magana – 922.20 pts.
Parratto will kick off the Hoosier representation in Tokyo with the preliminary rounds of the 10M Synchro Platform event. Action is scheduled to begin at 2 a.m. ET on July 27. Next up for Capobianco is the 3M Synchro Springboard event at 2 a.m. ET on July 28. He will also compete in the 3M Springboard prelims with a scheduled start time of 2 a.m. on Aug. 3.
