Indiana University rising junior diver Andrew Capobianco and postgraduate diver Michael Hixon won bronze for Team USA in the men’s 3m synchro at the 2019 Pan Amerian Games on Saturday in Lima, Peru.
The duo took third place with a total score of 404.13. The U.S. team improved its score by 16.05 points from last month’s FINA World Championships, where they finished eighth.
The Mexico team of Yahel Castillo and Juan Celaya took gold at 429.81, and Canadians Philippe Gagne and Francois Imbeau-Dulac scored 414.21 points for silver.
Earlier in the week, Capobianco won his first individual international medal, winning bronze in the men’s 1m dive.
In addition to the 3m synchro final, Capobianco and Hixon also competed in the individual 3-meter preliminaries on Saturday and advanced to Sunday’s final. Capobianco qualified third with 430.40 points in the prelims, while Hixon finished sixth with 394.80 points.
