April 8, 2008
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Current Gamecock divers Allison Barr and All-American Taryn Zack and former All-American standout Allison Brennan are set to compete at the Speedo USA Diving Spring National Championships in Minneapolis, Minn., April 13-20, at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center. Titles will be awarded in 1-meter and 3-meter springboard, 10-meter platform, synchronized 3-meter and synchronized 10-meter.
Not only will divers compete for national championships, but they also will be vying for spots at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Diving Team Trials. The top eight divers on 3-meter and 10-meter will qualify for the Trials, which will be held June 18-22 in Indianapolis, Ind.
Brennan has automatically qualified into the women’s 3-meter semifinals based on her third-place finish at the 2007 spring nationals, while Barr and Zack will compete in the 1-meter and 3-meter preliminaries to try to advance into the semifinal round. (Divers can pre-qualify into the semifinals based on finishes in past events, so the number of qualifying spots available on each event varies to get to 24 divers in the semifinals).
The full schedule of events is listed below:
Sun., April 13/Preliminaries:
Noon – men’s 1M; 5 p.m. – men’s 3M, women’s 10M
Mon., April 14/Preliminaries:
Noon – women’s 1M; 5 p.m. – women’s 3M, men’s 10M
Wed., April 16:
11 a.m. – women’s 1M semis; 3:45 p.m. – men’s 1M semis; 7 p.m. – women’s 1M finals, followed by men’s 1M finals
Thur., April 17:
11 a.m. – women’s 10M semis; 1:15 p.m. – women’s 10M synchro semis; 3 p.m. – men’s 3M semis; 5:15 p.m. – men’s 3M synchro semis; 7 p.m. – women’s 10M synchro finals, followed by men’s 3M synchro finals
Fri., April 18:
11 a.m. – men’s 10M semis; 1:15 p.m. – men’s 10M synchro semis; 3 p.m. – women’s 3M semis; 5:15 p.m. – women’s 3M synchro semis; 7 p.m. -men’s 10M synchro finals, followed by women’s 3M synchro finals
Sat., April 19:
1 p.m. – men’s 3M final, followed by women’s 10M final
Sun., April 20:
1 p.m. – women’s 3M final, followed by men’s 10M final
