NCAA Division I Men’s Championships: Steele Johnson Dominates Platform Diving Event
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Purdue’s Steele Johnson became the first man since 2009 to win the platform and a springboard event in the same year at the NCAA Division I Men’s Championships.
Johnson collected 532.70 points to add to his win in the one-meter on day one. He joins fellow Boilermaker David Boudia, who won the three-meter and platform events in 2009.
Indiana’s James Conner, an Australian Olympian, took second overall with 514.80 points, while Minnesota’s Matt Barnard claimed third overall with 473.80 points. Arizona’s Rafael Quintero snared fourth with 471.30 points.
Both Johnson and Quintero had perfect 10 dives during the finale.
1 Johnson, Steele Purdue 530.70 532.70 20 2 Connor, James Indiana 468.90 514.80 17 3 Barnard, Matt Minnesota 420.10 473.80 16 4 Quintero, Rafae Arizona 451.60 471.30 15 5 McKean, Fraser Auburn 391.95 454.85 14 6 Anderson, Mark Texas 393.05 432.70 13 7 Mokhtari, Sean Purdue 397.65 386.55 12 8 Bissett, Jamie Purdue 396.10 358.15 11
1. Texas 498 2. California 367 3. Michigan 286 4. Southern Cali 238 5. Florida 234 6. Georgia 198.5 7. Stanford 181 8. NC State 165.5 9. Alabama 164 10. Auburn 158 11. Missouri 127.5 12. Arizona 123.5 13. Indiana 121 14. Tennessee 111 15. Louisville 83.5 16. Purdue 75 17. Ohio St 72 18. UNC 52.5 19. South Carolina 51 20. Miami (Fl) 49 21. Wisconsin 48 22. Univ of Utah 40.5 23. Brigham Young 30 24. Penn St 27 25. Minnesota 24 26. Florida St 20 27. Georgia Tech 19 28. Northwestern 18 28. Wku 18 30. Virginia Tech 17 31. Denver 12 31. Unlv (M) 12 33. Virginia 8 33. Notre Dame 8 35. Iowa 7 36. Penn 6 37. University of Hawaii 5 38. Texas A&M 4.5 39. Southern Methodist University 2 39. Yale 2
2015 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships, Live Results – Results
Wasn’t Boudia a gold- medalist @London?