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Purdue’s Steele Johnson made his return to NCAA diving this year after winning silver at the Olympics last summer in the 10m synchro event. Johnson, a sophomore won the 1m title on Thursday night for the Purdue Boilermakers. Johnson finished at 446.90 points, ahead of Indiana’s Michael Hixon (437.70) and James Connor (437.30).
Tennessee’s Liam Stone, Miami, Florida’s Briadam Herrera, Purdue’s Joey Cifelli, Texas’ Mark Anderson and Ohio State’s Colin Zeng also competed in the A-final. This is now Purdue’s fourth 1m diving title. Johnson joins himself (2015) and David Boudia (2010, 2011) as champions in the event for the Boilermakers.
There was little change to the leaderboard as Texas grabbed 12 points to stay ahead of Florida, NC State and Cal.
Event 6 Men 1 mtr Diving
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Championship: C 473.75 3/28/2013 Kristian Ipsen, Stanford
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Johnson, Steele SO Purdue 406.00 446.90 20
2 Hixon, Michael JR Indiana 384.70 437.70 17
3 Connor, James SO Indiana 396.30 437.30 16
4 Stone, Liam JR Tennessee 382.55 427.35 15
5 Herrera, Briadam JR Miami 424.20 405.90 14
6 Cifelli, Joseph SO Purdue 380.35 397.90 13
7 Anderson, Mark SR Texas 363.55 395.20 12
8 Zeng, Zhipeng SO Ohio St 392.90 327.00 11
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 6 1. Texas 185.5 2. Florida 116.5 3. NC State 113 4. California 109 5. Indiana 95 6. Stanford 81 7. Auburn 55.5 8. Univ of Georgia 55 9. Southern Cali 45 10. South Carolina 40 11. Missouri 39.5 12. Michigan 39 13. Purdue 33 14. Alabama 32 15. Louisville 29 16. Texas A&M 23 17. Arizona State 22 18. Wisconsin 21 19. Tennessee 19 20. University of Miami 14 21. Notre Dame 12 21. Lsu 12 23. Ohio St 11 24. Florida State 7 25. Harvard 6 25. UNC 6 27. Kentucky 4 27. Northwestern 4 27. Virginia Tech 4 30. Hawaii 2 30. Arizona 2 30. Penn St 2 33. Pittsburgh 1
Throwback: This is a picture of the 2017 NCAA Men and Women 1 Meter Champions at the 2013 Junior Pan American Championships for diving in Tuscon, AZ. Alison Gibson and Steele.