NCAA Men’s Championship: Carson Tyler Masterclass Leads Another Indiana 1-2

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NCAA Men’s Championship: Carson Tyler Masterclass Leads Another Indiana 1-2

Carson Tyler started fast in the platform diving event Saturday night at IUPUI Natatorium. He did the middle part fast and then finished fast, too.

Tyler threw down an absolute heater, scoring 515.75 points to rout the field and do the 3-meter/platform double at the NCAA Championships. It’s a repeat title for the junior Tyler and was in dominating fashion, even getting a 10 from one judge in the finals.

“It means a ton because platform is my main specialty. To be able to show out like that was a spectacular moment,” Tyler said. “It was really cool to compete with my teammates.”

Indiana went 1-2-7 in the final, their second 1-2 result of the meet. Quentin Henninger, the 3-meter runner-up, finished seventh. Instead, it was Maxwell Weinrich stepping up to finish second in 450.70. He absolutely crushed his last dive, scoring 80 points to hold the position.

Tennessee’s Bryden Hattie secured his third straight top-3 finish on platform in third at 44.60. Jordan Rzepka was fourth.

Tyler’s first five dives along would’ve placed him fourth, without need for his final. He applied the exclamation point anyway, scoring 88.20 on his 5255B to win by 65 points.

“They were falling tonight. I felt the (10) go through the water and it was a great dive overall. It was a great feeling,” Tyler said. “It was so loud. Trying to tune it all out was a goal, but it is hard when the whole room is shaking. It was a cool experience. When everyone is diving like that, it is a lot of fun to be in the mix like that.”

Hattie drew oohs and ahhs from the crowd when he scored 79.5 on the first round of finals. Tyler answered with 95.40 on his 6245D. He drew a 10 in the fourth round for his 307C, scoring 91.80 points, hit 87 on his fifth and then capped it off in style.

California got an A finalist and a B finalist, though it looks too little, too late for their chances of slowing the Arizona State title freight train. Freshman Geoffrey Vavitsas finished fifth in 404.90. Joshua Thai was 10th out of the B final.

Carson Paul of LSU was sixth. Pitt’s Cameron Cash was ninth.

Men’s NCAA Championships Team Scores

Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 20                  
  1. Arizona St                      483.5   2. California                      412.5
  3. Indiana                           358   4. Florida                           344
  5. NC State                          288   6. Tennessee                         203
  7. Texas                             179   8. Stanford                          153
  9. Virginia Tech                     146  10. Notre Dame                        110
 11. Georgia                           108  12. Ohio St                            90
 13. Auburn                             88  14. Michigan                         87.5
 15. Texas A&M                          81  16. Louisville                         80
 17. Virginia                         66.5  18. Smu                                59
 19. Alabama                            50  20. Minnesota                          40
 21. Florida St                         34  22. Southern California                31
 23. Purdue                             25  24. Lsu                                24
 24. Pittsburgh                         24  26. Miami (Fl)                         21
 27. Arizona                            19  27. Missouri                           19
 29. Towson                             18  30. Penn                               17
 31. Wisconsin                          16  32. Brown                              11
 33. UNC                                 9  34. Penn St                             8
 35. Brigham Young                       7  36. Utah                                6
 37. GW                                  3  38. Northwestern                        1

Event 20  Men Platform Diving
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         Meet: M 548.90  3/26/2011 Nick McCrory, Duke
    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points 
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                       === Championship Final ===                        
 
  1 Tyler, Carson          JR Indiana            465.20     515.75   20  
  2 Weinrich, Maxwell      SO Indiana            437.05     450.70   17  
  3 Hattie, Bryden         SR Tennessee          403.60     444.60   16  
  4 Rzepka, Jordan         JR Purdue             412.10     432.30   15  
  5 Vavitsas, Geoffrey     FR California         387.80     404.90   14  
  6 Paul, Carson           SO LSU                421.15     384.80   13  
  7 Henninger, Quentin     JR Indiana            385.00     377.65   12  
  8 Chaplin, Clayton       JR OSU                383.85     348.35   11  
 
                        === Consolation Final ===                        
 
  9 Cash, Cameron          JR Pittsburgh         374.75     412.60    9  
 10 Thai, Joshua           SO California         356.45     394.50    7  
 11 Gosselin, Laurent      SO USC                363.80     384.80    6  
 12 Higbie, Holden         FR Purdue             383.45     360.75    5  
 13 Hensley, Rhett         JR TAMU               343.60     349.90    4  
 14 Duperre, Noah          SR Texas              373.25     346.70    3  
 15 Reasor, Jacob          SR Tennessee          371.90     334.35    2  
 16 Braunton, Tanner       FR Texas              358.95     334.05    1

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