By Robert H. Kelly
(Copyright 2008 TexSport Publications)
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA (January 14, 2008) USA Diving has invited 32 divers to its 2008 World Cup team selection camp, set for January 20-24 in Columbus, Ohio. The list included seven divers from Texas, who are listed below:
Harrison Jones (Spring, Texas): 3 meter springboard, 10 meter platform
JJ Kinzbach (Montgomery, Texas): 10 meter platform
Drew Livingston (The Woodlands, Texas): 10 meter platform
Heather Bounds (Round Rock, Texas): 10 meter platform, 10 meter synchronized platform
Nancilea Foster (Spring, Texas): 3 meter springboard, 3meter synchronized springboard
Laura Wilkinson (Spring, Texas): 10 meter platform, 10 meter synchronized platform
Jessica Livingston (The Woodlands, Texas): 10 meter platform, 10 meter synchronized platform
Jones, Kinzback, Foster, Wilkinson, and Drew and Jessica Livingston dive for the Woodlands Diving Club, while Bounds dives for the Longhorn Diving Club in Austin.
The FINA World Cup, an Olympic qualifying meet, will be held February 19-24 in Beijing. Competition will be conducted in four events for both men and women: 3-meter, 10-meter, synchronized 3-meter and synchronized 10-meter. The U.S. may enter two divers on each individual event and one team per synchronized event.
The United States has already secured six out of a possible 12 Olympic spots and will be looking to fill its additional spots at the World Cup. The U.S. still needs to earn one individual spot for men’s 3-meter and women’s 10-meter, two individual spots for men’s 10-meter, and one spot each for both women’s synchronized diving events. The U.S. earned its other spots at the 2007 World Championships.
USA Diving will use the World Cup selection camp to choose teams to compete at 2008 Grand Prix meets in China and Russia as well.
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