Aug. 9, 2011

LOS ANGELES - Stanford Cassidy Krug, Kristian Ipsen and Dwight Dumais have all moved onto the finals of the AT&T National Diving Championships following top-three scores in the prelims of the three-meter synchronized diving event on Tuesday.

Ipsen, and his partner, Troy Dumais, Dwight's older brother, combined for the top score on the men's side with a tally of 405.78. The duo scored 91.80 points on a forward 2 1/2 somersault and 2 twist pike which scored nine 9.0's or better from the 11 judges. Dwight and his brother, Justin, scored a mark of 364.98, good enough for third place. The Dumais brothers best dive was a inward dive park, scoring 98.40 points with scores of 8.5 or better from all 11 judges.

Krug and her partner, Kassidy Cook, tallied a mark of 281.04, which was second on the women's side. The duo scored a mark of 72.0 on a forward 2 1/2 somersault and one twist pike, scoring 8.0 or better from seven judges.

Ipsen will be an incoming freshman this fall, Dumais and Krug were both All-Americans who exhausted their eligibility. Stanford has six divers at the national championships this week running through August 14.

Stanford Divers at AT&T Diving Championships Schedule
Schedule/Divers:
https://secure.meetcontrol.com/divemeets/system/meetinfoext.php?meetnum=1688

3-Meter Prelims
Men--Ipsen and T. Dumais, 1st (405.78)
Men--D.Dumais and J.Dumais, 3rd (364.98)
Women--C.Krug and K. Cook (281.04)
https://secure.meetcontrol.com/divemeets/system/livestats.php?event=stats-1688-580-1-Finished
https://secure.meetcontrol.com/divemeets/system/livestats.php?event=stats-1688-1140-1-Finished

August 12-- Women's three-meter prelims/semifinals, Men's one-meter prelims/finals (Cook / Dumais)

August 13-- Men's three-meter finals, Synchronized women's three-meter finals (Krug)

August 14-- Synchronized men's three-meter finals, women's three-meter finals (Ipsen, Dumais)