Diving Regional
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
Eighty divers are left in the postseason. There are four regionals, and 20 divers feed into each regional. The sectionals that feed into each regional are listed below. Thirty-two divers - eight from each regional - advance to this weekend's state competition.
Boys Diving Regionals
(tonight at 6 p.m.)
Oak Hill -ÊFort Wayne South Side, Hamilton Southeastern, Jay County, Wawasee, West Lafayette
LaPorte - Concord, Lake Central, LaPorte, Munster, South Bend Riley
Pike -ÊAvon, Carmel, Crawfordsville, Noblesville, Richmond
Bloomington North -ÊBloomington South, Center Grove, Columbus North, Mount Vernon, Tell City
Reed Christiansen
School: Manchester
Year in school: Senior
Place/score in sectional: First/433.30 (pool record)
Best dive: 1-1/2 with full twist
Past postseason results: Last year, 21st at state, first at regional, first at sectional; sophomore year, 25th at state, sixth at regional and first at sectional; freshman year, sixth at sectional
Best dive/score at 2000 sectional: 1-1/2 with full twist/7.5
Manchester swim coach Dave Owens: "He holds every Manchester diving record. His records will be around a while. The records prior to him stood for eight to 10 years. In six-dive lists, he broke the record by 67 points. In 11-dive lists, he broke the record by 100 points. He's done everything he could ever do here, except have a strong showing at state."
Manchester diving coach Greg Dale: "Last year he was seeded fourth at state, but then he pulled an ab muscle in warmups and finished 21st. His goal is to win the regional, but we have the toughest regional with the top three divers in the state."
DAVID WILDMAN
School: Warsaw
Year in school: Sophomore
Place/score in sectional: Third/340.40
Best dive: Front 2-1/2 sommersault, tuck position
Past postseason results: 10th in last year's Wawasee Sectional; did not advance
Best dive/score at 2000 sectional: Front 2-1/2 sommersault, tuck position/6.5
Warsaw diving coach Gretchen Naugler: "At regional, the big thing is not having many mistakes. He has to consistently be at 5-1/2 to 6 every time. He was at 4-1/2 a couple of times at the sectional. He can't do that at the regional."
Dusten Lytle
School: Wawasee
Year in school: Senior
Place/score in sectional: Second/390.70
Best dive: Forward 2-1/2 sommersault, tuck position
Past postseason results: 20th at state and seventh at regional last year
Best dive/score at 2000 sectional: Not available
Wawasee swim coach Roger Karns: see below
Regg Beer
School: Wawasee
Year in school: Sophomore
Place/score in sectional: Fourth/336.40
Best dive: Back 1 sommersault with 1.5 twist
Past postseason results: Fifth at last year's sectional; did not advance
Best dive/score at 2000 sectional: Not available
Wawasee swim coach Roger Karns: "At the regional, they have to stay within themselves and be consistent and not force their dives. [[In-content Ad]]
Eighty divers are left in the postseason. There are four regionals, and 20 divers feed into each regional. The sectionals that feed into each regional are listed below. Thirty-two divers - eight from each regional - advance to this weekend's state competition.
Boys Diving Regionals
(tonight at 6 p.m.)
Oak Hill -ÊFort Wayne South Side, Hamilton Southeastern, Jay County, Wawasee, West Lafayette
LaPorte - Concord, Lake Central, LaPorte, Munster, South Bend Riley
Pike -ÊAvon, Carmel, Crawfordsville, Noblesville, Richmond
Bloomington North -ÊBloomington South, Center Grove, Columbus North, Mount Vernon, Tell City
Reed Christiansen
School: Manchester
Year in school: Senior
Place/score in sectional: First/433.30 (pool record)
Best dive: 1-1/2 with full twist
Past postseason results: Last year, 21st at state, first at regional, first at sectional; sophomore year, 25th at state, sixth at regional and first at sectional; freshman year, sixth at sectional
Best dive/score at 2000 sectional: 1-1/2 with full twist/7.5
Manchester swim coach Dave Owens: "He holds every Manchester diving record. His records will be around a while. The records prior to him stood for eight to 10 years. In six-dive lists, he broke the record by 67 points. In 11-dive lists, he broke the record by 100 points. He's done everything he could ever do here, except have a strong showing at state."
Manchester diving coach Greg Dale: "Last year he was seeded fourth at state, but then he pulled an ab muscle in warmups and finished 21st. His goal is to win the regional, but we have the toughest regional with the top three divers in the state."
DAVID WILDMAN
School: Warsaw
Year in school: Sophomore
Place/score in sectional: Third/340.40
Best dive: Front 2-1/2 sommersault, tuck position
Past postseason results: 10th in last year's Wawasee Sectional; did not advance
Best dive/score at 2000 sectional: Front 2-1/2 sommersault, tuck position/6.5
Warsaw diving coach Gretchen Naugler: "At regional, the big thing is not having many mistakes. He has to consistently be at 5-1/2 to 6 every time. He was at 4-1/2 a couple of times at the sectional. He can't do that at the regional."
Dusten Lytle
School: Wawasee
Year in school: Senior
Place/score in sectional: Second/390.70
Best dive: Forward 2-1/2 sommersault, tuck position
Past postseason results: 20th at state and seventh at regional last year
Best dive/score at 2000 sectional: Not available
Wawasee swim coach Roger Karns: see below
Regg Beer
School: Wawasee
Year in school: Sophomore
Place/score in sectional: Fourth/336.40
Best dive: Back 1 sommersault with 1.5 twist
Past postseason results: Fifth at last year's sectional; did not advance
Best dive/score at 2000 sectional: Not available
Wawasee swim coach Roger Karns: "At the regional, they have to stay within themselves and be consistent and not force their dives. [[In-content Ad]]