Woody's Diving Blog April 2008 Archive

The U.S. finished the first leg of the 2008 FINA World Series with one silver and three bronze medals. The event, which took place in Tijuana, Mexico, is the first ... Read More

Top U.S. junior divers will have the opportunity to compete at the 2008 British Elite Junior Diving Championships in a self-funded trip sponsored by USA Diving. The British championships, which ... Read More

Have you ever wondered how the U.S. stacks up against the world in diving? Now you can find out with the FINA Diving World Rankings. The rankings only take into ... Read More

Nancilea Foster is riding high heading to the U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Diving. The 24 year-old Texas native captured her fourth national title at the 2008 Speedo USA Diving ... Read More

David Boudia (Noblesville, Ind.) and Thomas Finchum (Indianapolis) finished 1-2 for the sixth time in a row in a major national platform competition, with Boudia coming out the victor at ... Read More

Between them, they have won 44 national titles and have participated in two Olympics Games, and they did not disappoint this week as Troy Dumais (Ventura, Calif.) and Laura Wilkinson ... Read More

David Boudia (Noblesville, Ind.) and Thomas Finchum (Indianapolis, Ind.) successfully defended their synchronized 10-meter platform title and claimed their fifth national title as a team in the synchronized 10-meter platform ... Read More

Chris Colwill (Brandon, Fla.) and Jevon Tarantino (Boca Raton, Fla.) won the synchronized springboard national title for the for the second consecutive year, and Laura Wilkinson (Spring, Texas) and Jessica ... Read More

Victoria Ishimatsu (Seal Beach, Calif.) and Ryan Helms (Moultrie, Ga.) each captured their first national championship with wins on the one-meter springboard during the first day of competition at the ... Read More

With the passing of Mike Lyden, the diving community has the opportunity to contribute to a memorial fund set up by Wildcat Aquatics to help Mike’s family. Wildcat Aquatics is ... Read More

Acclaimed University of Kentucky Diving Coach Mike Lyden succumbed to a 2 1/2 year battle against lung cancer Friday, April 11 in Lexington, Ky. Lyden, who concluded his 15th year ... Read More

Divers will compete for 10 national championships at the Speedo USA Diving Spring National Diving Championships, beginning on April 16 at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minn. This ... Read More

Abby Johnston (Upper Arlington, Ohio) and Mary Yarrison (Springfield, Va.) finished third in women's synchronized 3-meter competition at the FINA Grand Prix meet in Moscow. The duo earned a bronze ... Read More

The United States will send four divers to the Spring Swallows FINA Grand Prix meet in Moscow from April 10-13. Among the four is two-time Olympian Mark Ruiz (Orlando, Fla.), ... Read More

FINA, the International Governing Body for Aquatics, has awarded the 2010 FINA World Junior Diving Championships to Tucson, Arizona. The championships will take place at the Hillenbrand Aquatic Center at ... Read More

The European Swimming and Diving Championships took place in March at the Tongelreep National Swimming Centre in The Netherlands. It was not surprising that Russian veterans Dmitri Sautin and Yulia ... Read More