2008 U.S National Diving Team Member Kelci Bryant

Birthdate:

January 15, 1989

Birthplace:

Springfield, Ill.

Hometown:

Chatham, Ill.

Current Residence:

Carmel, Ind.

Education:

Keystone National High School (home school)

Club Team:

Unattached

Trains:

Indianapolis, Ind.

Coach:

Wenbo Chen

National Team Member:

2005-2008

Highlights:

Personal

• Daughter of Randy and Kathie Bryant
• Has two sisters, Katie Beth and Kara, and two brothers, Kevin and Steve
• Katie Beth was a five-time national champion diver
• All four of her siblings are or were college athletes
• Katie Beth dove at Miami, Kevin played baseball at Morehead State, Kara swam at Milliken, and Steve plays baseball at Rend Lake College
• Kelci has never trained for diving in her hometown (Springfield, Ill.)
• Started diving in 1997, when she trained in St. Louis (100 miles away), then trained at Illinois State (60 miles away), then at Purdue (200 miles) and is now at the National Training Center in Indianapolis
• She started homeschooling in order to have more time to train
• Goal is to go to the Olympics
• Favorite dive is a 205B
• Between dives, she listens to music, reads or visualizes her dives
• Enjoys reading, writing and playing Scrabble
• Collects turtles
• Current synchro partner is Ariel Rittenhouse.

Career

• 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Member
• 2008 FINA Diving World Cup Three-meter Synchro Bronze Medalist
• 2007 International CAMO Invitational Synchro Gold Medalist
• 2007 Pan American Games Three-meter Synchro Silver Medalist
• 2007 Pan American Games Three-meter Bronze Medalist
• 2007 FINA Italian Grand Prix Three-meter Synchro Bronze Medalist
• 2007 Speedo USA Diving Spring National Championships Three-meter Silver Medalist
• 2007 Speedo USA Diving Spring National Championships Three-meter Synchro Fifth Place Finish
• 2007 Kaiser Permanente National Championships Three-meter Sixth Place Finish
• 2007 Kaiser Permanente National Championships Three-meter Synchro Gold Medalist
• 2006 FINA Canada Cup Three-meter Synchro Silver Medalist
• 2006 FINA Diving World Cup (Changshu, China) Three-meter Synchro Silver Medalist
• 2006 FINA Grand Prix Super Final (Mexico) Three-meter Synchro Gold Medalist
• 2006 Speedo U.S. Open Three-meter Gold Medalist
• 2006 Speedo U.S. Open Three-meter Synchro Gold Medalist
• 2006 Kaiser Permanente National Diving Championships Three-meter Synchro Silver Medalist
• 2005 FINA Diving Grand Prix (Fort Lauderdale) Three-meter Fifth Place Finish
• 2005 U.S. Open Three-meter Eighth Place Finish
• 2005 U.S. Open Three-meter Synchro Bronze Medalist
• 2005 Speedo National Diving Championships Three-meter Gold Medalist

Source: USADiving.org