2008 U.S Olympic Diver Kelci Bryant

Birthdate:

January 15, 1989

Birthplace:

Springfield, Ill.

Hometown:

Chatham, Ill.

Current Residence:

Coral Gables, Fla.

Education:

Keystone National High School (home school)

Club Team:

Unattached

Trains:

Indianapolis, Ind.

Coach:

John Wingfield

National Team Member:

2005-2009

Career 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), followed by the National Training Center in Indianapolis, and is now a freshman at the University of Miami
• 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

• 2009 FINA World Championships 3M Synchro 6th Place Finish
• 2009 AT&T National Diving Championships 3M Gold Medalist
• 2008 Olympic Games Springboard Synchro 4th Place Finish
• 2008 FINA Diving World Cup 3M Synchro Bronze Medalist
• 2007 International CAMO Invitational 3M Synchro Gold Medalist
• 2007 Pan American Games 3M Synchro Silver Medalist
• 2007 Pan American Games 3M Bronze Medalist
• 2007 FINA Italian Grand Prix 3M Synchro Bronze Medalist
• 2007 Speedo USA Diving Spring National Championships 3M Silver Medalist
• 2007 Speedo USA Diving Spring National Championships 3M Synchro 5th Place Finish
• 2007 Kaiser Permanente National Championships 3M 6th Place Finish
• 2007 Kaiser Permanente National Championships 3M Synchro Gold Medalist
• 2006 FINA Canada Cup 3M Synchro Silver Medalist
• 2006 FINA Diving World Cup (Changshu, China) 3M Synchro Silver Medalist
• 2006 FINA Grand Prix Super Final (Mexico) 3M Synchro Gold Medalist
• 2006 Speedo U.S. Open 3M Gold Medalist
• 2006 Speedo U.S. Open 3M Synchro Gold Medalist
• 2006 Kaiser Permanente National Diving Championships 3M Synchro Silver Medalist
• 2005 FINA Diving Grand Prix (Fort Lauderdale) 3M 5th Place Finish
• 2005 U.S. Open 3M 8th Place Finish
• 2005 U.S. Open 3M Synchro Bronze Medalist
• 2005 Speedo National Diving Championships 3M Gold Medalist

Source: USADiving.org