About Summer:
Eight times Summer had finished in the top three but had yet to grace the top of the podium at a national championship event, until 2012 that is. She finally broke through and won her first national title at the 2012 USA Diving Winter National Diving Championships. Now granted that it was on one-meter and that won't get her to a big event like say, the Olympics, but if she can break through on one-meter then maybe three-meter is not far behind.
And what a great year to break out of the pack. Maybe Summer can design her own suit and those of the Olympic Team memebers?
Age:
31 (August 1, 1980)
Hometown:
Troy, Mich.
Education:
University of Texas - Kinesiology
Club Team:
Legacy Diving
Training Residence:
Lancing, Mich.
Coach:
Buck Smith
National Team Member:
2009-10, 2012
Personal Highlights:
- Daughter of Mark and Carol Mitchell
- Has two younger siblings, Holly and Melody
- Married to David Allman
- Operates her own business, Summer Suits, in which she designs and makes bathing suits
- Favorite diver is Yulia Pakhalina
Career Highlights:
- 2012 U.S. Olympic Diving Trials: 3M - 6th, 3M Synchro - 3rd (Amanda Burke)
- 2012 USA Diving Winter National Diving Championships: 1M - 1st, 3M - 6th, 3M Synchro - 3rd (Amanda Burke)
- 2011 AT&T National Diving Championships: 1M - 16th, 3M - 2nd, 3M Synchro - 2nd (Amanda Burke)
- 2011 USA Diving Winter National Diving Championships: 1M - 10th, 3M - 3rd, 3M Synchro - 5th (Bianca Alvarez)
- 2010 AT&T National Diving Championships: 1M - 2nd, 3M - 4th, 3M Synchro - 2nd (Bianca Alvarez)
- 2010 Canada Cup: 3M - 8th
- 2010 USA Diving Winter National Diving Championships: 1M - 7th, 3M - 6th
- 2009 AT&T National Diving Championships: 1M - 5th, 3M - 3rd
- 2009 AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix: 3M - 14th
- 2009 Speedo USA Diving Spring National Diving Championships: 1M - 8th, 3M - 23rd
- 2008 Kaiser Permanente National Diving Championships: 1M - 9th, 3M - 4th
- 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials: 3M - 12th
- 2008 Speedo USA Diving Spring National Diving Championships: 1M - 12th, 3M - 6th
- 2007 Kaiser Permanente National Diving Championships: 3M - 34th
- 2007 Speedo USA Diving Spring National Diving Championships: 1M - 6th, 3M - 7th, 3M Synchro - 6th (Bianca Alvarez)
- 2005 U.S. Senior National Diving Championships: 3M - 7th
- 2004 Speedo National Diving Championships: 1M - 3rd, 3M 22nd
- 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials: 3M - 13th
- 2004 World Cup Trials: 3M - 10th
- 2003 Speedo National Diving Championships: 1M - 7th, 3M - 11th
- 2003 Speedo FINA Grand Prix: 3M - 21st
- 2003 World Championships Trials: 3M - 7th
- 2002 Speedo National Diving Championships: 1M - 6th, 3M - 8th, 3M Synchro - 5th (Harzell)
- 2002 World Cup Trials: 3M - 8th
- 2001 U.S. National Outdoor Diving Championships: 1M - 11th, 3M - 21st, 3M Synchro - 3rd (Weiden)
- 2001 U.S. National Indoor Diving Championships: 1M - 11th, 3M - 8th
- Two-time NCAA All-American at Michigan State University
Source: USADiving.org, DiveMeets.com, Legacy Diving