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OMG Chris Colwill!! Here is a pic from the USA Diving page on Facebook of Chris Colwill, back from the 2009 FINA World Championships and signing autographs in Moultrie, GA for USA Diving Age Group Nationals.

Summer Age Group Nationals started this morning, and runs through August 7th. You can check live results on DiveMeets.com.

Become a fan of USA Diving on Facebook for more photos and updates.

This photo, from the 2009 FINA Opening Ceremonies photo gallery on Universal Sports, shows yet another creepy artistic interpretation of sports. Is it the ghost of swimming past? A loose fitting conservative cut maillot with no polyurethane panels!

And here comes USA diver, Chris Colwill, carrying the American flag–wait a minute… where is everybody? Did the swimmers forget to tell the divers that they were planning on skipping the opening ceremonies?

Related: World Championships Flag Bearer: Get A Diver To Do It
Related: Photo: World University Games Opening Ceremony

Photos of the Men’s 1m springboard competition from the 2009 FINA World Championships in Rome revealed some interesting freeze-frame expressions from the world’s best divers! Check out the photos by AP Photo posted on DayLife.com.

Seriously guys? Yikes!

Nine divers have been selected to the 2009 FINA World Championships Team.

The team members were hand-picked following a four-day selection camp held at Ohio State University. Although the camp included a meet format, results from the meet did not guarantee a spot on the team. Synchronized teams will be selected in May.

Six former Olympians were among the divers chosen. Troy Dumais will dive men’s 3-meter. Chris Colwill will join Dumais on 3-meter and will also compete 1-meter. Christina Loukas will dive 1-meter and 3-meter, and Ariel Rittenhouse will join Loukas on women

DiveMeet.com has released some early results from the “meet” associated with the U.S. World Diving Team Selection Camp. As a reminder, I put “meet” in quotes, because the winner of the events does not automatically receive a spot on the World Team. The format is being used to evaluate the divers’ consistency across several lists, performance (of course), as well as degree of difficulty.

There are some ups and downs to this format. As far as our World Team selection is concerned, we are more likely to get the best, most consistent divers to represent our country. On the other hand, this format makes it much more difficult for an up-and-coming athlete to break into the international scene. In swimming, where team selection is made by time, athletes have an opportunity to make the team by having a single great meet or swim. The down side? If athletes are shaved and tapered to qualify for the team, there’s no guarantee they will be in the same shape for the actual championships.

Highlights:
Christina Loukas, from Indiana University, was in the top 3 for all three 1m lists.
David Boudia, from Purdue University, had the high score for all 4 rounds of men’s 3m with 477.95 coming in the 3rd round.
Ariel Rittenhouse (Trojan Dive Club), and Christina Loukas traded off 1st and 2nd place performances in 3 straight rounds of women’s 3m.
Christopher Colwill, from Georgia Diving Club, was clearly dominant on men’s 1m, winning 2 of the 3 rounds and getting 2nd in the other.
Haley Ishimatsu (age 16, from Trojan Dive Club) won both rounds of women’s platform, while Nick McCrory and Thomas Finchum showed great consistency by staying in the top 3 for both platform lists.

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Source: DiveMeet.com