Indiana University Athletics
Roberts Places 10th in Three-Meter Springboard at Diving Nationals
8/5/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming and Diving
Aug. 5, 2006
INDIANAPOLIS - Rising Indiana junior Taylor Roberts finished 10th in the finals of the three-meter springboard at the 2006 Kaiser Permanente National Championships at the Indiana University Natatorium on the campus of IUPUI on Aug. 4.
Roberts, who was 18th after the preliminary/quarterfinal round and 12th after the semifinal round, improved his score as well as his place yet again. The Aurora, Colo., native turned in a score of 366.50 in the finals to lock up his 10th-place showing.
The Hoosiers in attendance combined to score 13 team points over the course of the four-day championships, good for a 13th-place tie in the team standings.
"We only took two guys this year, so we're hoping that next time we can take a full squad and compete for the team title," Indiana diving coach Dr. Jeff Huber said. "Taylor Roberts did an outstanding job. It was his first time at a senior national championship and he finished 10th in the three-meters. That was really good to see. He came off a good collegiate season and trained all summer and got better, so that's what we want to see."
2006 Kaiser Permanente National Championships
Day One (Aug. 2)
Three-Meter Preliminaries/Quarterfinals
18. Taylor Roberts 313.25
Three-Meter Semifinals
12. Taylor Roberts 340.70
Day Two (Aug. 3)
Platform Preliminaries/Quarterfinals
15. David Legler 241.05
Platform Semifinals
16. David Legler 274.60
Day Three (Aug. 4)
Three-Meter Final
10. Taylor Roberts 366.50
Day Four (Aug. 5)
No Indiana competitors
Individual High Point Award
24. Taylor Roberts 12
35. David Legler 1
Team Results
T13. Indiana Diving 13 points
