Indiana University Athletics
Loukas Named to USA Diving 2009 World Championships Team
2/15/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving
Feb. 15, 2009
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Indiana University senior Christina Loukas was named to the USA Diving 2009 World Championship team, the organization announced. Loukas was selected to compete on the one-meter and three-meter springboard following a four-day selection camp held last week in Columbus, Ohio.
The 2009 FINA World Championships will take place July 18-25 in Rome, Italy.
Loukas was one of six 2008 Olympians selected to the World Championship team. Loukas and fellow Olympians Ariel Rittenhouse will represent the USA on the three-meter springboard, while Brittany Viola will join Loukas in the one-meter competition.
The athletes went through a grueling four-day selection camp last week to show their readiness for competition. Loukas performed her three-meter list four times in one day, finishing first once, second twice and third once. She also performed her one-meter list three times, finishing second twice and third once.
The World Championships team members will be required to demonstrate competitive readiness at the 2009 AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., May 7-9. Synchronized teams for the World Championships will be chosen at a selection camp in Ft. Lauderdale following the Grand Prix.
Loukas was not the only Indiana athlete to compete at the camp as sophomore Landon Marzullo and junior Amy Korthauer also performed. Marzullo finished as high as sixth in one of his four performances on the three-meter springboard. He also competed on the one-meter, placing fifth and seventh, and had a showing of fifth and sixth on the platform.
Korthauer competed only on the platform at the camp, with a pair of 10th-place finishes and two 11th-place showings.
Both Loukas and Korthauer return to championship action this weekend as they travel to Ann Arbor, Mich. for the Big Ten Women's Swimming and Diving Championships, Feb. 19-21 at Canham Natatorium.
USA Diving contributed to this report.
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