Loukas advance to Olympic 3-meter springboard diving final

Your Scoop crew:

Dustin Dopirak Email | Twitter
Andy Graham Email | Twitter
Jeremy Price Email | Twitter
Pat Beane, H-T sports editor Email | Twitter
Chris Howell, H-T photographer Email

Scoop Poll:

How will IU fare in the Big Ten Tournament?
- Win the tournament (67%, 167 Votes)
- Lose in Sunday's final (16%, 39 Votes)
- Lose in Saturday's semifinals (15%, 37 Votes)
- Lose in Friday's quarterfinals (2%, 8 Votes)
Total Voters: 251
Loading ...

Scoop Archives

IU sports links

Big Ten newspapers

Loukas advance to Olympic 3-meter springboard diving final

Comments Off by Dustin Dopirak | Saturday, August 4, 2012 - 8:45 pm UTC

Former Indiana diver Christina Loukas has advanced to the finals of 3-meter springboard diving in the Olympics. The IU release follows.

IU’s Loukas Through to Olympic Diving Final

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Former Indiana University diver and 2009 NCAA Champion Christina Loukas is through to the final round of the women’s 3-meter springboard competition after a solid semifinal performance at the Aquatics Centre Saturday in London.

With the top-12 individuals advancing to Sunday’s final, Loukas was comfortably through with a score of 339.75, placing her sixth in the field. Both Americans will compete for a medal Sunday as Loukas’ teammate Cassidy Krug qualified fifth with 345.60 points.

China’s Wu Minxia was the top qualifier Saturday (394.40), followed by Italy’s Tania Cagnotto (362.10) and China’s He Zi (354.50). Scores from the semifinals do not carry over.

This is the second-straight Olympics that Loukas has advanced to the 3-meter springboard final. As an IU student in 2008 she competed for Team USA in Beijing, finishing ninth. Upon her return from the 2008 Games, Loukas went on to win the 2009 NCAA title on the 3-meter springboard and was named the NCAA Diver of the Year.

Share the Scoop!

Related content: Read more in Just sayin'

• Live Chat, 11 a.m.

• Indiana rated No. 15 in most polls

• Notes on disconnected topics from conversations with Fred Glass

• Live Chat, 11 a.m.

• St. Louis Dispatch: Big Ten payout increases to $25.7 million

Comments are closed.

RSS feed

Comments

Facebook

Twitter

YouTube

Today @ HoosiersHQ.com

Prized basketball recruit Pinson to announce decision WednesdayIndiana has invested more time and energy into recruiting Theo Pinson than any other player in the Class of 2014. This afternoon, the Hoosiers will find out whether or not it was worth it.
Hoosiers not looking past Big Ten tournamentTracy Smith calls his team "a funny group to read," but he's pretty sure his players get that this week still matters.

Recent comments on The Scoop

Ron on "Hoosiers waiting to learn if investment in Pinson's recruitment will pay off"Right. I had forgotten the dry adiabatic lapse rate thing. Guess I'll take a jacket. Given the height and the mountain peaks, do you think the Venture effect will kick in?
Podunker on "Theo Pinson takes North Carolina over Indiana"Well I hate moral victories, but it does say something about IU and Tom Crean that it came down to IU and UNC. It would have been really tough for this young man to leave his home state. There was just enormous inertia keeping the young man local.
Chet on "Hoosiers waiting to learn if investment in Pinson's recruitment will pay off"Ron, better than it being "a dry heat" from checking the map it appears Springerville is at around 7,000 feet. Using the dry adiabatic lapse rate you can figure about 2 degrees C. cooler per 1000 feet above sea level. That's quite a bit. It's a nice area.
TJ on "Theo Pinson takes North Carolina over Indiana"It wasn's JUST staying home BUT also competition from within State ; BOTH NC State and Duke have had good recruiting classes ( well above good) Purdue isnt offering IN state competition on the floor ..So it came down to IU vs NC +NC STATE+ DUKE+ staying home
TsaoTsuG on "Hoosiers waiting to learn if investment in Pinson's recruitment will pay off"Dustin, basically agree though I think a journalist can always find a way to relay the source's legitimacy and protect the identity while making the reader aware that it is a reliable source close enough to have information on the subject at issue. (i.e. A source close to the recruitment
coachv on "Theo Pinson takes North Carolina over Indiana"I guess aruss' sources ARE peccable.
Podunker on "Hoosiers waiting to learn if investment in Pinson's recruitment will pay off"Aruss, you must be too busy wiping all the egg off your face to have written your apology post to DD. Either that or you're busy calling/emailing your sources to let them know that they've helped make you look bad. Hey, just razzing you a little bit.

@ IUHOOSIERS.COM:

Varsity Club. 2013 Tailgate Tour Opens in Fort Wayne -

Photo Gallery ...»

M. Soccer. 2013 Tailgate Tour Opens in Fort Wayne -

Photo Gallery ...»

@ IDS HOOSIER HYPE:

Indy 500 Pole Day press conferences - Following Saturday’s Pole Day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Ed Carpenter, Marco Andretti and Carlos Munoz addressed the media. Carpenter, an Indianapolis native who ...»

Hoosiers capture first outright Big Ten title since 1932 - COLUMBUS, Ohio — A night after needing a late-inning comeback to beat Ohio State and capture a share of the Big Ten regular season title, the IU baseball team wanted to ...»

@ PEEGS/INSIDE INDIANA:

Florida wideout being heavily recruited - Kenric Young from Gainesville (FL) Gainesville H.S. has offers from Indiana, Nebraska, Minnesota, Purdue, Maryland, Georgia Tech, N.C. ...»

Plenty of options remain for IU in 2014 - What's next? The short answer: Plenty of prospects for Indiana. Even though IU didn't land forward Theo Pinson, he was merely part of a group ...»

@ INSIDE THE HALL:

Pinson opts to stay close to home, play for UNC - HIGH POINT, N.C. — Home — or closer to home — was where Theo Pinson’s heart was. It was the draw of playing closer to home that led Pinson, a 5-star recruit in ...»

Five-star wing Theo Pinson commits to North Carolina - In the end, the chance to play close to home for one of the nation’s top programs was too much for Theo Pinson to turn down. The class of 2014 wing, rated a consensus ...»

@ HOOSIER NATION:

Seventy-Seven Players Apply For NBA Draft - The NBA announced that 77 players, including 46 players from U.S. colleges and 31 international players, have filed as early entry candidates for the 2013 NBA Draft. Players ...»

Gordon no stranger to expectations - Eron Gordon has a high ceiling for his basketball future, but the pressure is even higher. The high school freshman comes from a family of basketball success. The youngest Gordon ...»

@ THE CRIMSON QUARRY:

Theo Pinson Rejects Indiana: What Now? ...»

Top Target Theo Pinson to Decide Today at 12:15 ...»

Upcoming IU sports events: