The 2011 MN State Class AA Diving Competition was the epitome of attention to detail.
One would kind of expect to see the field being bunched up after Semifinals. Besides,
diving isn’t like swimming where you just do the same thing in Finals that you did to get
there. In high school championship diving you have a list of 11 dives you are going to
perform. You cannot repeat a dive and you have to pull some from all the major groups,
front, back, reverse, inward and twisting. There is a personal touch to a dive order.
Depending on the field competing, you may want to throw your better dives first to make
sure you get to finals, or you may save them to intimidate your opponents going into finals.
Basically, when you get to Finals, the places do not mean a whole lot as it is totally
dependent on who has what dive left to perform.
When Finals were over and the dust settled, or more appropriately the water calmed,
separation was not a bi-product of the competition. Medals are awarded to 1st through
8th place. While the top two spots were undisputed, a mere 1.2 points separated 4th
& 5th, 4.55 points between 4th,5th and 6th, and the difference between getting to walk
onto the podium and watch from the wings, 0.2 points. In fact, the difference between
7th (podium visit) and 12th place was a measly 16 points.
Judges rate the dives on a scale of 0 – 10. There are 7 judges and the two high
scores and two low scores are tossed out, the remaining three scores are added
together and then multiplied by the degree of difficulty of the dive (1.2 up to 3.4 or so
for 1 Meter diving) With final score totals averaging 351 points, the difference between
getting an extra half a point on a dive, (a 5.0 rather than a 4.5) on just a few of the dives
performed is the difference between watching and receiving.
All of the boys did their best, but there is always that what-if!
Winona Senior Co-Captain Justin Bublitz mixed up his list a little for State, rearranging
his list from what he did at Sections. After 8 dives he found himself in 11th place.
He left his one final Required dive, a Reverse dive ½ twist in layout position, his
Reverse 2 somersault in tuck position and his Inward 2 ½ somersault tuck for his final
three dives. Justin did all of them well, as did his competition, so he slid one spot to 12th
in the final standings. The key is that he missed the podium by just 9 points. It was a
quality performance against great competition, who can’t be satisfied with knowing
you left it all on the diving board and did your best?
Event 5 Boys 1 mtr Diving
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MN All-Time: 532.70 3/1/1997 Dan Croaston, Champlin Park
MN All-Time: 532.70 3/6/2010 Turner Eckstrom, Red Wing
MN Class AA: @ 526.20 3/8/2003 Shaun Kennedy, Brainerd
Name Year School Semis Finals
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Finals
1 Tyler Magalis 12 Farmington 324.25 461.35
2 Andrew Germain 12 Bengals 290.95 425.60
3 Sean Leverton 11 Bengals 273.55 387.20
4 Andres Villa 11 BloomKennedy 262.95 375.55
5 John Tellgren 12 Anoka 258.30 374.35
6 Conner Garrett 12 RJM 265.60 371.00
7 Britton Murrey 12 Brainerd 280.85 361.15
8 Evan Ostendorf 11 Lake So 237.35 356.35
9 Aaron Rooney 12 Alexandria 275.05 356.15
10 Liam Gibb 10 Stillwater 258.15 352.80
11 Justin Bublitz 12 WINA 246.60 347.15
12 Aaron Stinson 12 Trojans 239.45 345.15
13 Wyatt Johnson 11 Moorhead 245.45 332.65
14 Keith Krawza 10 Eagan 248.45 325.85
15 Blake Solberg 12 Buffalo 237.55 309.55
16 Dustin Gens 11 Watertown-Mayer 242.75 294.70
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