Texas
Texas All-America sophomore Murphy Bromberg assumed the lead midway through the competition and cruised to victory in the women’s platform finals Saturday on the final day of the UT Diving Invite at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.
Bromberg (Bexley, Ohio) trailed Arizona State’s Mara Aiacoboae through two of the event’s five rounds before taking the lead by way of her armstand dive with three somersaults that netted 80.85 points.
Bromberg stretched her lead with 83.2 points on her fourth dive, an inward three-and-a-half somersault and put away the win with her final dive, a back two-and-a-half somersault with one-and-a-half twists that went for 81.6 points. Bromberg claimed the platform title with 360.7 points.
UT All-America senior Emma Ivory-Ganja, the 2014 NCAA runner-up on platform, took second place in Saturday’s finals with 310.50 points. Junior Kristina Hoffmann took eighth place with 198.5 points.
Texas All-America sophomore Mark Anderson led for nearly the duration of the meet and claimed victory in the men’s platform finals Saturday on the final day of the UT Diving Invite at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.
Hawaii’s Amund Gismervik held a narrow lead after the first round, but Anderson hit his second dive, a four-and-a-half somersault, for 77.7 points and led the meet from that point forward.
The runner-up on platform at the U.S. National Championships went on to hit his armstand dive for 72 points to stretch his lead. Anderson closed out his victory with a two-and-a-half somersault with one-and-a-half twists for 81.6 points, as he finished with 441.75 points. Hawaii’s Gismervik settled for second at 424.20.
Anderson’s performance fell a fraction shy of his 442.9-point performance from the U.S. National Championships. The Californian was the only Longhorn competing in Saturday’s platform finals.
TCU
At the UT Diving Invite, senior Curtis Muller recorded a seventh-place finish in the platform dive. He placed with a time of 255.85. It was the first time this season TCU has competed in the platform dive.
