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2012 U.S. Dive Trials - Men | David Bonuchi | | | Birthdate: May 22, 1992 | | Hometown: Columbia, MO | | Personal: Son of Jim and Kathy Bonuchi; has two brothers, James and Daniel…enjoys cars and snowboarding ... also likes clothes and hopes to become a model ... is active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ... loves a good joke ... favorite dive is a 305C ... started diving in 2003. | | Full Bio | | | | David Boudia |  | | Birthdate: April 24, 1989 | | Hometown: Noblesville, IN | | Personal: Son of Jim and Sheilagh Boudia … has two sisters, Shaila and Shauni ... enjoys anything competitive (football, basketball, soccer, etc.), reading, video games, and hanging out with friends … has been diving since 2000 … Had been coached by Olympic coach John Wingfield up until going to Purdue in the fall of 2008 ... goal is to win an Olympic gold medal … favorite dive is 207B or 5255B. | | Full Bio | | | | | Chris Colwill |  | | Birthdate: September 11, 1984 | | Hometown: Brandon, FL | | Personal: Son of Chuck and Debbie Colwill … is an only child ... is hearing impaired (has 60 percent hearing loss) and says it can be an advantage when competing ... listens to rock (prefers Linkin Park) … likes to play golf and watch TV … favorite shows are Lost, House, Friends and Family Guy ... started diving in 1990. | | Full Bio | | | | | | Troy Dumais
|  | Birthdate: January 21, 1980
| Hometown: Ventura, CA
| | Personal: Personal: Son of Marc and Kathleen Dumais … has three brothers – Justin (born 8/13/78), Brice (born 4/23/81) and Dwight (born 6/23/86), and one sister, Leanne (born 7/2/84) … All four siblings have also been divers, and Justin was on the 2004 Olympic team ... father was a professional French Canadian hockey player and tennis player … previously trained under coaches Van Austin, Tom Scotty and Jeff Shaffer … has also played football, hockey, tennis, basketball and baseball … enjoys cars, movies, working out and hanging out with friends ... career plans are to become a physical therapist … has been diving for 24 years … trains eight hours a day… has no favorite dives because he likes them all … listens to music, plays games and talks between dives during a contest. | Full Bio
| | | | Dashiell Enos
| | Birthdate: April 30, 1996
| | Hometown: Studio City, CA
| | Personal: Son of Mona and Larry Enos ... has one younger brother, Beckett ... started diving when he was 8 years old... trains seven hours a day, six days a week.
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| | | | | Thomas Finchum
|  | Birthdate: December 1, 1989
| Hometown: Indianopolis, IN
| Personal: Son of Thomas and Audrey Finchum ... Comes from an athletic family ... His dad is a high school athletic director and basketball coach ... his brother, Luke (2-11-83), was a catcher on the baseball team at Concordia University Wisconsin and now coaches a high school JV baseball team ... his sister, Lindsay (12-24-84), is a former level 10 gymnast and Indiana state champion ... Thomas’s paternal grandmother, Barbara Whiteside (a former city parks diver), noticed him jumping off houseboats on family trips, gave him some pointers and encouraged the family to sign him up for formal diving lessons ... now trains six hours a day, six days a week ... He enjoys music, computers and movies.
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| | | Aaron Fleshner
| | Birthdate: June 24, 1988
| | Hometown: Spring, TX
| | Personal: Son of Michael and Mary Ann Fleshner … his hobbies include computers, diving, and spending time with his friends … his ultimate goal is to make it to the Olympics and then eventually open his own computer business … started diving in 2002…favorite dive is 307B …favorite diver is Ken Terauchi.
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| | | | | Michael Hixon
| | Birthdate: July 16, 1994
| | Hometown: Amherst, MA
| | Personal: Son of Mandy and David Hixon ... has an older brother, Matthew ... started diving when he was 7 years old ... his mom dove at Ohio State and is the diving coach at the University of Massachusetts ... dad is the basketball coach at Amherst College ... his favorite movie is Boondock Saints... enjoys basketball, golf, running and biking ... would like to be a diving coach when he is older.
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| | | | | Kristian Ipsen
|  | Birthdate: October 20, 1992
| Hometown: Clayton, CA
| Personal: Son of Kent and Yvette Ipsen… has a younger sister, Lauren … has been diving since 1998 ... has been featured in Sports Illustrated’s Faces in the Crowd … at age 8, became the youngest diver to final on all three boards at the Junior National Championships and later became the youngest diver to win a junior national title ... enjoys hanging out with friends ... in the summer, he also works at his family’s restaurants (Skipolini’s Pizza)... has signed a letter of intent to dive for Stanford University.
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| | | | | | Steele Johnson
| | Birthdate: June 16, 1996
| | Hometown: Carmel, IN
| | Personal: Son of Bill and Jill Johnson... has an older brother and a younger sister ... started diving when he was 7 years old... enjoys singing and is actively involved in his church ... performed in a professional theater at age 7 ... favorite food is cheeseburgers ... his favorite TV show is Tosh.O ... trains six hours a day, six days a week ... his dad played baseball at Sam Houston State and his mom was a professional singer and actress.
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| | | | | Drew Livingston
|  | Birthdate: July 15, 1990
| Hometown: The Woodlands, TX
| Personal: Son of Robert and Janine Livingston … has an older sister, Jessica, who was also a U.S. national team diver ... started diving in 1996 … enjoys playing the electric guitar and Xbox 360 ... is a big sports fan ... has also played include basketball, soccer & baseball … in between dives, he tries to keep his mind off the competition and listens to music ... his college coach, 1992 Olympian Matt Scoggin, is his role model because “When he failed his 207c in the ‘92 Games, he got right back up on 10-meter, finished his list and never let it shake him.”
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| | | | | | Nick McCrory
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| Birthdate: August 9, 1991
| Hometown: Chapel Hill, NC
| Personal: Son of Doug and Ana McCrory … His uncle, Gordon Downie, won a bronze medal in swimming at the 1976 Olympics for Great Britain (800-meter free relay) ... Would like to become a doctor, like his father ... Is active in the Little People of America with his younger brother Lucas ... Says he is arachnophobic, ambitious and level-headed ... Likes to eat sushi, Chinese food and original glazed Krispy Kreme doughnuts (but only if they are hot)...Enjoys reading, music and driving ... Started diving in 1998 ... Favorite diver is Lin Yue.
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| | | | | | Toby Stanley
| | Birthdate: April 9, 1992
| | Hometown: Conway, AR
| | Personal: Son of Ronald and Mackey Stanley ... has two older siblings, Molly and Andy ... started diving at age 13 ... was a springboard diver until seeing a video of four-time Olympic gold medalist Greg Louganis diving platform and decided he wanted to do that (there were no platforms in his area, so until seeing that video, he did not know platform diving was a possibility) ... because there were no platforms near his hometown, he would drive five hours round trip once
a month to train on a tower for a few days, until moving to the National Training Center in Indianapolis in 2009 ... was a gymnast for seven years ... also plays clarinet.
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