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Rosendahl Grabs Bronze for Team USA at Bolzano FINA Grand Prix
7/11/2018 5:04:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving
BOLZANO, Italy — Northwestern diver Olivia Rosendahl helped Team USA to a bronze medal on Sunday, July 8, at the Bolzano FINA Gran Prix by placing third in the 10-meter synchro with teammate Katrina Young.
Rosendahl and Young began their competition for 243.78 points at fifth place following a reverse ½ pike for 42.00 points. The pair jumped up to second in the second round on a back half pike, which scored for 44.40 points, before slipping to third in the next round on an inward 3 ½ tuck for 50.88 points. Despite sliding down to fifth place in the fourth round on a missed front 3 ½ pike, the pair climbed back up to third in the final on a back 2 ½ somersaults with 1 ½ twists for 62.40 points.
Team USA finished the Bolzano FINA Grand Prix with eight medals: one gold medal, two silver medals and six bronze medals. The team will travel to Madrid, Spain where it will compete July 13-15 in the Madrid FINA Grand Prix.
Rosendahl will be a senior in the fall of 2018. The Los Angeles, California, native is a back-to-back national champion from the platform. In 2018, she became Northwestern's first-ever Big Ten Diver of the Year.
Rosendahl and Young began their competition for 243.78 points at fifth place following a reverse ½ pike for 42.00 points. The pair jumped up to second in the second round on a back half pike, which scored for 44.40 points, before slipping to third in the next round on an inward 3 ½ tuck for 50.88 points. Despite sliding down to fifth place in the fourth round on a missed front 3 ½ pike, the pair climbed back up to third in the final on a back 2 ½ somersaults with 1 ½ twists for 62.40 points.
Team USA finished the Bolzano FINA Grand Prix with eight medals: one gold medal, two silver medals and six bronze medals. The team will travel to Madrid, Spain where it will compete July 13-15 in the Madrid FINA Grand Prix.
Rosendahl will be a senior in the fall of 2018. The Los Angeles, California, native is a back-to-back national champion from the platform. In 2018, she became Northwestern's first-ever Big Ten Diver of the Year.
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