EDMONTON – Emilie Heymans and Eric Sehn reclaimed the Canadian titles on women’s three-metre springboard and men’s 10-metre respectively on Sunday to conclude the Summer Senior Nationals and Pan Am Games Trials diving competition.
Heymans, from St. Lambert, Que., earned 354.90 points for her first national championship gold in the event since the 2010 Winter Nationals.
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Jennifer Abel of Laval, Que., was second at 333.95. Montreal’s Melanie Rinaldi was third at 306.80.
The turning point for Heymans was in the third of five rounds in the final. She watched Abel miss her reverse dive then nailed hers for 9.0s and 9.5s.
“Jennifer dove right before me so I knew she had missed that dive,” said Heymans, a three-time Olympic medallist. “The reverse is my best dive but it is a very stressful dive and I was pleased with how I stayed composed and executed it really well under that pressure situation.”
On men’s tower, Sehn successfully defended his summer nationals crown, earning 492.60 points.
Victoria’s Riley McCormick was second at 483.30 and winter nationals champion Kevin Geyson of Winnipeg third at 434.15.
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