Future Cyclone Competes at Junior Nationals

AMES, Iowa – Future Iowa State diver Elyse Brouillette competed in the USA Diving Junior West National Championships last Friday-Sunday in Oklahoma City. The meet is the highlight of the junior diving circuit’s winter/spring calendar.

Brouillette competed on 1-meter and 3-meter, finishing 27th on 1-meter with a 10-dive score of 350.60, which was highlighted by a 46.80 on her inward 1 ½ somersault pike. On 3-meter, the Omaha, Neb. native finished 25th with a five-dive score of 207.90, the high point being a 50.40 on a back 2 ½ somersault tuck.

To get into the competition, Brouillette needed to earn a top-six finish on both 1-meter and 3-meter at the USA Diving Spring Region 5 Championships on March 3-4. The future Cyclone had an advantage though as the meet was held in her soon-to-be new home of Ames at Iowa State's Beyer Pool. Brouillette punched her ticket to Oklahoma City with a fourth-place 415.25 on 3-meter and a sixth-place 374.95 on 1-meter.

Brouillette placed in the top-six on the 1-meter, 3-meter and platform board at the 2010 AAU Diving National Championships and was a 2011 USA Diving Spring Junior West Championships participant on the 3-meter board. She placed 14th in the 16-18 year-old division on the 3-meter board at the 2011 USA Diving Age Group National Championships and 15th at the 2011 Junior National Diving Championships.