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Loukas Wins Silver in Spain
By Jennifer Lowery // United States Divign // June 11, 2007
MADRID, Spain – In their international debut as a synchro team, Christina Loukas (Riverwoods, Ill.) and Amanda Miller (Centreville, Va.) came through with a silver medal on Sunday, the last day of the FINA Grand Prix Comunidad de Madrid.
Indiana University's Loukas and Purdue's Miller teamed up for 290.70 points in the women’s 3-meter synchro contest to claim the silver behind China’s Li Ting and He Zi, who scored 308.70 points. The Italian team of Francesca Dallape and Noemi Batki were third at 278.10.
David Boudia (Noblesville, Ind.) and Thomas FInchum (Indianapolis, Ind.) competed in the men’s 10-meter semifinals, but neither advanced to the finals. They each finished fourth in their respective semis; only the top three from each semi move on. Boudia’s score of 428.90 ended up seventh overall, and Finchum’s 417.500 put him eighth in the finals standings. China’s Yang Liguang ended up with the gold with 514.15 points.
The U.S. concluded the Comunidad de Madrid with five medals. In addition to Sunday’s silver from Loukas and Miller, the U.S. also got a silver from Boudia and Finchum in men’s 10-meter synchro and from Mary Beth Dunnichay (Elwood, Ind.) and Haley Ishimatsu (Seal Beach, Calif.) in women’s 10-meter synchro. Chris Colwill (Brandon, Fla.) and Jevon Tarantino (Boca Raton, Fla.) won bronze in men’s 3-meter synchro, and Troy Dumais (Ventura, Calif.) took bronze in men’s 3-meter.
The U.S. team now heads to Rome for the Italian Grand Prix, which will be held June 15-17.
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