Blue Devils open competition at World Championships

Blue Devils Nick McCrory and Abby Johnston took their first dives on Sunday at the World Championships in Shanghai, China.

McCrory and his partner, David Boudia, finished fifth overall in the 10-meter platform competition with a score of 420.69, almost sixty points behind Chinese winners Qiu Bo and Huo Liang. The American pair was in second place after the preliminaries, but a mistake on their fifth dive in the finals, a three-and-a-half back pike, cost them a spot on the medal podium.

Johnston earned 282.40 points with her five preliminary dives in the 1-meter springboard, putting her in fourth place heading into the finals. Her point total put her just .05 points behind Australian third-place finisher Sharleen Stratton of Australia and 24 points behind Chinese top finisher Han Wang.

Johnton will return to the pool on Tuesday for the 1-meter springboard finals and McCrory will compete over the weekend in the 10-meter platform event.