Rising Blue Devil junior Nick McCrory earned 458.50 points on six dives to finish seventh in the 10-meter platform diving semifinals on Saturday at the FINA World Championships in Shanghai, China.
McCrory, the two-time defending NCAA platform diving champion, advances to Sunday's finals with his top-12 finish. He will be joined by fellow American, and 10-meter synchronized platform teammate, David Boudia, who placed fourth in the semifinals with 486.30 points.
Chinese diver Bo Qiu ran away with the top score in the semifinal with 579.55, almost 80 points past German Sascha Klein's score of 502.85. Earlier in the week, Qiu, along with partner Liang Huo, won the 10-meter synchronized diving competition.
Sunday's 10-meter platform finals will close the diving portion of the World Championships. McCrory will dive sixth—the start list is determined by the inverse of the semifinal results—and Boudia will dive ninth.
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