Dumais wins another diving title

Three more Olympians will head to Beijing with another national title on their resumes while a 2004 Olympian closed out her career with her first individual title.

Troy Dumais of Ventura earned four 10s on his front two and a half with two twists to cruise to his 26th national title at the National Diving Championships in Pasadena Sunday. He finished with 521.90 points.

Olympians Chris Colwill and Jevon Tarantino won their third 3-meter synchro title with 433.44 points.

And Cassandra Cardinell, a 2004 Olympian, capped her career with her first individual national title, edging out three-time Olympian Laura Wilkinson, 335.45-328.40. Wilkinson, in fact, was leading heading into the final round and with her difficult back two and a half with two and a half twists still to come. But she scored mostly 6 and 6.5. Cardinell then had her turn and nailed her back two and a half with one and a half twists for 83.30 points, enough to push her past Wilkinson. Read more about it from Jordan Schultz's report.

Photo: Troy Dumais performs in the men's 3-meter springboard final at the National Diving Championships at the Rose Bowl Aquatics Center. Credit: Gus Ruelas / Associated Press