Athletes come to Federal Way to vie for a spot on U.S. Olympic Diving Team | Sports & Recreation

See some of the best divers in the country when they come to Federal Way, during the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in June.

Single-session tickets are now on sale for the trials, which will be held June 17-24 at Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center.

Here’s more about the event:

The trials are the final selection process for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Competition will include men’s and women’s individual 3-meter springboard and 10-meter platform, and men’s and women’s synchronized 3-meter springboard and 10-meter platform competition. 

Approximately 120 of the nation’s best divers are expected to vie for a spot on the 2012 U.S. Olympic Diving Team.  Notable participants are expected to include three-time Olympian Troy Dumais, 2011 World platform silver medalist David Boudia, and 2008 Olympians Kelci Bryant, Chris Colwill, Mary Beth Dunnichay, Thomas Finchum, Haley Ishimatsu and Christina Loukas. 

Woodinville’s Carrie Dragland, a U.S. National Team member currently training at the University of Miami, is qualified for the trials in the women’s 10-meter platform event and will return to the Pacific Northwest, where she learned the sport of diving.

Tickets are available at a variety of price points, ranging from $5 to $135.