March 28, 2004
Cameron Maxwell
Despite lacking energy and being tired, Emilie Heymans is still good enough to beat the rest of the divers in Canada on the 10-metre platform. Heymans, who admittedly is feeling the rigours of a tough road schedule so far this year, wasn't in top form yesterday at the winter senior Canadian diving championships at the Talisman Centre but she still left the competition in her wake after racking up 513.45 points.
Myriam Boileau of Montreal was second with 464.37 points, followed by Victoria's Tori Kennedy (454.59), who used to live in Calgary.
"I've had a really hard month because we've been away so much and with being tired, I couldn't really move during the competition. I didn't have that much energy but I guess I didn't need that much to be first," said Heymans, 22, of Greenfield Park, Que., who is ranked third in the world on platform.
The national team has competed in Athens, Greece, Russia and Madrid, Spain -- where Heymans won 10-metre gold -- over the last month or so before arriving in Calgary this week.
For the first few dives yesterday, Boileau and Heymans fought it out. Boileau came in leading her provincial rival by two points after the semifinal dives and had the lead after two dives. But on her fourth attempt, three somersaults from a handstand, Boileau didn't hit it and got just 37.44 points from the judges and Heymans pulled ahead for good.
Boileau, 26, returned to diving from back surgery which repaired two herniated discs which kept her out of diving for a year and a half.
"I had a couple of good dives but the rest were horrible," said Boileau, who is competing in her first nationals in three years.
The meet wraps us today with the men's 10-metre (2:10 p.m.) and the women's 3-metre finals (4:10 p.m.).
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