Diver Mark Anderson of El Toro and the Mission Viejo Nadadores has reached the semifinals of the 10-meter platform at the U.S. Olympic Diving Trials in Federal Way, Washington.

The senior-to-be finished 18th in prelims to claim the final spot in the semifinals with a six-dive score of 288.35.

Anderson earned as high as 6.5′s on three of his dives but dipped into the 4.0′s on three others, including his last two dives.

Former Santa Margarita diver Conor Murphy narrowly semifinals with a 19th-place finish while Cole Young of Long Beach-based McCormick Divers was 17th. He is a graduate student at UC Irvine.

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