Tyler Dominates 10-Meter; O'Meara Wins 1-Meter on Day 3 of 2026 National Championships

MORGANTOWN, W.V. --  Carson Tyler (Johansen Diving Academy) won men's 10-meter and Margo O’Meara (Miami Diving) won women's 1-meter Sunday at the 2026 USA Diving National Championships.   
 

Tyler won his first individual 10-meter national title with 961.80 points, more than 90 points ahead of silver medalist Josh Hedberg (Johansen Diving Academy). Hedberg scored 871.50 points for silver, with bronze going to Tyler Wills (Purdue Diving) at 851.10. 

O’Meara won her second straight 1-meter title with 552.15 points after also claiming gold at the 2025 winter nationals. Kristen Hayden (RipFest) claimed silver for the second day in a row with 515.70 points on 1-meter a day after placing second on 3-meter. Sophie Verzyl (RipFest), who won the 3-meter title, took the 1-meter bronze at 499.05 points. 
 
Although Tyler dominated the 10-meter contest, it wasn’t nearly as close in the preliminary. He led by just 0.4 points heading into the final, with scores from the prelims carrying over.  

"I knew it was a really close contest (heading into the final), and I knew it would be a challenge to kind of stay neutral and kind of forget about the score and how close it was and just focus on executing. It all came together in the end," Tyler said.  

It resulted in a personal best. After scoring 445.55 in the preliminary, Tyler scored 516.25 points in the final, improving on his previous best of 515.75 at the 2024 NCAA Championships. 

"The only other time I got 500 points was at NCAAs. I think this was also a better list. I'm happy with this, and I think it's one of the best lists I've done," Tyler said. 
 
He opened the final with 90 points on his armstand double back somersault with 2 ½ twists. 

"That dive has been up and down. I've had good ones and bad ones in the past and to be able to start off with such a high scoring dive, it really gave me momentum and set me up for success," Tyler said. 

But the best was yet to come.  

Tyler scored more than 80 points on four other dives, including a reverse 3 ½ tuck that earned 98.60 points and received 10s from three judges in round four.  
 
“I think my gainer in round four was the highlight of my list, just because there were a lot of hits in that round from other competitors. I knew I needed a big one, so I had to really focus hard on that one,” Tyler said. 
 
Before Tyler’s 98.10-point dive in round four, Misha Andriyuk (Stanford Diving) scored 86.70 on his reverse 3 ½ tuck. Hedberg scored 95.40 points on a back 3 ½ pike and Wills came through for 84.15 points on a back 3 ½ tuck.  

O'Meara led by 11.7 points heading into the 1-meter final. She built her lead with a consistent performance in the final, scoring 52.90 points or higher on all five dives – highlighted by a reverse 1 ½ pike that earned 61.20. 
 
“Consistency was the key. I really love 1-meter. My coach just said, jump high and really do clean entries. In the final, I think, my reverse 1 ½ pike was pretty good, and my front was good, but honestly, while I think everything could definitely be a little better, all in all, everything was really solid,” O’Meara said.  
 
The win was made extra special by the opportunity to be coached once again by Nunzio Esposto, O’Meara’s undergraduate coach at Duke. Her coach at Miami, where she is pursuing a master’s degree, was coaching at the European Championships. 

"This was a really fun meet for me. My coach Dario DiFazio at Miami is at Europeans with a couple of my other teammates, so Nunzio Esposto, my undergrad coach at Duke, got to coach me here, and that was really fun for me," O'Meara said. 

The USA Diving National Championships continue through Tuesday, August 11. Monday's competition features preliminaries and finals in men's 3-meter synchro and women's 10-meter synchro.