- Home: Chatham, IL
- Birthdate: 1/15/1989
Events 3-meter, synchronized 3-meter (with Ariel Rittenhouse)
Height 5'3"
Birthdate January 15, 1989
Birthplace Springfield, Ill.
Hometown Chatham, Ill.
Current Residence Carmel, Ind.
Education Keystone National High School (home school), ‘08
Club Unattached (National Training Center)
Trains Indianapolis, Ind.
Coach Wenbo Chen
National Team 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Career Highlights
National
2005 national champion on 1-meter, 3-meter
2006 Speedo U.S. Open - gold medalist on 1-meter, 3-meter, synchronized 3-meter
2007 Speedo USA Diving Spring National Championships - silver medalist on 3-meter
2007 Kaiser Permanente National Diving Championships - gold medalist on synchronized 3-meter
International
2004 Junior World Championships - silver medalist on 1-meter
2006 Canada Cup - silver medalist on synchronized 3-meter
2006 FINA Diving World Cup - silver medalist on synchronized 3-meter; 9th on 3-meter
2006 FINA Grand Prix Super Final - gold medalist on synchronized 3-meter
2007 FINA World Championships - 10th on 3-meter
2007 Pan American Games - silver medalist on synchronized 3-meter; bronze medalist on 3-meter
2008 FINA Diving World Cup - bronze medalist on synchronized 3-meter; 12th on 3-meter
2008 FINA Diving World Series - three bronze medalst (3-meter in Mexico; synchronized 3-meter in Mexico, Great Britain)
Personal
Daughter of Randy and Kathie Bryant ... Has two sisters, Katie Beth and Kara, and two brothers, Kevin and Steve ... Katie Beth was a five-time national champion diver ... All four of her siblings are or were college athletes ... Katie Beth dove at Miami, Kevin played baseball at Morehead State, Kara swam at Milliken, and Steve plays baseball at Rend Lake College ... Kelci has never trained for diving in her hometown (Springfield, Illinois area) ... Started diving in 1997, when she trained in St. Louis (100 miles away), then trained at Illinois State (60 miles away), then at Purdue (200 miles) and is now at the National Training Center in Indianapolis ... She started homeschooling in order to have more time to train ... Goal is to go to the Olympics ... Favorite dive is a 205B ... Between dives, she listens to music, reads or visualizes her dives ... her favorite music is rap when she is competing, but she prefers rock and alternative music when she's driving ... Enjoys shopping, reading, writing and playing Scrabble (plays with her grandparents every Saturday night)... Favorite TV show is America's Next Top Model.
