Olympic silver medalist Michael Hixon qualified for the U.S. world championship team Sunday.
The Amherst native will be joined by Steele Johnson and Jessica Parratto at the U.S. world championship.
Hixon and Johnson qualified by taking the top two spots in the men’s 3-meter event. Parratto landed a spot in the women’s 10-meter by winning the event. All three already qualified in other events. Hixon previously qualified in men’s synchronized 3-meter with partner Sam Dorman. The pair took a silver medal in the event at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Hixon won the men’s 3-meter contest with 1,317.55 points, with Johnson finishing just behind him with 1,314.
The two Olympic medalists went back and forth in the final. Johnson took the lead after round three, but Hixon scored at least 80 points on his final three dives, including 91.80 on his inward 3½ tuck in round five.
“I think with the dives we’re doing now and the caliber we’re doing them at, we can be contenders (internationally),” said Hixon, who finished 10th on 3-meter in Rio.
The 17-member American team will compete July 14-22 in Budapest, Hungary.