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Starz Junior Championship Results - 08
Written By: Starz Diving Club
As the Olympics are well underway, we are proud to share the results of this year's USA Diving Age Group Championships as well as the Junior National Championships! Thank you all for your continued membership and involvement in our organization... from the Future Champions Invite to the Olympic Games, we are proud to help young people find their way in performance excellence with the Starz Diving Club!
Great pictures at: http://www.divemeets.com/meetphotos/409/index.html
Plenty to review in terms of individual and team accomplishments on the eve of the 2008 Olympic experience!!! We are confident that the Starz Diving Club is well under way in "reloading" for our country's Olympic movement to and beyond the 2012 Olympics in London!!! Plenty of fun articles to read - attached below our results:
2008 Age Group National Championships: This meet is new this year... the competitive format had been designed as a prototype extension of the Junior National Championships, and to provide a highly competitive year-end experience for all mid to high range performers who would otherwise not be attending the Junior National Championships in all their events.
Starz Diving Club: 25th Place Team - 1 Gold Medalist!
16-18 Girls: Kate Hillman Plat - 1st Place Pendleton Heights Starz
16-18 Boys: Casey Johnson 1m - 10th Place, Plat - 8th Place Whiteland Starz
Medallist: Kate Hillman 1 Gold!
Check out full results for the Age Group National Championshiops at:
https://secure.meetcontrol.com/divemeets/system/meetresultsext.php?meetnum=410
2008 Junior National Championships: 3rd Place Team - 7 Gold Medallists, 4 Silver Medallists, 1 Bronze Medallist - 1 overall high point award winner - 2 individual age group high point award winners - 1 qualifier to the Junior World Championships!
Note: The Starz Diving Club remains the proud supporter of the National Training Center with respect to offering our best athletes for possible inclusion in the NTC Olympic preparation program. Certain divers remain unattached in our organization at times, as per their inclusion in the National Training Center... this is the technical price we are proud to "pay" as an organization in support of the highest training opportunity for some special members of our organization who are affiliated presently with the NTC. Should all the "unattached" Starz Divers have "counted" in our team totals, the Starz Diving Club would have this season been the Junior National Team Champions!
11-Under Girls:
Lauren Boone 1m 17th Place 3m 23rd Place Concord Starz
Grace Fulwider 1m 2nd Place 3m 3rd Place Plat 1st Place Rising Starz
Morgan Meixner 1m 1st Place 3m 2nd Place Plat 7th Place Noblesville Starz
11-Under Boys:
Zachary Cooper 1m 7th Place 3m 8th Place Plat 1st Place Rising Starz
Isaac Khamis 3m 18th Place Plat 14th Place Rising Starz - Richmond
12-13 Girls:
Sarah Bacon 1m 2nd Place 3m 2nd Place Plat 4th Place Rising Starz
12-13 Boys:
Steele Johnson 1m 1st Place 3m 1st Place Plat 1st Place Unattached NTC
14-15 Girls:
Mary Ann McCain 1m 12th Place 3m 26th Place Plat 15th Place Unattached Starz
Shanna Schuelein 1m 7th Place 3m 22nd Place Unattached Starz
14-15 Boys:
Andrew Cramer 3m 6th Place Plat 1st Place Rising Starz
16-18 Girls:
Amy Cozad: Plat 9th Place Rising Starz
16-18 Boys:
Mathew Vieke 3m 14th Place Rising Starz
Medallists:
Steele Johnson: 3 Golds!
Grace Fulwider: 1 Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze!
Morgan Meixner: 1 Gold 1 Silver!
Zachary Cooper: 1 Gold!
Andrew Cramer: 1 Gold!
Sarah Bacon: 2 Silvers!
Individual Qualifier to the Junior World Championships - Andrew Cramer - Platform!!!
Individual High Point Award Overall Award Winner: Steele Johnson!
Individual High Point Award Winner - 11-Under Girls: Grace Fulwider!
Articles:
Steele Johnson completes the sweep at Speedo Junior Nationals
The Woodlands, Texas – Steele Johnson (Carmel, Ind.) completed a sweep of the boys 12-13 junior national titles on Friday by winning the 1-meter event, and five other champions were crowned on day four of the Speedo Junior National Diving Championships.
Johnson narrowly defeated G.C. Diving’s Bryce Klein (Southlake, Texas) to complete the sweep. Johnson finished with 306.35 points to Klein’s 303.65 points. Klein’s teammate Bradley Christensen (Southlake, Texas) picked up the bronze with 300.15 points.
In the girls 12-13 platform event, the Trojan Dive Club’s Olivia Rosendahl (Los Angeles, Calif.) scored four perfect scores of 10 on her second dive, an inward 2 ½ somersaults, on her way to claiming the gold. Rosendahl finished with 349.45 points for a 21 point margin of victory. Kassidy Cook (The Woodlands, Texas), who took gold in the girls 12-13 1-meter and 3-meter events earlier in the week, captured the silver with a score of 328.05 points. Team Orlando Diving’s Wallace Layland (Orlando, Fla.) took the bronze with 314.70 points.
The Woodlands Diving Academy’s Drew Livingston (The Woodlands, Texas) easily won the boys 16-18 1-meter event with a 43 point margin of victory over runner-up Kristian Ipsen (Walnut Creek, Calif.) of Diablo Divers. In the process, Livingston scored three perfect scores of 10 to finish with 604.65 points to Ipsen’s 561.55 points. It was Livingston’s fourth junior national title of his career. Thad Ellis (Atlanta, Ga.) of the Atlanta Diving Association finished third with 525.40 points.
In the girls 16-18 3-meter event, Team Orlando Diving’s Thea Vock (Clermont, Fla.) took the gold with 423.50 points. With the win, Vock earned a spot on the U.S. Team that will compete at the Junior World Championships in Aachen, Germany in September. Trojan Dive Club’s Felicitas Lenz (Altadena, Calif.) narrowly defeated Montgomery Dive Club’s Maren Taylor (Arlington, Va.) for the silver, scoring 417.50 points to Taylor’s 417.15 points. The Starz Diving Club’s Zachary Cooper (Franklin, Ind.) won the gold in the boys 11 and under platform event with a score of 185.60 points. David Dinsmore (New Albany, Ohio) of the U.S. Elite Diving Academy finished a close second with 183.50 points, and Andy Howard (Sierra Madre, Calif.) of the AAF Rose Bowl Aquatics Club took third with 181.65 points.
In the girls 11 and under platform event, Whirlwind Diving’s Elizabeth Fitzpatrick (Darien, Conn.) captured the gold by five points over runner-up Morgan Meixner (Indianapolis, Ind.) of the Starz Diving Club. Fitzpatrick finished with 231.60 points to Meixner’s 226.05 points. Meixner’s teammate Grace Fulwider (Brownsburg, Ind.) took the bronze with 220.85 points.
The Speedo Junior National Diving Championships conclude on August 10.
More USA Diving News
Cabassol defends junior national title
The Woodlands, Texas – Michelle Cabassol (Montgomery, Texas) successfully defended her junior national title in the girls 14-15 platform event at the 2008 Speedo Junior National Diving Championships on Wednesday.
Kristian Ipsen (Walnut Creek, Calif.), Loren Figueroa (Kingwood, Texas) and Andrew Cramer (Indianapolis, Ind.) also won junior national titles on day two of the five day championships.
Cabassol, of The Woodlands Diving Academy, scored 372.70 points to win the title by eight points over teammate Kaylea Arnett (Spring, Texas), who finished with 364.00 points. Nebraska Diving Club’s Lillian Hinrichs (Lincoln, Neb.) took the bronze with 348.95 points.
Ipsen dominated the boys 16-18 3-meter springboard competition, winning by 72 points over runner-up Drew Livingston (The Woodlands, Texas), Ispen scored 622.90 points to Livingston’s 550.10 points. It was Ipsen’s twelfth junior national title of his career. Trojan Dive Club’s John Geyer (LaCanada, Calif.) took third with 520.10 points.
In the girls 16-18 platform event, Figueroa claimed the gold with 404.80 points. It was the first junior national title of her career. Team Orlando Diving’s Thea Vock (Clermont, Fla.) took the silver with 385.35 points and Montgomery Dive Club’s Maren Taylor (Arlington, Va.) captured the bronze with 384.20 points.
In the boys 14-15 platform event, Starz Diving Club’s Cramer claimed the gold by 22 points over silver medalist Timothy Faerber (Potomac, Md.) of the Montgomery Dive Club. Cramer finished with 433.00 points to Faerber’s 401.30 points. McCormick Divers’ Deon Reid (Long Beach, Calif.) took the bronze with 376.90 points.
Six more titles awarded at Speedo Junior Nationals
The Woodlands, Texas – Steele Johnson (Carmel, Ind.), Kassidy Cook (The Woodlands, Texas) and Michelle Cabassol (Montgomery, Texas) captured their second junior national titles of the meet on Friday at the 2008 Speedo Junior National Diving Championships. Other winners included Grace Fulwider (Brownsburg, Ind.), Grayson Campbell (Vienna, Va.) and Michael Hixon (Amherst, Mass.).
Johnson claimed the gold in the boys 12-13 platform event by a 35 point margin over silver medalist Mark Anderson (Lake Forest, Calif.) of the Mission Viejo Nadadores. Johnson finished with 350.70 points to Anderson’s 315.70 points. Dashiell Enos (Studio City, Calif.) of the Trojan Dive Club took the bronze with 312.20 points.
In the girls 12-13 3-meter event, the Woodlands Diving Academy’s Cook claimed the gold with 331.15 points. It was Cook’s fourth junior national title of her young career. Sarah Bacon (Indianapolis, Ind.) of the Starz Diving Club picked up her second silver medal of the meet by finishing with 307.60 points and Gracia Leydon-Mahoney (Newton, Mass.) took the bronze with 301.00 points.
Hixon pulled away from the field in the boys 14-15 3-meter event to capture the gold by 24 points over runner up Alexander Fincher (North Richland Hills, Texas). Hixon finished with 430.45 points to Finsher’s 406.10 points. Montgomery Dive Club’s Timothy Faerber (Potomac, Md.) claimed the bronze with 400.60 points.
In the girls 14-15 1-meter event, the Woodlands Diving Academy’s Cabassol topped her teammate Kaylea Arnett (Spring, Texas) for the second day in a row to win gold with 365.05 points. Arnett finished with 346.25 points to claim her second silver medal of the championships. San Antonio Divers’ Kathryn Connolly (San Antonio, Texas) finished third with 339.70 points.
The Starz Diving Club’s Fulwider took gold in the girls 11 and under platform event with 203.70 points. Eszter Pryor (New Albany, Ohio) of U.S. Elite Diving Academy captured the silver with 186.85 points and Whirlwind Diving’s Elizabeth Fitzpatrick (Darien, Conn.) earned the bronze with 177.75 points.
In the boys 11 and under 1-meter event, Dominion Dive Club’s Campbell captured the gold by 13 points over runner-up Ian Shelton (Vienna, Va.) of the Patriot Dive Club. The Soaring Eagles Dive Club’s Bradley Butcher (East Berlin, Pa.) took the bronze with 212.75 points.
Posted 8-17-08 |
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