USA Diving, 8/26/2014 Ohio State Diving Club teammates Cameron Thatcher, a junior at Liberty High School, and Nikki Watters, a sophomore at New Albany High School, are among the 19 divers selected to represent the United States at the upcoming FINA World Junior Diving Championships in Penza, Russia. Competition will be held September 9-14. Approximately 200 divers from 30 nations typically participate in the World Junior Diving Championships, which are held every other year and feature divers in the 14-15 and 16-18 age groups. Thatcher and Watters earned their spots...

Ohio State Diving Club Qualifies 3 for the 2014 Junior World Championships Three members of the Ohio State Diving Club have qualified for the 2014 Junior World Championships next month in Russia. Cameron Thatcher of Powell (Olentangy Liberty High School) qualified for the Junior World Championships in the 14-18 Boys 3m synchronized competition and New Albany’s Nikki Watters (New Albany High School) qualified for both the 14-15 Girls 1m and 3m competition. Both will represent Team USA at the World Championships in Penza, Russia. Each qualified at the recent 2014...

USA Diving, 8/9/14 Led by a gold medal sweep by Noah Duperre (New Albany), the Ohio State Diving Club was crowned overall team champions at the USA Diving Junior National Championships for the third year in a row. The 2014 competition was held August 4-9 in Knoxville, Tenn. The 12-year-old Duperre won every event in the boys’ 12-13 age group, taking gold on 1-meter, 3-meter and platform. Three other members of the Ohio State Dive Club also won gold. Cameron Thatcher (Powell) paired with Duke Diving’s Jordan Windle for gold...

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Congratulations to all of our high school seniors who have made their college decisions. Five of our eight graduates will compete for their respective colleges, but we’re confident that all of them will stay connected to the sport of diving in some capacity. Congrats to all of you in your future endeavors! You’ve made us proud! Tanner Atha (Worthington Kilborn)- Northern Kentucky University *Olivia Ball (Olentangy Liberty)- University of Georgia *Shawn Cordi (Dublin Scioto)- Wright State University Elaine Gray (Westerville Central)- University of Toledo *Maggie Heller (Dublin Jerome)- University of...

Posted on September 30, 2013 by USA Diving TUCSON, Ariz. – Team USA saved its best day for last, winning two golds, two silver and two bronze on Sunday, the final day of competition at the UANA Junior Pan American Diving Championships. In all, the U.S. won 20 medals, second only to Mexico, which won 33 medals, including 16 gold. On Sunday, Tarrin Gilliland (Liberty Hill, Texas) won her second gold of the championships with a win in the 11-and-under girls platform contest, and Emily Grund (Keller, Texas) won the...

Posted on September 29, 2013 by USA Diving TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. divers added six more medals to Team USA’s medal count Saturday at the UANA Junior Pan American Diving Championships, bringing the three-day total to 14 medals with one day of competition remaining. Maria Coburn (Austin, Texas) won silver on 1-meter in the 12-13 girls age group, and the U.S. won bronze medals in five other events. On 3-meter, Alison Gibson (Austin, Texas) was third in the 14-15 girls age group and James Hopper (Old Greenwich, Conn.) took third...

Posted on September 28, 2013 by USA Diving TUCSON, Ariz. – Led by a gold medal from Jordan Windle (Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Indianapolis, Ind.) in the 14-15 boys platform event, Team USA won four medals Friday at the UANA Junior Pan American Championships to bring its two-day total to eight medals with two days of competition remaining. Maggie Merriman (Orlando, Fla.) won silver on platform in the 12-13 girls age group, while Nikki Watters(Rohnert Park, Calif./New Albany, Ohio) and Jackson Miller (Southlake, Texas) came away with bronze. Watters won her medal...

Posted on September 27, 2013 by USA Diving TUCSON, Ariz. – Team USA opened up the 2013 UANA Junior Pan American Diving Championships with four medals – one gold, two silver and one bronze – on Thursday, the first of four days of competition at the Hillenbrand Aquatic Center. Tarrin Gilliland (Liberty Hill, Texas) gave the U.S. its first gold of the championships with a victory on 3-meter in girls group D (11 and under). The U.S. won a pair of silver medals in the platform events, with hometown favoriteDelaney...

Posted on August 10, 2013 by USA Diving MINNEAPOLIS – The 2013 USA Diving Junior National Championships came to a close Saturday with Steele Johnson (Carmel, Ind.), Olivia Rosendahl (Los Angeles, Calif.) and Sine Scribbick (San Antonio, Texas) winning the final three individual titles awarded. The Ohio State Diving Club won the overall team title for the second year in a row and also won the boys team title. GC Diving finished second in the overall team standings and took home the girls team title. The Trojan Dive Club was...