Congratulations to our Whirlwind divers who captured the USA Diving Spring Junior Region 1 Championship!
The meet featured 213 divers from 17 teams to compete for the honor of advancing to the USA Diving East National Championship Meet to be held in Largo, Fla. in April. The top six finishers in each event advance and 12 of our Whirlwind divers accomplished this feat.
Each of the Whirlwind divers advanced in the 1- and 3-meter boards. Whirlwind also won the overall team event with a score of 251 points.
“I am really proud of our kids,” said head coach Joe Somma. “The hard work and dedication to their sport showed this weekend. That is why we are the Region 1 Champs and have 12 student-athletes that qualified for the Junior Nationals.“
Divers who qualified to compete at the East National Championship are Claire Ross, Bobby Ross, and Kiley Towbin of New Canaan, Jake Bowtell, Timmy Luz, Wiley Schmidt, and Owen Stevens from Darien, Kirsten Parkinson and Rachel Burston of Stamford, Lenny Hibler from Pound Ridge, Allison Courtney of Wilton, and Kevin Bradley from Norwalk.
Congratulations to Kevin Bradley who achieved a personal best sweep of both the 1M and the 3M events in the 12-13 boys competition, Timmy Luz had a first place finish in the boys 14-15 3M event and Bobby Ross had a spectacular win in the 1M boys 15-18 event.
An additional congratulations to the following divers who represented the Whirlwind team and our Y so proudly at the meet: George Moore, Katie Kushner, Anne Farley, Cameron Rhind, Griffon Edmonds, Olivia Park, Shannon Rust, Kyle O’Donnell, Stephen Kreutch, Kyla Pech, Melinda Henesy, Sophia Rapp, Liam Simmons, August Hibler, Ranier Hibler, Lauren Delucia, Annabelle Pollack, Caleigh Kupersmith, Andrew Bologna, and Matthew Mintz.