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.

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