2025 PRINCETON PLATFORM INVITATIONAL
- February 8, 2025
- Princeton, N.J.
- Diving
- Results currently unavailable
Courtesy: Rutgers Athletics
PRINCETON, N.J. – Rutgers dove into the record book on Saturday at the Princeton Platform Invitational.
All six Scarlet Knights captured NCAA Zone qualifying marks as the top three finishers belonged to RU with top 10 all-time scores.
Freshman Bailee Sturgill won the event with a 313.45, the second-highest performance in school history behind All-American Abigail Knapton’s school record of 333.25. Sturgill bested her previous top result of 295.45 from exhibition action against Iowa and Nebraska.
Junior Sephora Ford was the runner-up, capturing a score of 302.50 for the third-best performance by a Scarlet Knight. She topped her previous PR of 270.30 set in winning the RU Diving Invite crown in December.
Rounding out the top three was freshman Katerina Hoffman with a third-place score of 280.45. Her score placed her sixth on the RU all-time list, topping her previous best score of 273.63 at the Buckeye Invite.
Rutgers also saw personal bests from senior Holly Prasanto (244.30), sophomore Amelia Scott (241.55), and freshman Madilyn Varnum (234.80).
The Rutgers swimming and diving team returns to the pool for the 2025 Big Ten Championship hosted by Ohio State on Feb. 19-22.
RESULTS |
1. Bailee Sturgill – 313.45
2. Sephora Ford – 302.50
3. Katerina Hoffman – 280.45
5. Holly Prasanto – 244.30
8. Amelia Scott – 241.55
9. Madilyn Varnum – 234.80