Courtesy: Mission Viejo Nadadores
MISSION VIEJO, CA. For the third time in the last four years, the Mission Viejo Nadadores Diving Team are the Overall and Women’s Team Junior National Champions. 55 divers qualified for the USA Diving Junior National Championships in Morgantown, WV, the most ever in the history of the sport.
By the end of the 10-day competition the Women’s Team won by over 100 points. The Nadadores also won the Overall Team Title with an 85-point lead over second place, Stanford Diving.
The team also came away with 9 individual National Champions/1st place finishes and 5 members qualified to represent the United States at the upcoming Junior World Championships which will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 24 to December 1.
High Performance Director, John Appleman was also named Head Coach for the USA Junior World Team. National Individual Champions
- Anna Lemkin 16-18 age group
- Girls Platform Synchronized Diving
- Avery Giese 16–18 age group
- Girls 3 meter
- Girls 3-meter Synchronized Diving
- Gianna Kenrick 16-18 age group
- Girls 3-meter Synchronized Diving
- Callie Fox 14-15 age group
- Girls Platform
- Sawyer Watts 11&U age group
- Girls Platform
- Ivan Kliminov 11&U age group
- 1-meter
- 3-meter
- Boys Platform
Junior World Championships Qualifiers
- Anna Lemkin
- Avery Giese
- Taylor Fox
- Callie Fox
- Gianna Kenrick
Well, Taylor Fox was at the trials in Knottsville but most elite divers are in their 20’s and not teens. So, these kids might make the top tier later on or at least be good Division I divers.