Courtesy: Rutgers Athletics
Gatineau, Quebec, Canada –– Rutgers rising sophomores Bailee Sturgill and Katerina Hoffman dove to a gold medal in women’s synchronized platform at the 2025 Canada Diving Cup on Sunday.
The Scarlet Knight duo combined to score a 273.33 across their five dives, topping Canada’s team of Julianna Boisvert and Eloise Belganer by 5.61 points and Ella Lindsay and Mathilde Laberge by 18.81 points, to claim the top spot on the podium.
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Sunday’s event marked Sturgill’s second medal of the event. She took home silver on women’s synchronized 3M on Saturday. The Scarlet Knight teamed up with Indiana’s Lily Witte to score a 275.46, finishing behind Canada’s Sonya Palkhivala and Margo Erlam.
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Sturgill was also in action on women’s 3M where she placed eighth in finals.
Hoffman and Sturgill captured medals in their last appearance on the boards at the USA Diving Championships in mid-May. At the championships, Sturgill won gold as co-champion on women’s synchronized 3M and teamed up with classmate Hoffman to take bronze on women’s synchronized platform. Both were also finalists on senior women’s 3M with Sturgill placing fifth and Hoffman claiming 10th. Hoffman competed on senior women’s 1M where she finished 11th, missing the top eight and finals by 6.35 points.
During the season, both Sturgill and Hoffman qualified for the NCAA Championships on 1M, 3M and platform as Rutgers sent a school record four Scarlet Knights to the championship in 2025. Sturgill was crowned the NCAA Zone A Platform champion and at the Big Ten Championships, she led the Scarlet Knights, qualifying for finals on both 1M and platform. Hoffman won the NCAA Zone A 1M title and qualified for both 1M and 3M consolation finals at the Big Ten Championships.
