March Newsletter

Text | Link March 2013 New Dryland Facility! Thank you to all of the SCD parents and divers for your help installing equipment, painting, and building our new Dryland Training Center over the past three months. We would like to send out special thanks to Steve Kerkeles for coordinating the project. Santa Clara Diving now [...]

2012 Olympic Bronze medalist, Kristian Ipsen, at the Santa Clara pool

Coaches and divers gather around 2012 Olympic Bronze Medalist Kristian Ipsen at the Santa Clara pool. Kristian’s visit was part of the annual NorCal Diving Coaches Clinic that took place Nov. 10-11.

Jr. Nationals Recap

Santa Clara Diving just completed their final major competition of the summer season as three SCD divers represented the club at Junior Nationals in Greensboro, North Carolina.  All three divers performed well at the most competitive U.S. junior meet of the year. Remi Edvalson put together another strong, consistent performance to place 24th in the 11 & under girls’ 1-meter event.  This [...]

Age Group Nationals

The Age-Group National Diving Championships just concluded this past Friday, and our 8 divers performed amazingly!  We had several highlights including Kathleen Navas winning the 12-13 Girls 3-meter!  This was Kathleen’s 2nd National age-group title (she won 1m in 2010). Katie Truong also put together an outstanding personal best performance in the 12-13 Girls 3-meter event, [...]

SCD Qualifies for Junior National Championships

The Santa Clara Diving team qualified a total of 10 different divers in several events for the Junior National Championships to be held next month in North Carolina.  The divers qualified based upon their performance at this past weekends Junior Zone Championships in Riverside, CA. The top 6 place finishers at the zone meet qualified [...]

Jr. Zone Champs – Recap Day 2

The second day of the Junior Zone Championships got off to a good start on Friday for Santa Clara Diving.  Katie Truong and Kathleen Navas competed in the 3-meter springboard event.  Kathleen fought her way back to a 5th place finish after receiving just 20 points on her first dive.  Katie had a very steady [...]

Jr. Zone Champs – Recap Day 1

Santa Clara Diving began the first day of competition at the Jr. Zone Championships in Riverside, CA.  The first day of competition included 11 SCD divers in the 1-meter and 3-meter springboard events along with the platform competition. The competition started off with the 11 and under age groups, which is the youngest age group, [...]

SCD Competes For A Spot At Nationals

The Santa Clara Diving travel team is competing at the Jr. Zone Diving Championships in Riverside, CA this weekend.  SCD has a total of 18 divers competing over the course of the 4-day meet for a chance to qualify for the National Championships next month. SCD has a young team this year with 10 of [...]

U.S. Completes Team for 2012 Olympics

The United States completed its Olympic Trials for diving this last weekend.  The United States had a total of 11 Olympic spots to fill for the upcoming 2012 Olympic Games in London, England.  The best divers in the country competed for a spot on the team in Federal Way, Washington. Troy Dumais will be making [...]

SCD Qualifies 21 Divers to the Zone Championships

Santa Clara Diving qualified 21 divers to the USA Diving Junior Zone Championships next month in Riverside, CA.  SCD played host to the Summer Junior Regional Championships, which is the first qualifying meet of the summer season on the way to the national championships.  The top 15 place finishers in each springboard event qualified for [...]