Camo International (Montreal, Nov 30-Dec 3 2017) - 1st on 1m in Group A with 483.75 Winter Senior Nationals (Saskatoon, Jan 25-27) German International Open in Rostock, Germany Feb 14-18, 2018 Forest City Diving Club Aspire Invitational, Feb 24-25, 2018. At KW Diving Club Invitational in March 24-25, 2018, Dresden International Junior Championship (Dresden, Germany), April 26-29 At Summer Provincial Championships at London, On, May 18-20, 2018, Optimal’s Both Sophia and Adele took part at the Manitoba Provincial Championships in Winnipeg, Manitoba in June 21-24, 2018, in an attempt to repeat the required qualifying score, where Adele achieved it and will move on to compete at Junior National Championships in Toronto, ON, July 6-8, 2018. At Windsor Aspire II Provincial Championships, May 26-27, 2018,- Conor Burnett earned bronze medals in both 1m (166.25) and 3m (166.90) Boys Group C events, while - Victoria Fitzpatrick became a 3m Provincial Champion (Girls Group B) with a score of 216.05 and placed 5th in 1m (186.60) competition. Amelia Franco took 12th in 1m (160.45) and 19th in 3m (154.30), and - Heidi Vonwells took 14th in 1m (153.50) and 24th in 3m (141.55) events. - Victoria Fitzpatrick, Sophia Povzner, Amelia Franco, and Conor Burnett will take part at the Ontario Summer Games in London, ON, in Aug 2-5,2018. Junior Elite Nationals (Winnipeg, May 31-June 3) - Victor comes 3rd out of 19 on 3M in Group A, exceeds the standing national record with 582.70 in prelims but wraps up the finals with 526; - Victor comes 1st on 1M out of 15 in Group A with 536.65, making Team Canada for the upcoming Junior Worlds 2018 in Kiev, Ukraine. At Ontario Summer Games 2018 in London, August 3-5Junior World Championships (Kiev, July 23-29) Victor Povzner and Henry McKay, won a dramatic gold medal in the men’s synchronized three-metre on Tuesday at the FINA World Junior Diving Championships. It was Canada’s first medal of the competition. McKay and Povzner earned 300.33 points to edge Lou Massenberg and Karl Schone of Germany in second at 298.56 while Daniel Restrepo and Luis Felipe Uribe of Colombia were third at 290.88. The Canadian pair kept their eyes on the scoreboard throughout the competition and were ready when they executed their twisting dive in the last round. ‘’It was our most stressful dive,’’ said McKay. ‘’But we were in the zone. We actually took out the calculators before to see what score we needed to get on the podium. We always look at the scores to relieve pressure. It helps us focus on our goals.’’ After the dive, the Canadians assumed they had won the silver. But the Chinese pair of Zongyuan Wang and Luxian Wu of China, the last divers in the final, failed their final round dive and dropped from first to fifth and leave Canada with the gold. ‘’We watched the Chinese practice their harder dives this week in training,’’ said Povzner. ‘’We thought about raising the difficulty on some dives but we felt consistency would be the key to our success.’’ Victor also came 8th out of 38 on 1M in Group A with 485.90 Summer Senior Nationals (Gatineau, Aug 3-5) Victor wins 2 silver medals at the Summer Senior Canadian Diving National Championships: - 2nd on 3M with 408, making the senior Team Canada and getting access to the prestigious World Grand Prix international competition circuit. - 2nd on 1M with 356.45 |