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Bailee Sturgill Wins Synchronized 3M Title At 2024 USA Diving Winter Nationals
Dec 12 | Women's Swimming & Diving
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Rutgers freshman Bailee Sturgill dove her way to the synchronized 3M championship on Thursday at the 2024 USA Diving Winter National Championships.
Sturgill, along with partner Lily Witte from Indiana University, totaled 513.12 points in the first-place performance over 10 dives for the pair to win their first national title as a duo. The pair were the only team to score more than 50 points on all of their optional dives in both the prelims and finals.
Sturgill and Witte made their third appearance at winter nationals. The pair were fifth last year and finished fourth in 2022.
For the Scarlet Knights this season, Sturgill has already made her mark on the record book. She is currently sixth all-time on 3M (330.65) and ninth on both 1M (297.30) and platform (248.60).
Prior to arriving "On The Banks", Sturgill was runner-up at 2024 US Olympic Trials on synchronized platform and took forth synchronized 3M.
Classmate Katerina Hoffman, alongside partner and New Jersey native Violet Williamson from Knight Diving Academy, placed fourth totaling a score of 488.10 across prelims and finals.
Both Hoffman and Sturgill return to the boards on 1M on Friday.
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Sturgill, along with partner Lily Witte from Indiana University, totaled 513.12 points in the first-place performance over 10 dives for the pair to win their first national title as a duo. The pair were the only team to score more than 50 points on all of their optional dives in both the prelims and finals.
Sturgill and Witte made their third appearance at winter nationals. The pair were fifth last year and finished fourth in 2022.
For the Scarlet Knights this season, Sturgill has already made her mark on the record book. She is currently sixth all-time on 3M (330.65) and ninth on both 1M (297.30) and platform (248.60).
Prior to arriving "On The Banks", Sturgill was runner-up at 2024 US Olympic Trials on synchronized platform and took forth synchronized 3M.
Classmate Katerina Hoffman, alongside partner and New Jersey native Violet Williamson from Knight Diving Academy, placed fourth totaling a score of 488.10 across prelims and finals.
Both Hoffman and Sturgill return to the boards on 1M on Friday.
Follow Rutgers women's swimming & diving on Facebook, X and Instagram.
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