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Bailee Sturgill & Katerina Hoffman To Dive With Team USA At Canada Cup
Jun 04 | Women's Swimming & Diving
PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- Rising sophomores Bailee Sturgill and Katerina Hoffman will compete at members of Team USA at the Canada Cup being held in Gatineau, Canada on June 5-8.
Hoffman and Sturgill were last on the boards at 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.
Sturgill qualified for the NCAA Championships on 1M, 3M and platform and was crowned the NCAA Zone A Platform champion. Sturgill won the Zone A platform title with a 10-dive total of 570.30 and was fourth on 3M. At the Big Ten Championships, she led the Scarlet Knights, qualifying for finals on both 1M and platform. Sturgill reached the podium on platform, placing eighth. During the season, she captured the second-highest platform score in school history with a 313.45 at the Princeton Platform Invitational and the eighth-highest score in the RU record book with a 330.65 at the RU Dive Invite.
Hoffman also qualified for the NCAA Championships on all three boards and won the NCAA Zone A 1M title. Hoffman was crowned the Zone A 3M champion with a total of 714.85 with her final six dives totaling 356.45 for the third-highest total in the Rutgers record book. The Scarlet Knight was also fourth at Zones on 1M. She qualified for both 1M and 3M consolation finals at the Big Ten Championships. On 1M, Hoffman was third in the consolation final, while on 3M she placed eighth in the consolation round with a 269.35. During the season, she recorded the sixth-highest 3M score in program history with a 310.65 against Fordham.
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Hoffman and Sturgill were last on the boards at 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.
Sturgill qualified for the NCAA Championships on 1M, 3M and platform and was crowned the NCAA Zone A Platform champion. Sturgill won the Zone A platform title with a 10-dive total of 570.30 and was fourth on 3M. At the Big Ten Championships, she led the Scarlet Knights, qualifying for finals on both 1M and platform. Sturgill reached the podium on platform, placing eighth. During the season, she captured the second-highest platform score in school history with a 313.45 at the Princeton Platform Invitational and the eighth-highest score in the RU record book with a 330.65 at the RU Dive Invite.
Hoffman also qualified for the NCAA Championships on all three boards and won the NCAA Zone A 1M title. Hoffman was crowned the Zone A 3M champion with a total of 714.85 with her final six dives totaling 356.45 for the third-highest total in the Rutgers record book. The Scarlet Knight was also fourth at Zones on 1M. She qualified for both 1M and 3M consolation finals at the Big Ten Championships. On 1M, Hoffman was third in the consolation final, while on 3M she placed eighth in the consolation round with a 269.35. During the season, she recorded the sixth-highest 3M score in program history with a 310.65 against Fordham.
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