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2011 USA Diving Summer Junior Zone D Championships

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1 year ago
by ycfdiving in ,
 As most of you know last week we had our Zones Championships in Moultrie, GA which is the qualifying meet for Junior Olympic Nationals. The top 6 finishers on each event qualify for Junior Nationals while 7-12 qualify for the Age Group Championships. Our team had several great performances resulting in 10 divers quaifying for JO Nationals and 3 qualifying for Age Groups. As a team YCF Diving finished 2nd place and will be one of the biggest teams going into nationals! It was a phenomal week for us! Our kids have put in a lot of hard work and made a lot sacrifices to get to this point.  I’m proud of them and I look forward to seeing them all flourish at Nationals. Here’s the list of divers who qualified from our team:

Age Group Championships Qualifiers
   Name                  Events
Jack Dowd              1m,3m, platform
Abby Howell            1m
Sarah Frongoul         Platform
Junior National Qualifers Age Group Championships Qualifiers
   Name                  Events
Maggie Merriman     1m,3m & platform (1st time qualifer)
Grace Cable            1m ,3m & platform (1st time qualifer)
Grayson Kim           1m,3m & platform (1st time qualifer)
Emma Kraeger        1m,3m & platform (1st time qualifer)
Mya Kraeger           1m,3m & platform
Wallace Layland      1m,3m & platform
Abby Howell            3m & platform
Riley Knox              1m & 3m
Joey Dowd              1m,3m & platform
Rafael Quintero        1m,3m & platform (1st time qualifer)
Team Standing
YCF Diving 2nd Place
 WAY TO GO EVERYONE!!

 

2011 USA Diving Age Group and Junior Nationals

1 year ago
by ycfdiving in
Beginning July 29th, Coach Mark and Coach Courtney will be traveling to Knoxville, Tennessee for the Championship season finale, Age Group and Junior Nationals. The meet will begin with all Age Group National Qualifiers competingJuly 29th – 31st and will finish up with all Junior National Qualifiers competing until August 6th. The following divers will be taking the trip to Knoxville. Please wish them good luck and safe travels!

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Special Congratulations: Emma Kraeger

1 year ago
by ycfdiving in

Emma fell off of a 3 meter ladder in late 2008. She fractured herEmma Kraeger skull, damaged her ear rendering her deaf on one side, and sustained a brain injury that left her eyes unable to stay focused.  Emma was hospitalized for about a month, she actually had to live in a brain injury rehab facility in Albany, NY. She could not return home nor go to school. Through months of physical and psychological therapy Emma regained her sight and balance. One year later she was able to start training again but Emma still had one more hurdle to go and that was the complicated ear surgery last October. The doctors successfully reconstructed her ear, boosted her hearing up to 70%. Three months after that, Emma was back on the boards, training harder than ever. Throughout this nightmare, Emma stayed focused and determined to dive.

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