Owego Diver Kaelyn Katchuk finished 6th on the 1-meter board and 7th on the 3-meter at the AAU Red-White & Blue National Diving Championships. This year’s spring national meet was held at the COM Aquatic Center, Midland, Texas, May 24-26.
The top 12 finalists earned medals in each event. Kaelyn was competing as part of the Blue Team in the senior 16-17 age group division.
Owego Diver Kaelyn Katchuk won medals at the 2024 AAU Red-White & Blue National Diving Championships held May 24-26 in Midland, Texas. Provided photo.
The AAU hosts six qualifying meets throughout the USA in April, with the top divers in each region earning a team slot with either the Red, White, or Blue Team.
Kaelyn earned her spot for the national meet at the Rochester, N.Y. qualifying meet last April.
Owego Diver Kaelyn Katchuk won medals at the 2024 AAU Red-White & Blue National Diving Championships held May 24-26 in Midland, Texas. Provided photo.
Kaelyn, a junior at Owego Free Academy, stated, “I was pretty happy with the result, the boards at Midland are quite looser than what I’m used to in Owego, and I had some warm up dives that landed just about flat. It took a day of practice before the meet to figure things out.”
Official results can be found on DiveLive at https://scoresandmore.live/.
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