The Illinois Diving Association Championships were held at UIC on June 28-29, 2014.
Windy City Divers dove well and out scored the other Illinios Teams to capture the Team Title.
Results can be found on the Divemeets.com Web site.
This past weekend, Windy City Diving traveled to the Schroeder Aquatics Complex in Brown Deer, WI for the Region 5 Championships.
12 divers qualified to move onto the Zone C Championships which will be held again at the Schroeder Aquatics Complex July 10-13, 2014. We also had 2 divers who finished in the top spot in 3 events.
Zone C Qualifiers and their events:
Zayne Danielewicz – 11 & under 1m, 3m, platform Champion
Harrison Nolan - 11 & under 1m, 3m, and platform
Paige Levinsky – 11 & under 1m
Ozy McEvoy – 12-13 1m
Kevin Sullivan – 12-13 1m, 3m, platform
Jack DeLattre – 14-15 1m
Emma Ruchala – 14-15 1m, 3m, platform
Jacob Hedberg – 14-15 1m, 3m
Zack Mega – 14-15 1m, 3m
Sydney Dusel - 16-18 1m, 3m
John-Michael Diveris - 16-18 1m, 3m
Joey Cifelli - 16-18 1m, 3m, plaftorm Champion
Congratulations to Joey Cifelli, Michael Klemm, and Sydney Dusel on being selected as NISCA High School All Americans.
Summer Program information is now available for the Palatine and UIC Training Sites.
Windy City Divers did very well at the last West National Championships which were held at the Riverside Community Aquatics Center in Riverside, Ca.
Joey Cifelli (16-18) placed 3rd on 1 meter and 5th in the 3 meter events. His 3rd place finish secured him a qualifying spot for the 2014 Junior National Championships in Knoxville, TN this summer.
Other Windy City divers who dove at the meet were;
Harrison Nolan – 11 & under, 1 & 3 meter events
Matthew Bulava – 11 & under, 1 & 3 meter events
Ozy McEvoy – 12-13, 1 meter event
Emma Ruchala – 14-15, 1 & 3 meter events
Seamus Scotty – 14-15, 1 & 3 meter events
John-Michael Diveris – 16-18 1 meter event.
Due to the pool at UIC being down for maintenance this coming week, practices will be held at 2 different sites.
Please contact Coach Susan for waiver information for each site.
Monday – University of Chicago 4:00-6:00 pm
Tuesday – University of Chicago 4:00-6:00 pm or Hoffman Estates HS 6:30-8:15 pm
Wednesday – University of Chicago 5:15-7:15 pm
Thursday – Hoffman Estates HS 6:30-8:15 pm
The Spring Session in Palatine begins today, March 31.
Please make sure that you have registered for the spring session before you arrive to your first practice of the session.
Registration is done through the Palatine Park District.
Please make sure that you check the online calendar for the correct pool each day.
We have added a new pool to the Palatine Training Site – Hoffman Estates High School.
Windy City Diving practices at Hoffman Estates High School will begin on April 1st for the Gold Team practices.
Windy City Diving qualified 7 divers in 13 events from the Region 5 Championships this past weekend at Northwestern University.
Divers who will be diving at the West National Championships in Riverside, Ca the end of April will be;
Harrison Nolan – 11 & Under 1 & 3 meter events
Matthew Bulava – 11 & Under 1 & 3 meter events
Zayne Danielewicz – 11 & Under 1 & 3 meter events
Ozy McEvoy – 12-13 1 meter
Seamus Scotty – 14-15 1 & 3 meter events
Emma Ruchala – 14-15 1 & 3 meter events
Joey Cifelli – 16-18 1 & 3 meter events
Congratulations to Joey Cifelli and Michael Klemm who finished in the top 2 spots at the 2014 IHSA State Meet.
Joey finished in first place with a score of 474.05 and Michael Klemm finished in second place with a score of 438.40. John-Michael Diveris, who has been diving less than a year, placed 8th with apoint total of 381.40.
Places for other Windy City divers who qualified for the IHSA Meet were;
Matt Benz – 19th place
Seamus Scotty – 21st place
Dean Boures – 24th place
Jack Reily – 29th place
David Durkin – 31st place
