All three Greater Victoria athletes hit the podium at the Pan American Junior Diving Championships at Saanich Commonwealth Place over the weekend.
SaanichB次元官网网址檚 Kiera Lu, 11, missed gold by one point on Saturday in the 11-and-under one-metre. She executed an inward 1.5 pike to finish with a silver medal.
ColwoodB次元官网网址檚 Bryden Hattie, 15, took silver on the opening day in the junior menB次元官网网址檚 category of the three-metre board, and Royal OakB次元官网网址檚 own Carson Paul won bronze in the three-metre event for the 12-and-13-year-old category on Saturday.
B次元官网网址淚t was LuB次元官网网址檚 first time competing internationally and she didnB次元官网网址檛 miss anything really, she was very confident,B次元官网网址� said Lisa Boog, who coaches the trio at Boardworks Diving club.
Hattie (515.85) was less than three points off the gold medal winner who had 518 points.
With silver, Hattie continued his strong season, building on his success at the Canada Summer Games this year where he won three silver medals, to go with a national gold medal in the three-metre and national bronze in the one-metre for the 16-to-18 menB次元官网网址檚 category.
Paul was the only diver of the three to compete in two Pan Am events, having entered as the national champion for the platform and the three-metre. He finished seventh on the 10-metre platform on opening day Thursday.
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The to Saanich from seven countries, the hosted by Boardworks at Saanich Commonwealth Place this year.
B次元官网网址淔or our program, the biggest benefit for us was the exposure our diving program got. WeB次元官网网址檙e always trying to find more young divers, and this shows people that divers from Victoria can compete, can reach an internationally competitive level,B次元官网网址� Boog said. B次元官网网址淭o have this calibre competition in the home pool is extra special, part of the success that they had was being able to compete at home.B次元官网网址�
In total, , seven silver medals and eight bronze medals.
Full results are available at .
