Six Hopewell Valley Golf Club Diving Team members qualified for Princeton Area Swimming and Diving Association Championships at Community Park Pool July 16-17.
Catherine Von Oehsen, Lilly Von Oehsen, Jocelyn Nociolo, Mia Nociolo, Kyla Machinga and Natalie Hayward competed in a total of seven events at the competition. The divers accomplished one top 16 finish and six medal-earning top eight finishes.
Machinga, Catherine Von Oehsen and Jocelyn Nociolo competed against 22 other divers in the 8U division. Catherine Von Oehsen finished in 15th place with 56.70 points. Jocelyn Nociolo grabbed sixth place and a medal with 68.85 points. Machinga took home a fifth place medal with 71.15 points.
Lilly Von Oehsen and Hayway faced a group of 31 divers in the 10U division. In the end both girls medaled; Hayward won eighth place with 79.85 points, while Lilly tied for sixth place after earning 82.7 points.
Mia Nociolo competed in both 12u girl’s events; 12U Girls had 25 divers and the challenging 12U Open had a larger field of 32 girls. The 12u Open requires the divers to perform more dives than they normally do in dual meets. Mia Nociolo took fifth place in the 12U event with 98.6 points, only 0.45 off fourth. She followed that up with an seventh place medal in the 12U Open, scoring 160.3 points.
