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Taylor, Orchard take top two Diving Invitational positions

The annual diving meet at the Fallbrook High School swimming pool, which was traditionally called the Fallbrook April Dive Invitational, was renamed the Diving Invitational this year because it took place March 30 rather than in April. This year, Fallbrook sophomore Donovan Taylor won the boys six-dive event, and Fallbrook sophomore Hayden Orchard placed second.

Taylor accumulated a score of 153.90 points on six dives. Orchard had a score of 149.70.

“It was great,” Fallbrook diving coach Sean Redmond, who was also the meet organizer, said of Fallbrook divers taking first and second.

The meet attracted 36 divers including six in the boys six-dive event. Four of the boys six-dive participants are part of the Fallbrook team. Carlos Mejia had 140.90 points to place the senior fourth, and junior Isai Soto was fifth with 134.85 points.

The girls six-dive competition had nine competitors including Fallbrook junior Chiara Curnow, whose score of 133.65 points placed sixth. The winner of that division was Tatum Chico of Point Loma High School, who accumulated 170.10 points.

None of the Fallbrook divers competed in an 11-dive division. The highest score among the 10 boys 11-dive participants was the 469.50 points accumulated by Chula Vista Learning Community Charter School sophomore Sergio Zepeda. The girls 11-dive event had 11 participants and was won by La Jolla High School sophomore Makenna Sammons, who had 462.95 points.

“It’s larger than the first one,” Redmond said of the meet.

The CIF advanced swim and dive a week earlier than had been the case in previous years, and the Early Season Dive Meet at the Fallbrook High School pool, March 9, had nine divers. Mejia was the only Fallbrook participant, and he won the boys six-dive competition with 133.00 points.

“I thought it was a great performance,” Redmond said.

Not only is Mejia not a year-round diver, but he is also on the Warriors’ track and field team during the spring sports season.

“He’s making it work. It’s not easy,” Redmond said.

Reese Robles of Granite Hills scored 455.35 points to win the boys 11-dive event March 9, Sammons had 464.00 points to win the girls 11-dive competition and Katrina Chaffen of Classical Academy had a girls six-dive score of 165.80 for first place.

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Joe Naiman, Writer

Joe Naiman has been writing for the Village News since 2001

 

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