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Greenwich YMCA Marlins Dive Team Fares Well at Nationals

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Elizabeth Fitzpatrick, left, and Carolina Sculti are all smiles at the USA Diving Nationals.
Elizabeth Fitzpatrick, left, and Carolina Sculti are all smiles at the USA Diving Nationals.

The Greenwich YMCA Marlins had a strong showing at the 2015 AT&T USA Diving National Championship, which took place recently in Orlando, Florida.

The Marlins finished 12th overall, placing 30th in the Championship Team Awards for Men and seventh in the Championship Team Awards for Women.

Amongst a plethora of honors for the Marlins, Rye resident Carolina Sculti dominated the competition. She contended in all three of the 14- to 15-year-old girls’ events, earning eighth on the 3-meter, a silver medal on the platform and the gold on the 1-meter.

Sculti’s finish on the 1-meter and platform earned her a spot on USA’s Junior Pan-American team, which will enable her to compete on all three individual events at the Junior Pan-American Games in Cuba from Oct. 4-12.

Furthermore, by being chosen to represent the USA at Junior Pan Am’s, Sculti is now pre-qualified to participate in all individual events at the USA Diving Winter National Championships In Indianapolis, Ind. from Dec. 15-20.

 James Hopper and Elizabeth Fitzpatrick finishing top 10 in the nation during Nationals.
James Hopper and Elizabeth Fitzpatrick finishing top 10 in the nation during Nationals.

After completing the junior portion of USA Diving Nationals, both Sculti and Fitzpatrick continued on to compete in the senior national women’s springboard events.

Sculti finished 10th overall in the senior women’s 1-meter final and 17th in the senior women’s 3-meter semifinal. This was a strong finish for Sculti’s first experience at Senior Nationals and is indicative of promising future competing on the board.

Also having an impressive showing at the senior level was Fitzpatrick, finishing 10th in the senior women’s 1-meter semifinal and 16th in the senior women’s 3-meter semifinal.

This was Fitzpatrick’s best finish in Senior Nationals and was a great ending to her career as a Marlins diver. She will be heading to Duke University this fall and will continue to compete as a Blue Devil diver.

Founded 99 years ago in 1916, the YMCA is the largest community-based membership organization in Greenwich.  Part of a well-known YMCA national network, the Greenwich Y has 5400 members.  Its programs in healthy living and youth development seek to serve and to nurture the potential of everyone in our community, whether or not they have the ability to pay for its programs.

To learn more about the YMCA of Greenwich, membership and its numerous wellness programs, visit Greenwichymca.org.

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