U.S. Divers Win Five Medals at 2025 Canada Cup
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Katerina Hoffman and Bailee Sturgill
U.S. divers won five medals – one gold, three silver and one bronze – at the Canada Cup of Diving, a World Aquatics recognized event held in Gatineau, Quebec, from June 5-8.
Collier Dyer and Kyndal Knight won individual silver medals in 3-meter competition, and the U.S. won three medals in synchronized events. Bailee Sturgill had a hand in two of those synchronized medals, winning gold with Katerina Hoffman in synchronized 10-meter and pairing with Lily Witte for silver in synchronized 3-meter. Nathaniel Grannis and Ivor Brown took bronze in men’s synchronized 3-meter.
Dyer made his international debut and finished with 385.65 points for the individual men’s 3-meter silver. He was in eighth place with two rounds to go but came through with 79.80 points on a front 4 ½ tuck and 78 points on a front 2 ½ with three twists to finish in second place. Canada’s Victor Povzner scored 416.20 for gold, with Korea’s Kang Minhyuk finishing with 379.40 for bronze. USA’s Max Miller scored 362.80 for fifth.
Knight scored 288.40 points to claim the women’s 3-meter silver medal. She was in third place with one round to go and scored 66 points on her final dive – a front 2 ½ with 1 ½ twists – to move ahead of Australia’s Natalie Phan, who took the bronze. Canada’s Margo Erlam scored 325.50 points for gold. Witte finished sixth with 264.20 points, and Sturgill took eighth at 255.30.
Witte and Sturgill paired together for 275.46 points and a silver medal in synchronized 3-meter. Erlam and Sonya Palkhivala scored 282.24 points for another gold medal for Canada. Team Australia took the bronze.
Sturgill and Hoffman scored 273.33 for the 10-meter synchro gold, with teams from Canada taking second and third.
Brown and Grannis took third in men’s synchronized 3-meter with 361.26 points, finishing behind teams from Canada and Korea.
In individual 10-meter competition, Sophie McAfee scored 306.75 points to finish fourth in the women’s final, which was won by Maggie Grey of Australia at 325.20. Grant Cates led the U.S. in the men’s 10-meter event with 383.95 points for seventh place. Andrew Bennett scored 358.65 points for ninth, followed by Kylie Flory in 11th at 298.70 and Evan Stingley in 12th at 248.55. Australia’s Jonah Mercieca won gold.
Cates and Stingley also paired up in synchronized 10-meter and scored 311.76 points for seventh, just behind the U.S. team of Jackson Monus and Rydan Russell, who took sixth at 314.46. The Canadian duo of Matt Cullen and Rylan Wiens scored 379.71 for gold.
In the mixed 3-meter and 10-meter team event, Bennett, McAfee, Miller and Witte combined to finished fifth for the United States.
