Cranford/Wright, Campbell/Ryan Win Synchro Titles on Day Two of 2025 Nationals
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Men's 3-meter synchro medalists: Gold - Campbell/Ryan; Silver - Sitz/Sollenberger; Bronze - Brown/Grannis
AUBURN, Ala. – Bayleigh Cranford (Jamestown, N.C./Longhorn Aquatics) and Daryn Wright (Plainfield, Ind./Purdue Diving) won women’s synchronized 10-meter and Jack Ryan (Denver, Colo./Unattached) and Grayson Campbell (Vienna, Va./Mission Viejo Nadadores) won men’s synchronized 3-meter as the 2025 USA Diving National Championships continued Saturday.
Cranford won her second national title in two days, having already won a mixed 10-meter synchro title on Friday. On Saturday, Cranford and Wright scored 569.43 points over two lists of dives to win the women’s 10-meter synchro title.
Cranford and Wright were in a close contest with Anna Lemkin (Woodside, Calif./Unattached) and Lanie Gutch (Orlando, Fla./University of North Carolina) through three rounds in the finals. Gutch and Lemkin led after the morning preliminary as well as after rounds one and three in the final. Cranford and Wright held the top spot after round two. The pairs were separated by 3.09 points or less after each of those rounds in the final.
Cranford and Wright then put down an inward 3 ½ tuck that went for 82.56 points in round four, with Gutch and Lemkin following with 63.36 points on the same dive.
“I knew that we were pretty close. I was kind of like, ‘OK, we need to do something here.’ And I think we did, so that was good,” Cranford said.
The 82.56-point dive gave Cranford and Wright a 17.79-point advantage heading into the last round. They maintained the top spot after finishing with 67.32 points on a back 3 ½ tuck, while Lemkin and Gutch rounded out their list with 70.08 on a back 2 ½ with 1 ½ twists.
Lemkin and Gutch finished with 554.40 points for silver, while Katerina Hoffman (Whitehouse Station, N.J./Unattached) and Bailee Sturgill (Noblesville, Ind./Unattached) took third at 503.19.
“It was super fun. I think synchro’s just a fun event in general and having a competitive event was fun to see. We haven’t had that in a while,” Wright said.
Campbell and Ryan led heading into the men’s 3-meter synchro final and held on to the top spot for the duration of the competition. They finished with 782.19 points over two lists of dives, with 376.41 in the preliminaries and 405.78 in the final, to win the national title,
“After the morning session, we were talking that we wanted to score even higher, do even better in the final. We were just trying beat our score, improve and do better than what we did on our first list,” Ryan said.
Campbell and Ryan scored no lower than 72.90 points on any of their four optional dives in the final, highlighted by a front 2 ½ with two twists that earned 81.60 points.
“It feels really good. Consistency is always key, especially in an event like this when you have prelims and finals counting together. When you’re able to come in and keep the momentum rolling and build off the morning session like we did in the afternoon, it’s really exciting,” Campbell said.
The win marked Campbell’s third 3-meter national synchro title and Ryan’s second. It was their first win together, with both having previously won with different partners.
Luke Sitz (Prosper, Texas/Unattached) and Joshua Sollenberger (Fort Wayne, Ind./Johansen Diving Academy) taking second with 702.24 points. Ivor Brown (Chantilly, Va./Dominion Dive Club) and Nathaniel Grannis (Annandale, Va./Dominion Dive Club) were third at 649.29.
The USA Diving National Championships continue through Friday, May 16. Sunday’s competition features preliminaries and finals for women’s 3-meter synchro and men’s 10-meter synchro. The championships will determine U.S. teams for several 2025 international events.
