2026 USA Diving Junior National Championships Day Five Recap

Three more junior national titles were awarded after today’s diving sessions in Morgantown. 

Milan Xing (Arrow Dive Club) picked up her second gold medal in two days, this time on the 11 & Under girls 3-meter. Xing led for the final five rounds of competition and finished with 236.20. Clover Kirby (Crown Valley Divers) finished just off the top spot with 234.50. Abbygail Rose Ayroso, a fellow Arrow Dive Club diver, claimed the final spot on the podium with 223.05. 

Two Atlanta Diving Association divers found themselves on the podium for the 11 & Under boys platform event. Burke Layo’s 216.60 earned him the junior national title, and Dylan Dannemann’s 211.65 earned him his second junior national runner-up title of the meet. Austin Eichenseer (Duke Diving) rounded out the podium with 209.25.  

Sophia Kazimir (Germantown Academy Dive Club) was the leader heading into the final and maintained her top spot, finishing first with 271.90. Raine Rutter’s (Stanford Diving) score of 260.70 earned her a second silver medal after yesterday’s platform event. Sawyer Watts (Mission Viejo Nadadores Dive) earned the bronze medal, finishing with a score of 255.25. 

Competition will return tomorrow with the first preliminary beginning at 11:10 AM local time. All events will be streaming live on the USA Diving YouTube channel, and event information can be found at usadiving.org/2026-usa-diving-junior-national-championships.