Lepech wins 3-meter at Regional
Published 11:16 pm Monday, April 10, 2006
MOULTRIE — At the Region 7 championships held in Islamorada, Fla., Moss Farms’ Kelsey Goodman was first and teammate Ali Lepech second on the 1-meter board in Saturday’s first day of competition.
The pair swapped places on Sunday with Lepech taking first place on the 3-meter springboard with a 309.60 and Goodman finishing just behind in second place with a 306.05.
The pair joined Moss Farms teammate Elizabeth Ann Kirkland in qualifying in Islamorada on both boards for the Spring East Nationals, to be held April 28-30 in Boston, Mass.
Kirkland finished fifth on 3-meter board and third on the 1-meter board in the 11-and-under age group.
The top six finishers in each even advance to the East Nationals.
Moss Farms divers Ann Perry Blank, Jillian Braun, Anna Aguero, Ryan Helms, Owen Blank and Leah Piemonte had already qualified for the East Nationals a week earlier in Middletown, Conn.
Like Goodman and Lepech, Aguero, Helms and Piemonte and Ann Perry Blank qualified on both boards.
Braun and Owen Blank qualified only on the 3-meter board.
Also representing Moss Farms in Islamorada were Audrey White, Erin Goodman, Maddie Qurnell, Staci Howard and Jacob Russell. They were unable to qualify for the trip to compete in Boston.