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Hamilton Spectator
16-05-2025
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- Hamilton Spectator
13-year-old ElliReese Niday wins 10-meter title at USA Diving national championships
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — ElliReese Niday became one of the youngest champions ever when she won the women's 10-meter title Thursday at the USA Diving national championships. The 13-year-old from Moultrie, Georgia, scored 721.40 points to beat Texas sophomore Bayleigh Cranford by 10 points. 'It doesn't feel real,' Niday said. 'I just tried to stay focused on my own dives and celebrate after.' She's the youngest American diver to win a senior national title in an individual event since 2016, when former Olympian Hailey Hernandez won a 3-meter title at the same age. 'It's really crazy,' Niday said. 'Maybe one day when I grow up, I'll make the Olympic team possibly.' She led after the semifinals, when she had three dives score over 80 points. Her inward 2 1/2 pike earned perfect 10s from three judges at the meet in Auburn, Alabama. Semifinal scores carried over to the final. On Thursday, Niday scored over 80 points on two of her five dives. Niday finished fifth at last year's winter nationals. She's a seven-time junior national champion and won three gold medals at the 2023 Junior Pan American Championships. Niday's mother, Lauryn McCalley Niday, was a standout diver at Tennessee and won national titles in 2000 and 2001 on 3-meter springboard. ___ AP Olympics at
Fox Sports
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
13-year-old ElliReese Niday wins 10-meter title at USA Diving national championships
Associated Press AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — ElliReese Niday became one of the youngest champions ever when she won the women's 10-meter title Thursday at the USA Diving national championships. The 13-year-old from Moultrie, Georgia, scored 721.40 points to beat Texas sophomore Bayleigh Cranford by 10 points. 'It doesn't feel real," Niday said. "I just tried to stay focused on my own dives and celebrate after.' She's the youngest American diver to win a senior national title in an individual event since 2016, when former Olympian Hailey Hernandez won a 3-meter title at the same age. 'It's really crazy," Niday said. "Maybe one day when I grow up, I'll make the Olympic team possibly.' She led after the semifinals, when she had three dives score over 80 points. Her inward 2 1/2 pike earned perfect 10s from three judges at the meet in Auburn, Alabama. Semifinal scores carried over to the final. On Thursday, Niday scored over 80 points on two of her five dives. Niday finished fifth at last year's winter nationals. She's a seven-time junior national champion and won three gold medals at the 2023 Junior Pan American Championships. Niday's mother, Lauryn McCalley Niday, was a standout diver at Tennessee and won national titles in 2000 and 2001 on 3-meter springboard. ___ AP Olympics at in this topic
Yahoo
15-05-2025
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- Yahoo
13-year-old ElliReese Niday wins 10-meter title at USA Diving national championships
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — ElliReese Niday became one of the youngest champions ever when she won the women's 10-meter title Thursday at the USA Diving national championships. The 13-year-old from Moultrie, Georgia, scored 721.40 points to beat Texas sophomore Bayleigh Cranford by 10 points. Advertisement 'It doesn't feel real," Niday said. "I just tried to stay focused on my own dives and celebrate after.' She's the youngest American diver to win a senior national title in an individual event since 2016, when former Olympian Hailey Hernandez won a 3-meter title at the same age. 'It's really crazy," Niday said. "Maybe one day when I grow up, I'll make the Olympic team possibly.' She led after the semifinals, when she had three dives score over 80 points. Her inward 2 1/2 pike earned perfect 10s from three judges at the meet in Auburn, Alabama. Semifinal scores carried over to the final. Advertisement On Thursday, Niday scored over 80 points on two of her five dives. Niday finished fifth at last year's winter nationals. She's a seven-time junior national champion and won three gold medals at the 2023 Junior Pan American Championships. Niday's mother, Lauryn McCalley Niday, was a standout diver at Tennessee and won national titles in 2000 and 2001 on 3-meter springboard. ___ AP Olympics at
Winnipeg Free Press
15-05-2025
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
13-year-old ElliReese Niday wins 10-meter title at USA Diving national championships
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — ElliReese Niday became one of the youngest champions ever when she won the women's 10-meter title Thursday at the USA Diving national championships. The 13-year-old from Moultrie, Georgia, scored 721.40 points to beat Texas sophomore Bayleigh Cranford by 10 points. 'It doesn't feel real,' Niday said. 'I just tried to stay focused on my own dives and celebrate after.' She's the youngest American diver to win a senior national title in an individual event since 2016, when former Olympian Hailey Hernandez won a 3-meter title at the same age. 'It's really crazy,' Niday said. 'Maybe one day when I grow up, I'll make the Olympic team possibly.' She led after the semifinals, when she had three dives score over 80 points. Her inward 2 1/2 pike earned perfect 10s from three judges at the meet in Auburn, Alabama. Semifinal scores carried over to the final. On Thursday, Niday scored over 80 points on two of her five dives. Niday finished fifth at last year's winter nationals. She's a seven-time junior national champion and won three gold medals at the 2023 Junior Pan American Championships. Niday's mother, Lauryn McCalley Niday, was a standout diver at Tennessee and won national titles in 2000 and 2001 on 3-meter springboard. ___ AP Olympics at
Winnipeg Free Press
08-05-2025
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Los Angeles Coliseum and SoFi Stadium to share opening and closing ceremonies for 2028 Olympics
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It'll be a mix of old and new for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and Paralympic Games. The historic Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and state-of-the-art SoFi Stadium in nearby Inglewood will share the ceremonies, city officials announced Thursday, confirming what was part of the city's bid in 2017. It will be the Coliseum's third time hosting the ceremony — the most in Olympic history — and it'll be the first time two locations have shared it. SoFi will also host swimming at the Games. The torch lit by decathlon gold medalist Rafer Johnson at the 1984 Los Angeles Games is still atop the Coliseum's entrance. 'The venues selected for the 2028 opening and closing ceremonies will highlight Los Angeles' rich sporting history and cutting-edge future, showcasing the very best that L.A. has to offer on the world stage,' LA28 chairman and president Casey Wasserman said in a statement. Still to be revealed are how the ceremonies will be staged. The Olympics will be held July 14-30. The closing ceremony takes place on July 30. The Paralympic Games will run from Aug. 15-27. The closing ceremony will be on Aug. 27. ___ AP Olympics at
