Kentucky Diving Alumna Kyndal Knight Closes USA Diving Winter National Championships With 3m Bronze
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Alumna Kyndal Knight (Class of 2023) earned bronze to close the 2024 USA Diving Winter National Championships in Bloomington, Indiana. Knight picked up the medal in the 3-meter final with a score of 566.00 points. It is her second medal of the competition after earning a silver medal in the 3-meter synchronized final alongside partner Anna Kwong of Texas Christian University on Thursday.
Knight picks up her third career medal from the Winter National Championships. Knight, a native of Stanley, North Carolina, made her fifth appearance at the Winter National Championships this year. A veteran of the meet, Knight earned silver in 2019 with a second-place finish in the 1-meter final. Knight has finished fourth in the 3-meter synchronized final both in 2021 and 2023 and eighth in the 3-meter final in 2022. One of Kentucky’s most decorated divers in program history, Knight is a 10-time All-American and a member of the 2020 USA Diving High Performance Squad.
On Friday, current fifth-year diver Sam Duncan recorded a career-best fourth-place finish in the men’s 1-meter final, just short of earning a medal. The Virginia native scored a personal best 666.65 points in his best showing at the National Championships.
The USA Diving Winter National Championships are held from December 11-15 in Bloomington, Indiana on the campus of Indiana University. Attendance is free and the event will be live streamed on the USA Diving YouTube channel here.
Meet Schedule: (All times are Eastern)
Thursday, December 12th
Women’s 3m-Synchro Prelim (Knight) – 3rd, 246.00 pts.
Women’s 3m-Synchro Final (Knight) – 2nd, 497.70 pts.
Friday, December 13th
Women’s 1m Prelim (Knight) – 5th, 252.90
Women’s 1m Final (Knight) – 6th, 487.30
Men’s 1m Prelim (Duncan) – 9th, 325.85
Men’s 1m Final (Duncan) – 4th, 666.65
Saturday, December 14th
Men’s 3m Prelim (Duncan) – 31st, 254.50
Sunday, December 15th
Women’s 3m Prelim (Knight) – 3rd, 280.75
Women’s 3m Final (Knight) – 3rd, 566.00
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