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Jack Ryan and Quinn Henninger
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Three medals, three gold for Team USA.
Three events, three golds for Sophie Verzyl.
The American Cup wrapped up Sunday with U.S. divers winning three more medals – all gold.
In all, the U.S. won 10 medals – five gold, three silver and two bronze – throughout the four-day competition.
Verzyl won the individual women’s 3-meter gold medal on Sunday after winning gold in synchronized 3-meter and in the mixed 3-meter and 10-meter event earlier in the week.
Also on Sunday, Jack Ryan and Quinn Henninger won the gold medal in men’s synchronized 3-meter and Josh Hedberg won the men’s 10-meter contest .
Verzyl capped off an impressive week with 329.40 points for her 3-meter gold. She took the lead in round four and sealed the victory with 81.60 points on her front 2 ½ with 2 twists in the final round.
Great Britain’s Desharne Bent-Ashmeil came away with the silver at 303.60, and Australia’s Natalie Phan took bronze with 296.10 points.
USA’s Kyndal Knight scored 279.65 for sixth, and Margo O’Meara was eighth at 266.40.
Henninger and Ryan won gold in 3-meter synchro with 433.83 points, including more than 80 points on three of their four optionals. Their front 4 ½ tuck went for 90.06 points, and their front 2 ½ with 3 twists earned 88.92.
Ukraine’s Stanislav Oliferchyk and Kirill Boliukh claimed the silver with 397.47 points. USA’s Josh Sollenberger and Luke Sitz were third with 383.55, but the bronze medal went to Australia’s Sam Fricker and Ben Wilson. As the host country, the United States could enter two synchro teams, but only one could medal.
Hedberg scored 474.80 to edge Ukraine’s Oleksii Sereda by 1.60 points for the gold. Great Britain’s Noah Williams took third with 428.65 points. Hedberg was consistent, scoring no lower than 73 points on any dive and having two go for more than 80 points – including 88.20 on a back 3 ½ pike.
The U.S. had four other divers in the men’s 10-meter final. Leyton Dean finished fourth for Team USA with 420.95 points, and Max Weinrich scored 409.60 for sixth. Drew Bennett finished ninth and Nathaniel Grannis placed 11th.
Bayleigh Cranford and Ella Roselli finished fourth with 255.72 points in the women’s synchronized 10-meter contest, just 3.6 points behind bronze medalists Lois Toulson and Eden Cheng of Great Britain. Australia’s Lauren Flint and Laura Hingston scored 284.70 for gold, and Kseniia Bailo and Sofia Vystavkina of Ukraine came away with the silver.