Montréal, May 24, 2024 – The Canadian diving team added eight medals to its tally on Friday, following the seven it won yesterday at the Junior America’s Cup, being held in Mission Viejo until Sunday.

On Friday, Saskatchewan’s Kash Tarasoff (457.55) put up a good fight against teammate Claude-Olivier Lisé-Coderre (453.80) to claim the gold medal for Canada in the boys’ Group B platform event (14-15 years). The two Canadians finished well ahead of bronze medallist Leyton Dean of the USA, who trailed second place by more than 30 points.

It was the second one-two finish for the two Canadians, who pulled off the same feat in Thursday’s 1m springboard event.

“At the beginning of the competition, I just wanted to do well on the compulsory dives, so that I would be well-positioned for the final,” explained the gold medallist, adding that although his reverse dive was a little more difficult, he was able to bounce back for his subsequent dives.

Quebec’s Lisé-Coderre was also satisfied with his performance.

“I had a great competition day. I’ve had a little bit of trouble on the tower lately, so my results haven’t been so great. I had lost a bit of my confidence, but today [Friday], it was just a relief to perform my dives like I do in training. I learned a lot today.”

In the girls’ platform event (14-15 years), Ontario’s Ella Lindsay (344.95) finished second, just ahead of Alberta’s Lila Gokiert (326.15). Daniela Durevska (297.05), also of Alberta, finished seventh in the same event.

“In the final, I was happy to have corrected some of the errors I made in the preliminaries,” said the silver medallist, adding that the weather conditions had added to the challenge, given that it was her first outdoor competition at the international level.

“The wind can make things unpredictable. You also have to deal with the cold, especially when you’re at the top of the tower, waiting for your turn.”

In the boys’ Group C 1m event (12-13 years), Ontario’s Gabin Emptoz Lacote (280.05) and Alberta’s Chase Shaw (277.20) also finished second and third.

Ontario’s Emmitt Reesor (497.55), who won gold on Thursday in the boys’ Group A 3m event (16-18 years), was back on the podium on Friday, this time claiming silver in the 1m springboard contest.

Quebec’s Sara-Jade Tessier (296.20) won a second bronze medal in as many days. After finishing third in Thursday’s platform event, she repeated the feat in Friday’s 3m springboard event, just ahead of her teammate Lauren Vickaryous (281.40).

Keira Lu (411.65) and Alexa Fung (400.70) finished sixth and ninth in the girls’ Group A 3m final (16-18 years).

The penultimate day of competition will take place on Saturday.

More information:

Alexandra Piché
Manager, Communications
Diving Canada
C: 514 625-5513
alexandra@diving.ca