The De Anza College men’s and women’s diving teams placed in the top eight at this season’s Coast Conference Championships, April 14 at Merced College. The contest also served as the Northern California Diving Championships, where the teams placed in the top 20.

Diver Katherine Kline placed second in the women’s conference on the three-meter springboard diving competition. 

“I worked really hard and I’m very happy about getting second place,” said Kline. “I’m disappointed I didn’t make it to state but it was an overall good season.” 

With De Anza’s pool under construction and unavailable, the diving team has not been able to host any competitions or hold any activities this season. 

“We haven’t been able to showcase what we’ve been doing,” said diving coach Danielle Vonn Matt. “Sometimes you lose some athletes who don’t know there’s a swim team because they can’t see it.”

Practices have been held in the pool at Foothill College, a journey that some team members could not make on their own.

“We had a team meeting the first week of school to set up carpools,” said Von Matt. “Everyone kind of rallied; it’s really helped the team bond. We had one of the best turnouts ever.”

The diving teams will compete next at Coast Conference Championships.  The three-day event will be held at the College of San Mateo starting April 19.