Ringgold’s Vogt wins WPIAL diving title
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Ringgold High School junior Anna Vogt won the WPIAL girls diving championship Friday at South Park High School with a point total of 354.70.
Vogt, the WPIAL runner-up in 2017, trailed after the semi-final but rallied to overtake Blackhawk’s Jamie Elia, who led her 271.80 to 269.80 after the semifinals.
One of Elia’s three dives in the final round was ruled a “failed dive.” That made her slip to third place. Elizabeth Forward senior Jordan Vasko was second with 352.70 points.
Vogt advances to the PIAA Championships set for March 14-17 at Kinney Natatorium at Bucknell University in Lewisburg.
She owns the Ringgold girl’s diving record with a total 249.2 points, set this season in a home meet against Steel Valley.
In competition, each dive is judged with a point total which is then multiplied by the degree of difficulty of each specific dive. Each dive is added together to reach the overall point total.
Vogt said she “warmed up pretty well” but was not happy with her performance in the early dives.
Her preparation for the state meet will be simple.
“Just get in as many repetitions as I can and make my dives as clean as possible,” she said.