{"id":803,"date":"2011-03-25T18:43:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-25T18:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/sports\/young-long-beach-divers-headed-to-national-championships\/"},"modified":"2011-03-25T18:43:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-25T18:43:00","slug":"young-long-beach-divers-headed-to-national-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/young-long-beach-divers-headed-to-national-championships","title":{"rendered":"Young Long Beach Divers Headed to National Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/span><\/strong>Deon Reid, a student at Poly High School and a member of Long Beach-based dive team McCormick Divers, is competing in the 2011 USA Diving Spring Junior West National Championships next month. Photo courtesy of McCormick Divers.<\/span><\/strong><\/em> <\/p>\n

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4<\/strong>:01pm | <\/strong>Long Beach-based McCormick Divers has announced that three of its young athletes are headed to the 2011 USA Diving Spring Junior West National Championships next month.  <\/span>
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Top Long Beach diver Deon Reid of Bixby Knolls qualified with a third-place finish on 1- and 3-meter springboard in the boys\u2019 16- to 18-year-old category. Right behind Reid is Brandon Loschiavo, who earned a trip to nationals with a second-place finish on 1-meter and fourth-place on 3-meter springboard in the boys 14- to 15-year-old competitions. And 8-year-old Jenna Sonnenberg, also of Long Beach, nailed her trip to nationals with a fourth-place finish in the girls 3-meter springboard competition.<\/p>\n

A Long Beach Poly High School junior, Reid earned more than 50 points on three dives on the 3-meter board.  His highest score on 3-meter was 60.20 points on the reverse two-and-one-half somersault dive. His highest score on 1-meter was 55.90 points on his front two-and-one-half somersault dive.  <\/p>\n

Loschiavo, a seventh-grader at Dwyer Middle School in Huntington Beach, earned 45.10 points on 1-meter with a front one-and-one-half somersault with a full twist. His highest score on 3-meter was 44 points with a front two-and-one-half somersault.<\/p>\n

McCormick Divers<\/a>\u2019 other top place winner was Sonnenberg. She received top marks for her reverse dive tuck and front one-and-one-half somersault pike and is set to compete in the 11 and under category at the championship competition.<\/p>\n

The diving team practices at Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool.
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The championship competition is slated for April 8 – 10 in Lubbock, Texas.<\/p>\n

Editor’s note:<\/strong> This story previously stated incorrectly that 8-year-old Sonnenberg was too young to compete in the national championship games because the competition starts with the 12- to 13-year-old category. This was based on information provided by McCormick Divers that is also posted on the team’s website, McCormickDivers.com\/newsite<\/a>. The championships, however, feature an 11 and under category, according to an event program, and Sonnenberg is, in fact, traveling to Texas with Reid and Loschiavo to compete. The <\/em>Long Beach Post apologizes for the error.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Long Beach resident Jenna Sonnenberg, 8, a member of McCormick Divers, arches into a reverse dive tuck, one of two dives in the girls 3-meter springboard competition that secured her trip to compete in the<\/em> 2011 USA Diving Spring Junior West National Championships next month. Photo courtesy of Lesley Sonnenberg.<\/span><\/strong><\/em>
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\"\"<\/span>Brandon Loschiavo, a member of Long Beach-based dive team McCormick Divers, is competing in the 2011 USA Diving Spring Junior West National Championships next month. Photo courtesy of McCormick Divers.<\/span><\/strong><\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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