2025 Metros Diving Champions Crowned!
By Reach for the Wall
Photos by Marcus Chen @marcus.chen.photo
February 5-6 Boyds, MD
The diving portion of Metro’s started Wednesday night with the Boys competition and concluded last night (Thursday) with the Girls. On the Boys boards, Dylan Imirowicz, a Junior from B-CC was 20 points clear of the field at the conclusion of the event. Throughout the 3 rounds of dives, he and runner-up James Skipper (Whitman) were matching reach other dive for dive. After 5 dives, Skipper held a 6.85 lead, but in the semifinal round of 3 dives, Dylan was able to cut the lead to 3.9 points. The 1st dive of the last round (Dive 9) sealed the win for Dylan, where he completed the Forward 1 1/2 Somersault 1 Twist Free with degree of difficulty (DD) 2.2, which earned him 49.5 points. James executed the Back Dive Pike, garnering 32.8 points, giving Dylan a 12.8 point cushion into the last two dives. Dylan’s next dive was the Reverse 2 1/2 Somersault Tuck with a 3.0 (DD) and while he scored 5.5-6.5, the (DD) earned him a 52.5 for the dive.
Skipper executed the Reverse 1 1/2 Somersault Pike with a 2.4 (DD) earning 46.80, however Dylan’s lead was extended to 18.5. Dylan sealed the win with his final dive, the Inward 1 1/2 Somersault Pike, 2.4 (DD), earning 52.8 points. Skipper’s last dive was the Back 1 1/2 Somersault 1 1/2 Twist Free with a 2.5 (DD), earning a great score of 51.25, but not enough to bridge the gap Dylan built.
This was the first time Dylan has captured the Metro championship after finishing 3rd in 2024 and 9th in 2023. His B-CC teammate, Zach Meisel, also finished in the top 20, capturing 13th overall. Whitman, which traditionally has placed their divers in high positions in the diving event had all 4 in the top 11, James Skipper (2nd), Sam Adelson (7th), Tobias Saberi (8th), and Asa Hsu (11th). Dylan Zimsky, Sophomore from Bullis, captured 3rd, one week after diving to the top spot at the WMPSSDL Championships. The Whitman Boys heads into the weekend at the top of the team standings with 63 points.
Full Results
| Diver | Team | Place | Score |
| Dylan Imirowicz | BCC | 1 | 502.9 |
| James Skipper | WWHS | 2 | 482.8 |
| Dylan Zimsky | Bullis | 3 | 456.5 |
| Samuel Pikofsky-christiansen | JFK | 4 | 453.5 |
| Beaumanoir Amprey | Sidwell | 5 | 423.1 |
| Evan Medina | Clarksburg | 6 | 410.5 |
| Samuel Adelson | WWHS | 7 | 403.3 |
| Tobias Saberi | WWHS | 8 | 374.7 |
| Gabriel Hermann | Poolesville | 9 | 360.9 |
| Cooper White | Good Counsel | 10 | 344.7 |
| Asa Hsu | WWHS | 11 | 342.3 |
| Kai Lawson | WJ | 12 | 329.3 |
| Zachary Meisel | BCC | 13 | 327.2 |
| Luke Landreth | Sherwood | 14 | 324.4 |
| Aidan Lawlor | Blair | 15 | 271.3 |
| James Luo | RM | 16 | 251.2 |
| Aedan Billington | WCHS | 17 | 243.7 |
| Daniel Fry | SJCH | 18 | 243.1 |
| Mason Norris | WCHS | 19 | 242.6 |
| Samuel Bynum | Landon | 20 | 240.8 |
Girls Diving
Thursday night, the Girls kept the fire going on the boards, B-CC again came away with the top diver, with Junior Eden Brenner narrowly defeating Whitman Junior Katya Peresunko 415.35 to 406.80. Elise Pantezzi, the Junior from Quince Orchard finished 3rd with 397.45, just ahead of Freshman Eleanor Dotson (Rockville) who earned 392.05 points. The Girls event was ‘up for grabs’ as the top 4 girls entered the final round separated by 5.35 points
The 9th round dive for Eden gave her the necessary separation from the competition as she scored a 42 on her Back 1 1/2 Somersault 1/2 Twist Free. Katya Peresunko performed a Forward 1 1/2 Somersault 1 Twist Free, earning 36.30 points, and Elise earned 39.10 with her Back 1 1/2 Somersault Pike. Eden scored solid 37.95 and 37.8 on her last 2 dives while Katya scored 34.80, 38.40 and Elise 35.70, 36.80, neither competitor making up the deficit to catch Eden.
Eden finished in 13th at this event last year, while Katya and Elise both improved 1 position. As in the Boys competition, a few schools had multiple divers finish in the top 20. Eden’s B-CC teammates Avery Moffitt placed 5th, Audrey Gee 6th, and Eliana Seieler 19th. Whitman was also strong with 4 divers scoing- after Katya, Anne Kessner placed 7th, Kaarina Williams 10th and Briley Silvola 12th.
B-CC enters the swim competition leading the team scores with 61 points, followed by Whitman with 58.
Full Results
| Diver | Team | Place | Score |
| Eden Brenner | BCC | 1 | 415.4 |
| Kateryna Peresunko | WWHS | 2 | 406.8 |
| Elise Pantezzi | QOHS | 3 | 397.5 |
| Eleanor Anttila Dotson | RHS | 4 | 392.1 |
| Avery Clare Moffitt | BCC | 5 | 375.6 |
| Audrey Gee | BCC | 6 | 373.3 |
| Anne Kessner | WWHS | 7 | 370.2 |
| Dessalines Amprey | Sidwell Friends | 8 | 370.1 |
| Caileigh Walsh | Stone Ridge | 9 | 367.8 |
| Annie Dockx | QOHS | 10 | 365.5 |
| Kaarina Williams | WWHS | 10 | 365.5 |
| Briley Silvola | WWHS | 12 | 363.7 |
| Ainsley Kashatus | Holton Arms | 13 | 357.9 |
| Brynn Congdon | Poolesville | 14 | 305.4 |
| Sophie Bruce | Einstein | 15 | 304.4 |
| Keira Majarowitz | Einstein | 16 | 282.9 |
| Joy Ryba | Magruder | 17 | 266.8 |
| Julia Rudick | Holton Arms | 18 | 260.5 |
| Eliana Seiler | BCC | 19 | 251.2 |
| Allison Kraft | Sherwood | 20 | 239.2 |
