Кэти Паркер из Бентонвилла завоевала две золотые медали на национальном чемпионате США по прыжкам в воду

Кэти Паркер завершила юниорскую карьеру победителем в двух дисциплинах на чемпионате AAU, превратив прежнее страхование с вышки в личное достижение. Спортсменка из Арканзаса, ранее занимавшаяся плаванием и гимнастикой, теперь продолжит карьеру в университете Айовы.

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Winner of the Week: Bentonville's Katie Parker Parker recently won two gold medals at the AAU Junior Diving Nationals This week’s winner of the Week is Katie Parker. Parker recently won two gold medals at the AAU Junior Diving Nationals. Katie Parker grew up as a swimmer and gymnast, but a trip to diving camp for fun changed the course of her athletic career. Parker began diving at 14 and quickly fell in love with the sport. Her background in gymnastics helped ease the transition because she had always enjoyed doing flips. That natural ability eventually developed into national success. Parker closed her junior diving career in July by winning the girls tower and 3-meter events at the AAU National Championships. She also placed second in the tower event at the USA Diving Junior National Championships. “Winning a few nationals was super special last year, but even more this year because I won two gold medals, including one in an event that I don’t specialize in,” Parker said. “It’s always such an honor to win and then get to be part of the national team.” Parker specializes in platform diving at the club level. The 10-meter platform stands about 32 feet above the water, roughly the height of a three-story building. She initially swore off the platform after getting injured going off it. “I promised I was never going back up there again,” Parker said. “I was terrified for two years until I finally got over that fear. Then it turned out I was really good.” Her success requires a demanding training schedule. Parker practices for two hours each weekday. Half of each session is devoted to dryland training, including abdominal and leg exercises, strength work and flips. She spends the other hour training in the water. Parker also won consecutive Arkansas high school diving state championships for Bentonville, competing on the lower springboard used in high school competition. She will continue her diving career at the University of Iowa and said she is excited to begin the next chapter of her career with the Hawkeyes.