GWANGJU, SOUTH KOREA—Two former University of Hawai'I diving standouts made their mark on the national stage, Tuesday. Genevieve Bradley and Aimee Harrison finished in the top 12 of the FINA World Cup Championship in the 20-meter high dive.
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Bradley finished just shy of the medal podium in fourth place with a score of 280.80, ranking as the top American diver in the event. Her former teammate Aimee Harrison represented her home country of Canada and finished at No. 11 in the event, scoring a 206.00 overall.Â
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"Two Rainbow Wahine finishing in the top 12 at worlds is pretty cool," said head diving coach
Mike Brown. "Something for all of us to be very proud of."Â
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Bradley and Harrison were teammates and served under the tutelage of Brown and assistant diving coach
Anita Rossing from 2012 to 2015. Bradley, a resident of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, graduated from UH in 2015, a year in which she claimed the MPSF platform championship.Â
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Harrison, a resident of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, graduated in 2016. She finished her decorated career with five total MPSF championships across the one-meter, three-meter, and platform dives. As a senior, she finished as high as fifth in the consolation finals of the NCAA Championships; as a junior, she finished fourth in the one-meter dive in the NCAAs. She was also the first-ever female athlete to be named MPSF Diver of the Year four consecutive years.Â
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