Long Beach McCormick Divers

Four McCormick Divers Advance to West National Championships

Four Long Beach based McCormick Divers returned victorious from the U.S. Diving Spring Region 9 Championships in Tucson, Arizona.  Each of the four divers earned a place at the West National Championships next month in Oklahoma. The youngest qualifiers are both nine-year-old Long Beach residents. Griffin Small will compete on both 1-meter and 3-meter springboard [...]

Long Beach Sea Festival Welcomes Clash of the Clowns Dive Show

McCormick Divers Booster Club presents the most exciting event to hit Long Beach’s Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool since it opened for the 1968 Olympic Trials.  Finland’s Jerobeam Clown Dive Team, the modestly self-proclaimed “World’s Best Clown Dive Team” is traveling to Long Beach August 19, 20, and 21, 2011 to perform for the Clash of the [...]

Two Long Beach Divers Win National Titles

Brandon Loschiavo won his first National Diving title in the 14-Year-Old Boys AAU National Diving 3-Meter Springboard event in Riverside on Saturday. On Tuesday, the Huntington Beach eighth grader was joined by Whittier’s Adam Springer, who won his first National title in the 18 & Up Men’s Platform event. Loschiavo and Springer train daily at [...]

Two Local High School Divers Win CIF Diving Titles!

Two Long Beach High School divers have earned consecutive CIF Championships in Diving this week, bringing great honor to Long Beach high school sports and to the city of Long Beach. Junior Deon Reid of Long Beach Poly High School, a third year varsity high school diver, won his second CIF division title at the [...]

From Helsinki to Huntington — Two Diving Greats Meet (Video!)

By Jessica Pollack Almost 60 years ago, Huntington Beach resident and diving legend, Dr. Sammy Lee was in Helsinki, Finland winning his second Olympic Gold medal at the 1952 Olympic Games. Last year, Sammy got together with a room full of diving greats from all over the U.S. to celebrate his 90th birthday. Sammy’s former [...]

Ten Long Beach divers to compete at Zone Championships

Ten Divers who train in Long Beach with McCormick Divers qualify for Zone E Championships, in Pasadena June 30 – July 3.  The Zone E Championships is one of five contests around the country leading up to the USA Diving Summer Junior National Championships.  The top six finishers in each event move on to Junior [...]