INDIANAPOLIS --- Luna Castellanos elevated herself into elite company in the history of Golden Eagles swimming & diving, winning the national championship 3-Meter Dive and leading a quintet of Clarion divers to earn All-America honors in the event at the 2025 NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships.
Castellanos broke the 11-year-old school record in the 3-meter (11 dive) event, scoring a 542.55 to pace the field in Indianapolis. The previous record of 539.35 was set by Kristin Day at the 2014 NCAA Championships. Day’s mark was at the time the national meet record in the event, though it was broken by Wayne State (Mich.) diver Elizabeth Rawlings in 2015. Rawlings’ 555.70 stands as the current record.
The win marked Castellanos’ second national championship of the season and the fourth of her already storied career, catapulting her into truly elite company with the Golden Eagle women’s swimming & diving program and thus nationally as well. She joins Jamie Wolf, Kayla Kelosky and Stephanie Sutton as the only Golden Eagle women divers to sweep both national championships in two separate years, with Wolf doing it three times in 2004, 2006 and 2007. She is now tied with Sutton and Doria Mamalo all-time with four diving national championships, with only Wolf (7) and Kelosky (5) having more.
Once again, the Golden Eagles were well-represented on the podium, with three other Clarion divers joining Castellanos in the top-eight and another earning All-American status as well. Alexa Gonczi concluded her impressive Clarion career with a runner-up finish to Castellanos in the 3-meter dive, scoring a 520.95 that put her ahead of Grand Valley State’s Madison Kooistra. She nailed her last two collegiate dives, hitting a Back 1 ½ Somersault 2 ½ Twist Free and a Forward 3 ½ Somersault Tuck for scores of 67.20 in each.
Colleen Hudson took fourth place in the championship final, scoring a 505.85. Her fourth and fifth dives both netted identical scores of 58.80. Katie Madigan made a trip to the podium for the third time in her career, placing fifth with a score of 491.80. Her best dive was her last, with Madigan scoring a 58.80 with a Back 1 ½ Somersault 2 ½ Twist Free.
Rounding out the All-American performances on Friday was Taelyn Thomas, who earned her second All-America honor of the season with a 16th place finish. She scored a 329.50, giving her two All-America laurels in her first ever appearance at the national championship.
Also competing on Friday and finishing her first career appearance at the NCAA Championships, was Joslyn Jurski. The junior distance specialist competed in the preliminaries of the 500 Free in the morning, finishing in a time of 5:00.38. Jurski hit four NCAA B cuts over the course of the season and was a two-time conference champion in 2025, becoming the first Golden Eagle woman to win two events at the PSAC Championships since Emilee Gysegem.
On March 18, Luna Castellanos won her third career national championship, and the Golden Eagles women’s swimming & diving team put four divers in the top five of the Women’s 1-Meter Dive, highlighting a huge day for Clarion at the NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships.
Castellanos led the field after the afternoon preliminary round, and carried that momentum over into the evening finals with another standout performance. The junior hit her highest scoring dive on her first attempt of the evening, scoring a 54.00 on an Inward 1 ½ Somersault Pike. She clinched the championships with a Back 1 ½ Somersault 1 ½ Twist Free, hitting a final score of 476.75).
With the win, Castellanos became a three-time national champion, having won both the 1-Meter and 3-Meter dives as a freshman in 2023.
The 1-Meter Dive podium was half made up of Golden Eagles as it was. Colleen Hudson and Alexa Gonczi added to their own legacies with All-American honors, taking second (456.50) and fourth (441.40) respectively. Taelyn Thomas made her first career appearance on the podium, taking fifth in the field with a score of 437.80 to claim All-America honors.
Earlier in the day, Katie Madigan also clinched All-American status, competing in the consolation final for Honorable Mention honors. She took second in the consolation final and 10th overall with a score of 405.50.
In the swimming events, Joslyn Jurski made her first career appearance at the NCAA Championships, competing in the 1000 Free. Clarion’s “Queen of Pace” took 28th in the 1000 Free, finishing in a time of 10:20.76.
MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING
Clarion put three on the podium at the 1-meter dive
INDIANAPOLIS --- The Golden Eagles men’s swimming & diving team wrapped up their week at the 2025 NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships, putting three more athletes on the podium and honoring five total All-Americans in the 1-Meter Dive on the final day of this year’s meet.
One indicator that the future continues to look bright for the program would be the preponderance of youth performing well in the final event. All three Golden Eagles to reach the podium on Saturday night were freshmen, led by Corwin Lindeman and Ethan Coronado, who placed third and fourth respectively.
Lindeman scored a 518.35, with his best dive coming on his last and hardest attempt, an Inward 2 ½ Somersault Tuck that netted him 65.10 points. Coronado, meanwhile, was less than 10 points behind him at 508.95. His toughest and highest-scoring dive was his second, with Coronado scoring a 66.65 on that same Inward 2 ½ Somersault Tuck.
Rounding out the trio of first-year athletes on the podium was Zakary Kennedy, who took seventh with a score of 487.80. He broke the 60-point mark twice on his list, including a Reverse 2 ½ Somersault Tuck that earned him 63.0 points.
Michael Flamm and Jack Beattie also competed on Saturday, earning All-American honors with their performances in the consolation final of the 1-Meter Dive. Flamm took 10th overall and second in the consolation final with a score of 484.50, attempting three dives with a degree of difficulty over 3.0 in his list. Jack Beattie wrapped his week by taking 13th overall and fifth in the consolation final, scoring a 462.20.
Bocci earns All-American honr; sets school record in the 200 Fly
INDIANAPOLIS --- David Bocci hit the pool for the final time in his collegiate career and made it count, earning All-America status and setting a new school record in the 200 Fly at the 2025 NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships.
Competing for the final time in the Blue & Gold, Bocci made the most of his final collegiate swims. He approached his own school record in the morning prelims, ranking 11th in the field after the morning swim with a time of 1:46.34. That earned him a spot in the consolation final on Friday night, and Bocci far exceeded that mark, touching the wall in a time of 1:46.10. That put him second in the consolation final and 10th overall in the field.
That broke his own previous record of 1:46.19 set at the 2023 NCAA Championships, and put him tantalizingly close to the overall conference record in the event. West Chester’s Ben Kuntz set the record of 1:45.98 in 2008.
With the finish on Friday, Bocci caps an impressive Clarion career that saw him make three straight appearances at the national meet. A three-time All-American with two tenth-place finishes and one eighth-place finish in the 200 Fly, Bocci was the 2023 PSAC Men’s Swimmer of the year, and four times the conference’s 200 Fly champion. He was also the PSAC Men’s Swimming Freshman of the Year in 2022, and he owns a slew of program records.
Four Golden Eagles reach the podium in 3-meter dive
INDIANAPOLIS --- Four Golden Eagle men reached the podium after their first night of diving, highlighting Thursday night’s action at the 2025 NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships in Indianapolis. Halfway through the meet, Clarion has now accounted for 10 total All-American finishes – five by the men and five by the women.
For the second straight night, the Golden Eagles made up half the podium, as Clarion put four athletes in the top-eight in the Men’s 3-Meter Dive. Zakary Kennedy led the way for the team with a third place finish nationally, hitting a Forward 2 ½ Somersault 1 Twist Pike for 58.50 points. That helped him edge out Wayne State’s Max Wasiniak, who finished just a half-point behind him in the final standings.
The only returner from last year’s NCAA Championships was Michael Flamm, who took fifth place with a score of 505.25. He cracked the 60-point barrier twice with two exceptional dives early in his list, including a Back 1 1/2 Somersault 2 1/2 Twist Free on his first dive that netted him 63.0 points. Just behind him was Ethan Coronado, who closed on a high note with an Inward 2 ½ Somersault Tuck on his last dive for 60.75 points. That put him in sixth with a score of 499.50. Rounding out Clarion’s podium performers was Corwin Lindeman, who took eighth with a score of 470.25.
Earlier in the day, Jack Beattie added another All-American honor for his mantle, and his first since the 2023 Championships. He placed fifth in the consolation final and 12th overall with a score of 472.00.
Also competing on Thursday was senior David Bocci, who took to the pool in two events, the 100 Fly and the 200 Free prelims. Bocci placed 28th in the field with a time of 48.16 in the 100 Fly, and he later placed 38th in the 200 Fly with a time of 1:39.53. He will wrap his week tomorrow with the 200 Fly.
