Published May 31, 2007 10:02 pm - MOULTRIE — Hannah Moore has been an outstanding and recognizable part of the Moss Farms Diving program for a dozen years, but she is coming down to final few months.
Moore will dive competitively for the final time at Moose Moss Aquatic Center this weekend in the annual Moose Moss Invitational.
Moore begins busy summer for Moss Farms
Wayne Grandy
MOULTRIE — Hannah Moore has been an outstanding and recognizable part of the Moss Farms Diving program for a dozen years, but she is coming down to final few months.
Moore will dive competitively for the final time at Moose Moss Aquatic Center this weekend in the annual Moose Moss Invitational.
But after a summer of competitions that will include an appearance at Senior Nationals at Palo Alto, Calif., she will do most of her training over the next few years in Athens, where she will be a member of the University of Georgia diving team.
And while the Moose Moss Invitational is a small meet and is intended to help divers get ready for bigger competitions coming up, Moore said she wants to be on the top of her game this weekend.
“I want to do really well,” she said, adding that it is going to feel “weird” having to leave the diving well that has been her home-away-from-home since she was 7 years old.
Moore will compete in two events today in the first day of the long-running Moultrie meet.
She and Moss Farms teammate Anna Aguero will take part in the 16-18 girls platform event, which is expected to start at about 11 a.m.
Moore will be one of four Diving Tigers — along with Aguero, Kelsey Goodman and Ali Lepech — in the senior women 3-meter springboard event.
The first day of the Moose Moss Invitational will begin with four events starting at 9 a.m. The Diving Tigers’ Camille Kirkland will be one of five divers competing in the 11-and-under girls 3-meter event.
Tristan Wells will dive in the 11-and-under boys 1-meter event.
Also at 9 a.m., the 10-11 novice girls 3-meter and 10-11 novice boys 1-meter will begin.
At about 10 a.m., the 12-13 girls 3-meter event, which will include Moss Farms’ Elizabeth Ann Kirkland, will begin.
At the same time, the 12-13 boys 1-meter, with Moss Farms’ Tevin Hightower in the field, will be held.
Diving Tiger Owen Blank will dive today in the 16-18 boys platform event.
Ann Perry Blank will dive in the 14-15 girls platform competition.