Kaylea Arnett
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| Born | April 19, 1993[1] | ||||||||
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| Country | USA | ||||||||
| Sport | Diving, High diving | ||||||||
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Kaylea Arnett is an American Chickasaw diver. She has competed in synchronized diving, individual platform and springboard diving, and high diving. Arnett has also performed with Cirque du Soleil.
Early life and education
[edit]Arnett is Chickasaw. She was born in Texas and grew up on the Chickasaw reservation in Oklahoma.[2][3] She attended Spring ISD Virtual School[4] and later Virginia Tech on an athletic scholarship.[3] While at Virginia Tech, she studied abroad in Japan.[5] She graduated with a philosophy major and a minor in Japanese.[3]
Career
[edit]Arnett began diving in 2001,[3] training at the Diving Regional Training Center at Oklahoma City Community College. At age 10 she qualified for the Junior Pan-American Games in Belem, Brazil, and won bronze medals in the 1-meter and platform competition. She won two gold medals and a bronze in the 2007 Junior Pan-American Championships as well as two bronze medals at the 2005 Junior Pan-American Championships.[6]
In 2008, Arnett came second in the 14-15 girls 1-meter springboard at the Speedo Junior National Diving Championships.[7] She and Michelle Cabassol won the synchronized platform at the Speedo USA Diving Spring National Championships in 2009.[8] They came third in the women's synchronized 10-metre on the FINA Grand Prix diving circuit that same year.[9] Arnett and Cabassol won gold in the Synchronized Women Platform event at the USA Diving National Championships in 2013.[6]
In 2014, she set the record Taishoff pool record on the 1-meter board with a score of 335.85. This record was broken in 2023.[10]
She performed at The House of Dancing Water in Macau, China for about five years and then, in 2023, she joined the cast of O at the Bellagio.[3]
Arnett placed fourth in the women's 20-meter at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships.[11] Arnett placed second at the Boston stop on the 2024 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series[12] and at the event in Polignano a Mare, Italy.[13] She placed third at the Montreal event[2] and 5th overall in the series.
After the first three rounds of diving at the first World Aquatics High Diving World Cup event of 2024 in Bahrain, Arnett was in second place overall. As divers competed in the reverse order of their third round standings for the final round, Arnett needed 95.80 to take the lead from Canadian Molly Carlson. Her inward triple with ½ twist pike had a 4.0 degree of difficulty and earned her 78.00 points for third place behind Calrson and Simone Leathead.[14][15]
References
[edit]- ^ "Kaylea ARNETT Profile". World Aquatics. 2024-02-14. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
- ^ a b Berg, Aimee (2024-10-10). "Meet Native American high diver Kaylea Arnett". World Aquatics. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
- ^ a b c d e "Diver's dreams realized in Las Vegas production". Duncan Banner. 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
- ^ "Arnett wins silver at state diving competition". Chron. 2010-04-19. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
- ^ "Student dives into Japanese language studies and culture through study abroad program". Virginia Tech News. 2015-06-22. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
- ^ a b Choate, Tony (2018-09-13). "Chickasaw Diver Making Big Splash in Atlantic Coast Conference". ICT News. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
- ^ Langley, Jay (2008-08-07). "Repeat Feat: Cabassol, Cook pick up more gold at Junior Nationals". The Courier of Montgomery County. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
- ^ Staff, S. I. "Faces in the Crowd". Sports Illustrated Vault | SI.com. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
- ^ "Filion, Befeito win gold in synchro diving". CBC. 2009-05-08. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
- ^ "The more you know: Broken records, podium sweeps point to strong season for Duke diving". The Chronicle. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
- ^ "Siobhán Haughey of Hong Kong captures her first long-course world title in Doha". Alton Telegraph. 2024-02-14. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
- ^ America Red Bull North (2024-06-08). "RECORD BREAKING, 45,000 SPECTATORS CREATE CITY-STOPPING MOMENT AT HISTORIC RED BULL CLIFF DIVING WORLD SERIES IN BOSTON". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
- ^ "Italy Results". Red Bull. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ^ "Popovici and Carlson win Bahrain World Cup". World Aquatics. 2024-09-22. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
- ^ Almaskati, Hussain (2024-09-23). "Popovici and Carlson reach Golden Heights in High Diving". The Daily Tribune News Of Bahrain. Retrieved 2024-09-24.