MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The USA Diving Winter National Championship starts Dec. 14 at the Aquatic Center at Mylan Park in Morgantown, and the event is shaping up to be one of the more unique sporting events in West Virginia this year.
The West Virginia Press Association, on Thursday, held a virtual roundtable discussion with a group of the event’s organizers, including Lee Michaud, USA Diving president; Jennifer Lainhart, Mylan Park aquatic center director; Mike Retcher, Winter Nationals event director; and Susan Riddle, Visit Mountaineer Country Convention and Visitors Bureau president and CEO.
“This is really an opportunity for something that West Virginia doesn’t get to see every day,” said Riddle of the USA Diving Winter National Championship, which is being held Dec. 14-18, with practice starting on Dec. 11.
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