30 | LEHIGH ALUMNI BULLETIN | FROM THE NEST Sarah Gill ’25 wrapped up last season by becoming the first Lehigh diver to compete in the NCAA Diving Championships since 2018. Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll during her second year, she placed fifth at the Patriot League Championships in the 1-meter dive and 15th in the 3-meter dive. She also set a Lehigh record in the 1-meter dive with a score of 284.85 against Drexel and, throughout the year, took home six first-place finishes in the 1-meter dive and five first-place finishes in the 3-meter dive. Major: Business analytics What is your dream job? Data analyst, hopefully with some traveling When did you start diving? Fall of my freshman year of high school. I did gymnastics before that and ended up stopping in eighth grade. When I got to high school, I met a girl who used to go to the same gym and she had transitioned to diving in high school. She got me into it. What’s the most challenging thing about diving? The mental part of it. We have 1-meter, which is about 3 feet, and then 3 meters, about 9 feet, STUDENT-ATHLETE PROFILE Diving In A travel enthusiast, Sarah Gill ’25 talks about her study abroad experience as well as her mindset in the pool. DOUGLAS BENEDICT / ACADEMIC IMAGE
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