Minnesota teen the youngest ever to medal at World Aquatics Championship
DULUTH, Minn. – An 18-year-old from Minnesota medaled in the High Dive at 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore.
Just three weeks prior you might have seen Maya Kelly jumping into Duluth Harbor in the Superior High Dive Challenge.
Fast forward she won a bronze medal.
Making her the youngest ever to make the podium for the High Dive World Aquatics Championships.
(Maya Kelly left)
World Aquatics Championships - Singapore 2025 Photo: World Aquatics Championships
Kelly told FOX21, “Honestly I was just so surprised. I was super happy, super proud of myself. I knew I could do it. It was definitely a little bit of shock.”
If you saw her dive in Duluth, you saw some of what she did in Singapore.
“They saw three of the dives that I competed. Yes. One of them I decided not to do in Duluth. So I definitely think that did help me. Obviously going into the competition I did a bunch of dives there as well.”
She placed second in Duluth, “So I think it definitely set me up for a good competition and made me super confident going into the world championships.”
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Next up for the Stillwater, Minnesota teen is the World Cup of High Diving in Italy.
Maya Kelly at Superior High Dive Challenge (2025)
(Ethan Schultz)
She’s one of only two Americans to qualify.
Plus Maya will also be doing more traditional diving at University of St. Thomas starting in the fall of 2025.
