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Sara Mokhtari
  • Event
  • Class
  • Hometown
  • Diving
  • Junior
  • Houston, Texas

General: Competed in the 2012 USA Diving Winter National Championships.

2011-12: Finished third in the platform event at the NCAA Zone A Championships ... Placed in the top-13 in all three events at the ACC Championships ... Came in 10th in the platform, 12th in the 3-meter and 13th in the 1-meter ... Finished in the top-10 in both events, placing eighth in the 3-meter and ninth in the 1-meter in the dual meet against Georgia Tech and Miami ... Stepped up and placed third in the 1-meter event qualifying her for the NCAA Zone meet, and took fifth in the 3-meter event against Virginia ... Earned two top-20 finishes at the Yellow Jacket Invitational, placing 12th in the platform and 17th in the 1-meter ... Placed seventh in the 1-meter and ninth in the 3-meter in the quad meet against Duke, Florida State and UNC Wilmington ... Finished sixth in the 1-meter with a score of 230.48 and seventh in the 3-meter with a score of 239.25 against North Carolina.

2010-11: Finished 14th on the platform and 15th on the 1-meter at the ACC Championships … Placed ninth in all three events at the Zone A Diving Championships … Finished fifth on the 3-meter, sixth on the platform and eighth on the 1-meter at the Volunteer Invitational … Won the 1-meter springboard event on Jan. 22 against Richmond.

2009-10: Led the women with a third-place finish in the platform and placed 11th in the three-meter at the Zone A Diving Championships among 45 divers…Broke school record in platform event at the Volunteer Invitational with a score of 252.90, marking the top women’s score of the season… Placed ninth in the platform, 13th in the three-meter and 14th in the one-meter event at the ACC Championships…Posted the third best finish of the season in the one-meter with a score of 280.05 against Virginia.

High School: Competed at Stratford Senior High School and for the Cougar Diving Club … Was a three-time All-American and state qualifier … Reached the finals and recorded an eighth-place finish at senior nationals.

Personal: Sara Mokhtari was born on May 5, 1991 … Daughter of Julia Wang … Majoring in psychology.

Mokhtari's Career Best
1-Meter: 281.95 Platform: 252.90
3-Meter: 294.95