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Carl Buergler

Diving
Position
Sophomore
Class
Arlington, Va.
Hometown
Washington-Lee
High School
Carl Buergler - Swimming & Diving - Virginia Cavaliers

Virginia Career Bests
1-meter:
362.70 (4th all-time at UVa)
3-meter: 390.52 (2nd all-time at UVa)
Platform: 353.70 (3rd all-time at UVa)

2015-16
• Named to CoSIDA Academic All-District At-Large District 3 First Team
• Qualified for championship finals and placed seventh on 1-meter and platform at ACC Championships
• Finished 10th on 3-meter at ACCs
• Qualified for finals on all three boards at NCAA Zone Diving Championships
• Finished fifth on platform, ninth on 3-meter and 16th on 1-meter at Zones
• Earned season-best mark on platform (339.15) at ACCs
• Notched season-best mark on 1-meter (344.20) at UGA Fall Invitational
• Set season-best mark on 3-meter (376.65) against Notre Dame
• Named to All-ACC Academic Team
• Honored with Gus Tebell Memorial Award for being the male fourth-year student-athlete with the highest scholastic average through his four years at UVA
• Recognized on the ACC Academic Honor Roll

2014-15
• Finished seventh on 1-meter at ACCs
• Placed 18th on platform and 23rd on 3-meter at conference meet
• Qualified for finals on all three boards at the NCAA Zone Diving Championships
• Earned a career-best score on platform (353.70) at Zones
• Notched a career-best mark on 3-meter (390.52) at the Cavalier Diving Invite
• Set a career-best 362.70 on 1-meter against Navy
• Named to the All-ACC Academic Team
• Recognized on ACC Academic Honor Roll

2013-14
• Finished fifth on 3-meter, seventh on platform and 12th on 1-meter at the NCAA Zone Championships
• Placed 14th on 3-meter, 15th on platform and 19th on 1-meter at the ACC Championships
• Set a career-best on 3-meter (383.93) at the quad meet
• Recognized on the ACC Academic Honor Roll
• Honored as a CSCAA Scholar All-American Honorable Mention

2012-13
• Placed fifth on both the 1-meter and 3m springboards at NCAA Zones
• Finished sixth on the platform at Zones
• Broke a then-school record on the 3m in his collegiate debut against Navy (377.85)
• Placed ninth on both the 3m and platform at ACCs
• Finished 12th on 1m at the conference meet
• Picked up two dual-meet wins (one each on 1m and 3m)
• Finished ninth on the 1m and 3m and 11th on the platform at the Georgia Fall Invitational
• Recognized on the ACC Academic Honor Roll

Background
• Four-time High School All-American
• Virginia high school state champion
• Spring 2012 East National Champion on the 3-meter
• Finished 12th on the 1-meter and 14th on the 3-meter at the 2011 Speedo Junior National Championships
• Served as Washington-Lee’s captain from 2011-12
• An AP Scholar with Distinction
• Earned All A’s Academic Honor Roll all four years at Washington-Lee

Personal
• Son of Blanche and David Buergler
• Has two sisters, Blaire and Elizabeth