Kenosha, Wis. -- After Friday's opening day of competition, the 2026 CCIW Diving Championships concluded on Saturday afternoon in Wisconsin with the women's 1-meter and men's 3-meter events being held at Carthage College. Three Thunder men's divers participated in today's 3-meter field alongside competitors from Augustana and Carthage, and the trio of Wheaton student-athletes finished side-by-side in the eight-man standings.

The Firebirds swept the podium on Saturday and accounted for each of the top four finishers in the field. 2024 CCIW 3-meter champion Mateo Anderson secured his second fifth-place finish of the weekend, matching his showing in yesterday's 1-meter competition. The senior closed out his collegiate career with a season-best performance this afternoon, logging a score of 315.90 from 11 dives.

Sam Moss (pictured right) wrapped up his first conference championships experience by placing sixth via a 259.00 mark, also good for a season-high score on the 3-meter board. Josiah Ferguson (pictured left) rounded 
out the lineup for Wheaton by coming in eighth place on a score of 257.55, marking a new 3-meter career-high for the sophomore.

The 2025-26 season has finished for the men's diving squad, and focus will now shift to next week's swimming championships in Pleasant Prairie, where the Thunder divers will cheer on their swimming teammates as Wheaton pursues more conference hardware.
 

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Kenosha, Wis. -- The 2026 CCIW Diving Championships began on Friday evening, as men's and women's divers from four schools traveled to the campus of Carthage College for the first session of this weekend's two-day competition. Tonight's program consisted of the men's 1-meter and women's 3-meter events, while Saturday's slate will hold the opposite. Wheaton was represented in the men's 1-meter field by three student-athletes today, and senior Mateo Anderson earned an award placement by coming in fifth in the 11-diver competition.

This year's 1-meter title was retained by the reigning conference champion from Carthage College, who topped the podium with a dominant score of 448.55. The hosting Firebirds claimed three of the event's top four spots, while an Augustana diver finished in third place. The veteran Anderson began his final CCIW meet with his highest scoring performance in the 1-meter event at the conference championships, as he tallied a mark of 317.70 after 11 dives to come in fifth place.

Freshman jumper Sam Moss registered a season-high score of 267.85 tonight to finish eighth in the event and surpass his previous best showing in the 1-meter by a noteworthy 39 points. Sophomore Josiah Ferguson earned a mark of 245.70 to place 11th in this evening's field and improve on his 2025 conference finals score by 26 points.

Anderson, Ferguson, and Moss will return to action on Saturday in the men's 3-meter competition, an event that was won by Anderson two years ago.