Wright Closes Career as Silver Medalist at NCAAs

ATLANTA – Purdue’s Daryn Wright closed out her career on a high note, winning a silver medal in platform diving while claiming her sixth career All-America honor Saturday at the NCAA Championships.

Wright became the Purdue women’s first medalist at NCAAs since Maycey Vieta won bronze on the tower in 2021. Emily Meaney (2019) was the program’s last silver medalist. Meany, Vieta and Wright have all played a big part in the Boilermakers having a championship finalist in platform diving at nine consecutive NCAA Championships dating back to 2017.

Avery Worobel and Wright accounted for 35 team points with their three top-10 finishes in the diving events. They helped Purdue finish tied for 21st in the team scoring. The Boilermakers were top 25 at NCAAs for the fourth year in a row and fifth time this decade.

Each of the last two years, the Purdue women had an All-American in all three diving events. They accomplished that feat in consecutive years for the first time since 2010 and 2011.

Wright impressed in the final with a list score of 343.45, earning a score of 63-plus in all five rounds. In most years, that list score would have been good enough to make her the national champion. But Stanford’s Ellie Cole, a 10-meter finalist for Australia at the 2024 Olympic Games, won the event by 56 points with an NCAA-record score of 399.80, eclipsing a mark that had stood since 2013. Cole also won the prelim by 25 points.

Wright was an All-American on both 3-meter and platform as a sophomore, junior and senior. She placed top five on the tower at NCAAs all three years and was top 10 on 3-meter both of her upperclassman seasons, giving her five consecutive top-10 finishes at the national championship meet to finish her career.

Wright was also a Big Ten silver medalist in platform diving this season, finishing her career as a four-time medalist at the Big Ten Championships.

Swimmer Reagan Mattice also represented the Boilermakers’ Class of 2026 at the NCAA Championships this week while closing out her career.

As a conference champion on 3-meter and three-time Big Ten medalist, Worobel will headline the Purdue women’s returnees for the 2026-27 season.