Manhasset's Victoria Wang secures her fourth Nassau diving championship
Victoria Wang of Manhasset scored a 535.75 to win Nassau girls individual diving championship on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2025. Credit: Peter Frutkoff
Long Island’s best diver has done it again.
Manhasset senior Victoria Wang won her fourth Nassau 1-meter diving championship in as many tries at the Nassau County Aquatic Center in East Meadow on Wednesday night. The Harvard commit scored a 535.75 to win her second consecutive county title, cementing her legacy as one of the greatest divers to ever compete on Long Island.
Like all true perfectionists, Wang spent lots of hours sweating the finer points of diving to reach the top of her field. She drives for an hour into the Bronx every day after school to practice at Fordham University’s pool with the New York Dive Club, coached by Zhihua Hu. Those daily three-hour practices have helped turn her into a diving machine.
“It feels amazing,” Wang said. “Every year, I work on the little details to get better at the small things. The most important thing isn’t the placement, it’s improving a little bit every year. I compete with myself. This was really special, especially since it’s my last time here.”
Wang first won the county’s 1-meter diving title as an eighth grader in 2021 before successfully defending her title the next year. She took her sophomore season off from 1-meter diving to practice 3-meter diving so she could compete in the Winter National Championships.
She returned to 1-meter diving at the varsity level as a junior in 2024, where she once again won the Nassau title and placed second at the state public school championships in Webster. It was the second time in her career that she had placed second at the state meet, and the third time in which she had finished in the top three.
After running a personal monopoly on Nassau and Long Island’s diving scene, the only thing she has left to conquer is the state.
She is coming hard for that goal.
“In any sport, it (stinks) to be so close and almost get there, but I think everything is a lesson,” Wang said. “Every year I almost get there, it makes me better the next year. This year, I’m hungry. I want it.”
Elsewhere, Farmingdale sophomore Avery Schuhmacher placed second with 472.2 points. Her and Wang had already qualified for the state public school championships on Nov. 21 and 22 in Webster last week.
After competing against Wang and watching her in person for years, Schuhmacher is ready to fill her void once she graduates.
“I don’t have any expectations on placing first in these meets because I know how Victoria performs, but I’m always excited to go against her,” Schuhmacher said. “Her scores are my goals. I’m very excited for the future, and I’m very excited that I made states for the second year in a row."
Wang’s individual performance helped Manhasset score 24 team points. Farmingdale has the lead in the team scoring with 52 points entering Saturday, which is when the swimming portion of the county championships will take place at the Nassau County Aquatic Center at 1 p.m.
Mike Anderson is a high school sports reporter who has covered 12 sports so far at Newsday. He was the sports editor of Stony Brook University's campus newspaper for two years.
