The excitement was clear on the girls鈥� faces as they warmed up for their last training session at home.

琉璃神社 divers Nyah Hedstrom, Addison Anonby and Samantha Viger left on Wednesday afternoon with their coach Christina Unger to Fort St. John for the 2020 B.C. Winter Games.

Unger said the girls have worked hard to get to where they are. Besides training for three hours four days a week, she said her athletes had to beat other divers in a qualifying round in Langley last December to be able to go to the games.

鈥淭hey competed for two days and that gave them a qualifying score. One of my athletes, she actually couldn鈥檛 go because she was still recovering from her surgery,鈥� Unger said.

鈥淏ut she had a high enough score in previous competitions and she had a good report, so they let her go with a wildcard spot.鈥�

Nyah had only been diving for four months and she said it felt surreal to be involved in a big competition.

鈥淚t鈥檚 kinda weird鈥� but I have all my dives though, so I鈥檓 pretty confident,鈥� she said.

鈥淚鈥檓 feeling a little bit nervous, of course, but I鈥檓 still feeling pretty confident. It鈥檚 also cool because I was born in Fort St. John and I get to visit it again, which is nice.鈥�

Addison has participated in various local meets but up until now, the biggest one she went to was the Novice Nationals in Kamloops.

鈥淚 don鈥檛 expect to win, but it would be cool if we did. But it鈥檚 just really cool to be a part of such a giant sporting event,鈥� she said.

Samantha said she felt nervous and excited all at once, and that her goal is to have fun.

Unger said they trained hard, but the goal is to have fun at the end of the day.

鈥淢y main goal is for them to have fun with the experience. I don鈥檛 really care about them winning; they鈥檙e going up really stiff competition. As long as they have fun, that鈥檚 what I want to see,鈥� she said.

鈥淔or myself, it鈥檚 a good learning opportunity whenever I go to a competition and I see what the other coaches are doing.鈥�

The games鈥� opening ceremonies will be on Thursday. The 琉璃神社 Springboard Diving Club athletes will be in meets from Friday until Sunday.

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