Upcoming Event: Swimming & Diving versus Davidson on October 10, 2025 at 4 p.m. Diving / 5 p.m. Swimming
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4 p.m. Diving / 5 p.m. Swimming
Swimming & Diving
vs Davidson
2021-22 Swimming & Diving Roster
Pullinger, Maddi
Maddi Pullinger
- Position:
- Diving
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Oxford Falls Grammar School
- Hometown:
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Bio
Honors:Â
- CSCAA All-America Honorable Mention (One-Meter Diving - 2020-21)Â
- All-ACC: One-Meter Diving (2018-19)
- ACC Women's Diver of the Week (2018-19, 2020-21)
- CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team (2020-21)
- CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention (2019-20)
- All-ACC Academic (2018-19, 2020-21, 2021-22)
- ACC Academic Honor Roll (2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22)
Career: Represented Duke three times at the NCAA Championship, missing only 2020 when the championships were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... Enjoyed her best finish as a sophomore, placing 15th in one-meter diving to earn honorable-mention All-America honors... Earned All-ACC honors by placing second in one-meter diving as a freshman ... Also reached the A Final in the three-meter that season ... Placed sixth in the one-meter diving as a junior and senior ... Graduates with a pair of scores in the top-10 in program history ... Her score of 326.70 in the one-meter competition placed third in program lore while the score of 336.90 in the three-meter ranks fifth ... Named to the All-ACC Academic Team as a freshman, junior and senior ... Twice named ACC Diver of the Week.
2021-22: Competed in both springboard events at the NCAA Championships ... Reached the NCAA Championships after reaching the finals in the one- and three-meter competitions at the NCAA Zone B Diving Championships ... Placed sixth in the one-meter competition (580.20) and eighth in the three-meter (630.45) ... Represented Duke in one- and three-meter diving at the ACC Championships ... Placed second in both springboard events against NC State ... Opened the season with a pair of second-place finishes in one- and three-meter diving.
2020-21: Earned CSCAA Honorable Mention All-America honors in the one-meter event, placing 15th at the NCAA Championship ... Secured her trip to NCAAs with a sixth place finish in the one-meter competition in the NCAA Zone B Championship ... Placed sixth in the one-meter at the ACC Championship ... Also finished 16th in the three-meter competition ... Boasted a first place finish in the one-meter against UNC Wilmington (2/6) ... Took the second spot in the one-meter event against North Carolina (11/14) ... Named ACC Women's Diver of the Week after opening the season by sweeping the one- and three-meter events, 301.58 and 324.53, respectively, against Virginia Tech (11/7).Â
2019-20: Reached the finals of the one-meter event at the NCAA Zone B Diving Championships … Placed 13th in the event with a total score of 543.95 … Competed in two events at the 2020 ACC Championships, the one- and three-meter … Placed 10th in the one-meter competition, scoring a 272.95 … Took the top spot on the one-meter boards against North Carolina (2/1) … Placed fourth in the one-meter final at the NC State GAC Diving Invitational in November by scoring 278.70 in the final … Opened her sophomore campaign with a first-place standing in the one-meter (304.72) at Florida State (10/12).
2018-19: Collected a top-25 finish in the one-meter preliminaries in her NCAAs debut ... Secured her first NCAA appearance with a seventh-place showing on the three-meter board at Zones ... Also took fourth at the one-meter height ... Became the first Blue Devil in women’s program history to garner All-ACC accolades as a freshman since 2015, placing second in the one-meter competition at her first ACC Championships ... Also scored with a 12th-place finish on the platform and a 21st-place finish on the three-meter board ... Tabbed the ACC Women's Diver of the Week Nov. 12 after sweeping the one and three-meter competitions and finishing second on the platform at the Big Al Invitational … Won the one-meter competition in her first two collegiate meets against Virginia Tech (10/13) and NC State (10/20).
Prior to Duke: Competed at 2014 Dresden International Youth Meet … Five-time recipient of the Sporting Excellence Award in high school, given to an athlete who has competed at the highest school level possible ... Competed for New South Wales Institute of Sport program ... Recipient of a New South Wales Higher School Certificate.Â
Personal:Â Daughter of Heidi and David Pullinger ... Has one sister (Lauren) and one brother (Corey).Â
Pullinger Career Bests:
One-Meter: 326.70 … 3rd all-time at Duke ... vs. ECU/Richmond (11/3/18)
Three-Meter: 336.90 … 5th all-time at Duke ... vs. UNCW (1/12/19)
Platform: 253.40 ... 2018 Tennessee Invitational
At the NCAA Championships:
2019: 23rd, One-Meter ... 277.70
2021: 15th, One-Meter ... 275.25Â
2022: 25th, One-Meter ... 277.05
         36th, Three-Meter ... 280.20
At the NCAA Zone B Diving Championships:
2019: 4th, One-Meter ... 578.80
       7th, Three-Meter ... 618.00
          15th, Platform ... 436.10
2020: 13th, One-Meter ... 543.95
2021: 6th, One-Meter ... 577.95
2022: 6th, One-Meter ... 580.20
         8th, Three-Meter ... 630.45
At the ACC Championships:
2019: 2nd, One-Meter ... 308.40
      12th, Platform ... 203.45
      21st, Three-Meter ... 237.30
2020: 10th, One-Meter ... 272.10
          28th, Three-Meter ... 225.50
2021: 6th, One-Meter ... 288.60
         16th, Three-Meter ... 266.75
2022: 10th, Three-Meter ... 289.40
         24th, One-Meter ... 225.70
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