Anton Down-Jenkins

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

Anton Down-Jenkins
2020-2021 portrait
University of North Carolina Swimming & Diviing
Men’s Basketball Museum
Chapel Hill, NC
Thursday, October 29, 2020

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

Position:
Diving
Height:
6-0
Weight:
null
Class:
Fifth Year
Hometown:
Wellington, New Zealand
High School:
University of South Carolina

Career Best Scores
One-Meter — 425.85 • Three-Meter — 452.25 • Platform — 258.00

2021-22
Repeated as ACC Men's Diver of the Year • Earned ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors • CSCAA First-Team All-America diver on both the 1-meter and 3-meter springboard • Placed sixth in the 3-meter and eighth in the 1-meter springboard competition at the NCAA Championships • Captured the gold medal on the 1-meter springboard and silver on the 3-meter springboard events at the ACC Championships • Finished first on the 1-meter springboard at the NCAA Zone B Diving Championships • Three-time ACC Men's Diver of the Week • CSCAA Scholar All-America • ACC All-Academic Team • ACC All-Academic Honor Roll.

2020 Olympics
Finished eighth on the 3-meter springboard at the 2020 Olympics which were held in Tokyo, August 2021 • One of only two divers in school history to compete at the Olympic games (Aranza Vazquez, 2021).

2020-21
ACC Men's Diver-of-the-Year • Earned All-America honors on the 3-meter springboard after placing fourth at the NCAA Championships • Finished 18th in the 1-meter springboard at the national championship meet • Claimed first-place on the 1-meter and 3-meter board at the NCAA Zone B Diving Championships • Captured the gold medal in the 1-meter and 3-meter diving competition at the ACC Championships • Three-time ACC Diver-of-the-Week • Finished first in six of six events during the dual meet season, sweeping the 1-meter and 3-meter boards against Duke, South Carolina and Virginia • All-ACC Academic Team • CSCAA Scholar All-America • ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2019-20 at South Carolina
Named an All-American in both the 1-meter and 3-meter board • Swept the NCAA Zone B Diving Championships, winning the 1-meter and 3-meter board • Won eight events, including five of six 3-meter competitions • Had three dives over 400 on the season • Won SEC Diver of the Week three times, the most in the conference • CSCAA Scholar All-American • SEC Academic Honor Roll.

2018-19 at South Carolina
Named an All-American in the 3-meter board • Qualified for the NCAA Championships as a true freshman in both the 1-meter and 3-meter competitions • Set a new 12-dive school record in the 3-meter, with a 792.30 total across prelims and finals at the Zone B Championships • Qualified for NCAAs by placing third in the 3-meter competition in addition to qualifying fourth in the 1-meter with a 12-dive score of 680.95 • Snuck into the consolation final of the 3-meter at the NCAA Championships, finishing 13th overall with a 689.45 12-dive score • Swept the springboard events, winning all six 1-meter and 3-meter competitions during the Gamecocks' dual-meet season • Named to the SEC All-Freshman Team after qualifying for the championship final in the 1-meter, his first career event at the SEC Championships • Finished runner-up at the Georgia Tech Invite in the 3-meter competition • CSCAA Scholar All-American • SEC Academic Honor Roll.

PREP
Attended Wellington High School in Wellington, New Zealand • Competed for Wellington Diving Club • Competed as member of New Zealand National Team • Set New Zealand national record in the 1m and 3m dives for 14-15 boys and holds the 3m record for 16-18 boys • 2014 Junior Diving Championships finalist • Competed on FINA Diving Grand Prix Circuit in 2017 and was selected to compete at FINA 2017 World Aquatic Championships • Member of 2018 Commonwealth Games team.