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The podium threepeat was sweet.
Victoria Boardworks diver Celina Toth scored her career hat trick World University Games medal Wednesday in Taipei, Taiwan.
Toth, a University of Victoria psychology major who dives at Saanich Commonwealth Place, won bronze on the women鈥檚 10-metre tower. That adds to the collection Toth began when she won two medals at the last World University Games in 2015 at Gwangju, China.
Toth said her fortunes Wednesday swing on nailing her fourth dive in the finals, which was the most recent dive she had added to her repertoire.
鈥淭o put down my fourth dive 鈥� which was the newest dive for me and [one] I was really nervous about 鈥� so, to have that be one of my best scores today, was really exciting,鈥� Toth said in a statement.
Toth鈥檚 medal was the ninth for sa国际传媒 at the Summer Universiade. In just the first week, that bests sa国际传媒鈥檚 eight medals in total won at the 2015 Gwangju University Games.
sa国际传媒 is currently 10th in the medals table of the 2017 Games.
Claremont Secondary-graduate Sarah Darcel, also out of Saanich Commonwealth Place, placed fifth in the women鈥檚 200-metre individual-medley swimming final Wednesday. It was a solid result for the NCAA Pac-12 Cal-Berkeley freshman in her first major Games.
Also swimming for sa国际传媒 in the Games are Victorians Jeremy Bagshaw out of Cal-Berkeley and Eric Hedlin from UVic.
Two Island athletes, Cole Peterson in the men鈥檚 1,500 metres and Agnes Esser in women鈥檚 discus, qualified Wednesday for their finals at the Games in track and field.
Mill Bay鈥檚 Esser is a Frances Kelsey graduate and the Canadian women鈥檚 discus champion. She throws for the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers in the NCAA Big Ten Conference. Her qualifying toss at the Games was 52.69 metres. Esser, the Golden Gophers鈥� record holder and also an academic all-Big Ten, has the hammer throw qualifying rounds upcoming in Taipei as well.
Peterson, meanwhile, has really been coming on in the men鈥檚 1,500 metres.
Other UVic track athletes competing in the Games are Tyler Smith in the men鈥檚 800 metres and Sarah MacPherson in the women鈥檚 1,500 metres.
Conor Morgan of Victoria continues to fight through an ankle injury in the men鈥檚 basketball competition of the University Games.
The Mount Douglas Secondary graduate, and sa国际传媒 West MVP out of UBC, is a key to sa国际传媒鈥檚 medal hopes heading into today鈥檚 crucial pool-round game against Japan. That鈥檚 why the lanky inside-outside threat mostly sat in the 125-55 victory Tuesday over Hong Kong.
The Games run to Aug. 30.
