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Girls’ diving: Pasadena Poly freshman represents U.S.

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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Annika Lenz, a freshman at Pasadena Poly, will represent the United States in the Junior Pan American Championships from Sept. 10-13 in Calgary.

Lenz will compete in platform and 1-meter springboard. The 14-year-old earned her spot on the U.S. team after winning gold in platform and silver in 1-meter at the Speedo Junior National Championships early last month.

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This will be Lenz’s second trip to the Junior Pan Am Championships. She won sliver in platform in 2007, finishing behind Lilly Hinrichs of Lincoln, Neb. Hinrichs finished second behind Lenz at the 2009 junior nationals and will also be competing in Calgary.

--Ben Bolch

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Ben Bolch

Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

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