Kirsten Ytterbo

Position:
Diving
Height:
5-7
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Plymouth, Minn.
High School:
Wayzata

General: A tremendous contributor to the Carolina diving corps...school record holder on the platform.

2003-04: Had an excellent showing as a freshman at the NCAA Zone B Diving Championships...her score of 242.45 placed her 30th in three-meter springboard...also took 34th in the one-meter competition at 213.30...was the top Tar Heel finisher at the ACC Championships on the three-meter board taking seventh with a score of 440.60...

Prep: Graduated on June 10, 2003 from Wayzata High School...competed in diving for her club team since 1993...three-time Minnesota state champion in Class AA...2000 member of East-West All-Star Team...2000 fourth place finisher on platform at Junior Olympic National championships...2001 sixth place finisher on platform at Junior Olympic Nationals...2002-03 high school diving captain...winner of 2003 Athena Award...2003 three-meter champion at Junior Olympic regions...2000 second place finisher on one-meter board at Junior Olympic national championships...2000 third place finisher at West junior national championships...2003 seventh place finisher on three meter board at West Junior Olympic national championships...had multiple academic honors...maintained an A average throughout high school.

Personal: Given name is Kirsten Ellen Ytterbo...was born March 21, 1985 in Cincinnati, Ohio...the daughter of Nils and Mary Nancy Ytterbo...has one brother and one sister...secondary education major...would like to become a dentist...hobbies include frsibee golf...athlete she most admires is Becky Reuhl...biggest sports thrill was competing in Amsterdam with the East-West All-Star Team and winning the three-meter event...person who has most influenced her career is her 13 and under coach, Steve Voelmecke...favorite book is The Things They Carried...says artichokes are her favorite food...favorite TV show is Sex in the City.