Max Van Stone made an immediate impression on Chaminade diving coach Kevin Brennan.

“Max showed up, and the first meet he was in he broke our school record and our pool record right off the bat,” Brennan said. “As a freshman, I've never seen a kid so focused. He knew exactly what he wanted to do. ‘I wanna go here. I wanna do this. I wanna do that. I'm gonna get straight A’s. I'm gonna go to medical school.’ He's just out of sight.”

Van Stone has continued to impress everyone throughout his first two years of high school diving, as the Red Devils junior won the Class 2 one-meter diving championship as both a freshman and sophomore.

“I feel like freshman year, I really didn't know what I was getting myself into high school diving-wise, so I think I look at freshman year as really a learni

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