2025-26 Swimming and Diving Roster
Biography
Ruska Lehtonen DiveMeets Profile
Top Scores (Through 2024-25)
1-meter: 266.18
3-meter: 297.08
Platform: 233.03
AAC Championships Medal Count
Bronze:
2024: Team Diving
2024-25 (Junior): Qualified for NCAA Zones on platform...finished fourth on platform at 2025 American Athletic Conference Championships (2/19-2/22) and first in the 1-meter consolation final...took second in the 1-meter and third in 3-meter in TYR Fall Classic (10/4-10/5)...added for a pair of second-place finishes in the 1-meter and 3-meter, while placing third in platform at South Florida Diving Invitational (11/8-11/9)...dove for third in 1-meter and sixth in 3-meter vs Florida Atlantic (2/1)...finished for third in 1-meter vs Marshall (12/16)...added fourth-place finishes on 1-meter and 3-meter vs SMU (10/26)...placed fourth on 3-meter at Miami (9/25).
2023-24 (Sophomore): Qualified for NCAA Zones in 1-meter and Platform, placing 22nd in platform (3/10-3/13)...took first in 1-meter and second in 3-meter vs Miami (9/27)...placed second in 3-meter at TYR Fall Classic (10/3-10/4)...earned first in platform while securing a pair of third place finishes in 1-meter and 3-meter vs FGCU/IRSC (11/3-11/4)...took third in platform and eighth in 1-meter at Mizzou Invite (11/15-11/17)...posted a second place finish in 3-meter and third in platform at FIU Sprint Invite (1/3)...earned second in 1-meter and 3-meter at FGCU (2/3)...finished second in consolation final in 1-meter at 2024 AAC Championships (2/22-2/25)....placed eighth in 3-meter...took home fifth in platform and earned bronze in team diving
2022-23 (Freshman): Scored 53 points at the AAC Championships (2/13-2/18) and finished fourth overall in the platform dive … Earned fourth in the 3-meter against FAU (1/28) … Scored 25 points at the FIU Sprint Invite (1/3) … Took third in the 3-meter against Marshall (12/16) … Placed second in the platform and fourth in the 3-meter against Illinois (11/4-11/5) … Scored 10 total points against Liberty (10/28-10/29) with third place finishes in the platform 1-meter dives and second in the 3-meter … Made her Panthers debut against Miami (10/1) finishing fifth in the 1-meter and 3-meter dives.
Prior to FIU: Competed at the European Junior Championships (2021) where she placed 14th in the platform event.
Personal: Daughter of Mia and Jouni Lehtonen…has two siblings: Erkka and Reeti Lehtonen…majoring in marketing…favorite food is chocolate…fun fact is she learned skiing before diving…worst fear is becoming paralyzed…favorite moment in athletic career is her first junior Europeans
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