BINGHAMTON, NY – Dylan Norby won the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletics Association (WIAA) Division 2 diving title his junior and senior years at Menomonie High School and has been able to continue his diving career at NCAA Division I State University of New York Binghamton.
A pre-med major and an MHS valedictorian, Norby contributed to the Bearcats’ swimming and diving conference title for the second time in four years by earning all-conference honors in the 1-meter by finishing second and placed third in the 3-meter competition at the 2024 America East Swimming and Diving Championship during his freshman year.
This season as a sophomore, Norby so far has competed in five of six meets, taking first place in the 3-meter diving event in a dual with Canisius University, scoring a career-high 287.33 points, a mark that is currently 10th on the Binghamton all-time list. Norby was second in the 1-meter event with a season-high score of 254.30. Norby also captured the top spot in the 3-meter in a dual with Cornell University (268.80).
During his first season at Binghamton, Norby captured first in the 3-meter event at three different meets. Academically, Norby was selected to the America East Commissioner’s Honor Roll and was a member of both the fall and spring AD honor rolls.
While at Menomonie, Norby earned four swimming letters and holds the school diving records in both the 6- and 11-dive events. In addition to his two state titles, Norby finished seventh at the state meet as a sophomore. Norby also competed in cross country, earning honorable mention all-conference honors, and competed in the pole vault for the Mustangs’ track and field team. He was a Wisconsin Scholar-Athlete.
Norby was the first Menomonie diver to win a state title and only the second Menomonie boys swimming and diving team member to win a state title. Kevin Fober won the 100-butterfly in 1979.
The Bearcats return to action Jan. 18 at Wagner College and will look to defend their America East conference title Feb. 19-21 in Lexington, Va.
Layne Pitt is the retired UW-Stout Sports Information director and also worked more than a decade at the Dunn County News.
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