Maxim Royzen

Class:
Senior
Position:
Diving
Hometown:
Skokie, Ill.
High School:
Niles North HS

PRONUNCIATION

2020-21 Senior Season: Scored for the Gophers in both of his events at the 2021 Big Ten Championships, finishing 17th on the one-meter (280.40) and 18th on the three-meter (320.80) · placed third in the one-meter (322.05) and fourth on the three-meter (317.50) against Iowa · took sixth on the three-meter (320.25) and eighth on the one-meter (297.50) during the Wisconsin/Purdue tri-dual.

2019-20 Junior Season: Qualified for finals in all three events at the NCAA Zone D Championships, earning finishes of 10^th in the platform (623.70), 13^th in the one-meter (589.65) and 14^th in the three-meter (653.75) · finished second in the platform (322.35), fifth in the three-meter (318.45) and eighth in the one-meter (266.55) against Purdue and Northwestern · tallied two ninth place finishes in the three-meter (636.90) and platform (558.75) at the Bruin Diving Invitational · earned fourth place in the one-meter (309.00) and sixth place in the three-meter (319.65) at the Iowa dual · placed third in both the one-meter (311.47) and three-meter (313.95) at FSU · finished third in the three-meter (318.60) and ninth in the one-meter (267.53) against Florida.

2018-19 Sophomore Season: Took eighth in the 1-meter dive (270.00) against Purdue and Northwestern.

2017-18 Freshman Season: At the Big Ten Championships, received twentieth in the 1-meter dive with a 326.50, twenty-second in the 3-meter with a 338.90, and twenty-second in the platform with a 321.85. • finished eighth in the 1-meter dive with a 277.25, sixth in the 3-meter dive with a 311.75, and fifth in the platform with a 272.15 at the Triple Dual vs Northwestern and Purdue • fourth place finishes in the 1-meter dive with a 289.20 and in the 3-meter dive with a 323.10 vs. Denver • took tenth in the 3-meter dive with a score of 332.40, twentieth in the 1-meter dive with a score of 277.25, and fifteenth in the platform dive with a score of 274.10 at the Tennessee Collegiate Diving Invitational • had seventh place finishes in the 3-meter dive with a 328.30 and the 1-meter with a 291.30 at the Quad Dual against Michigan, Penn State, and Wisconsin • took eighth in the 3-meter dive with a 292.20 and first in the 1-meter dive with a 377.13 against Florida State.

High School: 2017 graduate of Niles North High School • coached by Joe Wilson • four-time letterwinner in diving • four-time All-Conference and All-State honoree • four-time NISCA All-American • Honor Roll student • 2017 IHSA state champion • 2016 IHSA State third place • 2015 IHSA state fifth place • 2014 IHSA state 10th place • member of the Chicago dive club and Windy City Diving • 2017 Junior National Finalist, 11th in 3-meter and 10th in 1-meter • 2016 & 2017 Senior National Qualifier in 1-meter and 3-meter • 2016 Zone Champion in 1-meter and 3-meter.

Personal: Son of Misha and Svetlana • enjoys playing the piano • plans to major in aerospace engineering.