Ithaca College senior Kailee Payne successfully defended her NCAA Regional crowns on both boards at the 2025 diving regionals. First, she topped the leaderboard with a first-place finish on the 3-meter board with a finals score of 527.30. She had a degree of difficulty of 26.00 and her 11-dive total was over 56 points better than teammate Jenell Slesser who took home second. Payne also had the highest degree of difficulty at 24.10 from the 1-meter board and claimed top honors with her finals score of 460.60.