Career
She represented Australia as a gymnast at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and after a strong performance at the 2008 Australian national Diving Championships, she was selected for Australia"s diving team for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She was also an Australian Institute of Sport gymnastics and diving scholarship holder. Croak was born on 9 July 1984 in Sydney.
Her sisters Emma and Rebecca were both swimmers who competed at national level
Croak on the other hand showed an aptitude for gymnastics. At the 2000 Olympics, she was part of the Australian women"s team which placed 7th in the team competition.
In 2003, she switched to diving and developed quickly enough to be selected for diving team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. Croak qualified to compete in the 10 m springboard at the Beijing Olympics.
She qualified into the semifinals in fourth place but had a poor dive her first dive in the semis and did not make the final.
She finished second behind Melissa Wu in the 10 m springboard at the 2009 Australian Diving Championships and was named on the team to compete in Rome in July.