The Parkland Trojans were well represented on the medal stand at the District 11 Diving Championships this past weekend at Emmaus High School.

Parkland divers took six of the eight medals awarded, including sweeping all four spots on the medal stand on the boys side. In addition, Jacob Lenhart continued his streak of setting records and captured the Outstanding Diver Award for the meet.

Earlier this season, Lenhart set both the pool record and the Parkland school record with a score of 326.55 in a six-dive meet and then set both records again for an 11-dive meet when he scored a 496 in the Lehigh Valley Conference Diving Championships. In the district meet, Lenhart set a new district and pool record and became the first diver to break the 500-point plateau when he scored a 62.40 on his final dive to finish with an overall score of 506.40 on his way to a gold medal and a spot in the PIAA Diving Championships.

Asked about his string of record setting performances, Lenhart was understated in his assessment. "It's nice. It feels really good."

Lenhart was followed by teammates Mitchell Keller (421.75), Josh Anderson (397.3) and Jon Ceh (300.75) and will be joined at states by Keller and Anderson. For his part, Lenhart credited his teammates with always providing good competition and pushing him to become a better diver.

"It really does help, because they're basically my competition," said Lenhart. "It's always good to have them there."

Last year, Lenhart finished 15th at states, but believes he's in a better position this year.

"I'm very confident going in, but I know I'll need another outstanding performance if I'm going to come out of there with a medal, because the competition is unbelievable," he said.

Keller was proud of the fact that he and his teammates swept the top four spots and is looking forward to competing at the state level.

"Jacob Lenhart, I'm always trying to chase him. And Josh Anderson, he's nipping me in the butt every day," Keller said. "I respect both of them and their abilities and they really help me to do the best that I can."

On the girls side, senior Amanda Zerphy easily captured the gold medal with a score of 414.6, besting Easton's Kelsey Jehl (365.5) and teammate Maddy Hain (351.3). It looked for most of the meet that Hain would capture second, but Jehl scored 43.5 on her final dive and was able to edge out Hain for second place.

Zerphy, who will be going into the Navy after graduation, was happy with the results, but believes she can do even better.

"I ended up hitting the board on my one and a half pike, but I don't think anybody saw it," said Zerphy. "I'm feeling pretty confident [heading into states] and I'm at least hoping to make the finals."

Hain, who finished sixth at the LVC Championships just a week earlier, eclipsed her expectations of what she would accomplish in the district meet and earned a chance to compete alongside her teammate in states.

"I'm ecstatic. I went above and beyond what I thought I could do today," said Hain through a big smile. "My reverse one and a half went really well and was the dive that put me over. I was really happy when I saw the scores."

The PIAA Championships will be held starting on March 15 at Bucknell University in Lewisburg.