Freedom High School diver, Madison Young, placed seventh out of 15 female competitors at the East Penn Diving Meet on Jan. 10 at Emmaus High School.

"I think I did pretty good. I had good improvement, but I'd like to be a little higher," said Young.

The Patriot junior dove last, performing 11 dives.

"I wish I could go first. I don't like sitting there. It's what I like the least," Young said.

Young's first dive of the meet was a back straight. Her last was a back twist, one-and-a-half flips with a half twist, and it was one of her best.

"My back straight wasn't too bad. It wasn't the best I've ever done, but there was nothing wrong with it. It was good," she said. "Everything went well [on the back twist]. I went pretty high, and I lined it up well."

Young also received high scores on her front twist, which is a dive with one-and-a-half flips with one twist, and her inward, which is a regular dive, facing the board.

"I did a pike [on the inward]. I lined it up well, and I got a good score on it. I got a lot of height on the front twist," said Young.

Young's highest individual score on Saturday was an eight out of 10. Overall, Young totaled 351.20 points.

"It felt pretty good. I was glad it was over. That was our first big meet of the season," she said.

Liberty High School diver, Samantha Kinkaid, placed 11th with a total of 298.60 points.

The overall winner was Allentown Central Catholic's Nicole Sagl, who scored 448.50 points.

Liberty's Rachel Finn also competed but didn't finish the event due to an injury.

The next 11-dive meet is scheduled for Feb. 7 at Parkland High School.