Freedom sophomore Sarah Gill medaled at the EPC Diving Championships when she placed fourth out of 16 divers on Feb. 9 at Parkland.

“I felt really good because the whole time I was really close to another girl and then after my last dive it got me a good 10 points over,” Gill said.

Gill’s last dive was a back two-and-a-half.

Updates were given after the fifth dive, when Gill was in fourth place, and after the eighth dive, when Gill was in fifth place. The competitors did a total of 11 dives.

“I knew I must have been close, but I didn’t know how close,” said Gill, who was trading fourth and fifth places with Allentown Central Catholic’s Jamilie Atiyeh.

“I would just do what I did in practice, and if I did really good and I beat her, then I beat her, and if I didn’t, then it’s OK because I did my best,” Gill said.

Freedom diving coach Lisa Young, who praised Gill’s consistency, reminded Gill to jump up and to not twist right away for her last three dives.

Besides her back two-and-a-half, Gill scored well on her inward dive and back dive.

“They’re usually pretty consistent and good,” she said.

Parkland’s Alexa Brinker won the EPC meet with a score of 448.40. Parkland’s Lexi Lehman placed second with 445.70 points, and Parkland’s Kate Gottwald was third with 437.40 points.

Gill had 409.90 points, and Atiyeh had 399.10 points.

Liberty’s Cara Kuykens placed 10th with a score of 279.20. Freedom’s Fallon Tatlow was 12th with 263.55 points, and Cailin Connelly placed 13th with 243.55 points.