Northwestern Lehigh’s Hayden Slaski earned a PIAA diving medal for the second straight season, placing fifth with 399.65 points last weekend at the state championship meet, held Friday and Saturday at Bucknell University.

Slaski was ninth after the first five dives but had dives of 35.70, 38.85 and 30.75 to climb into fifth by the end of Round 8. His best dive came in Round 10, scoring 51.6 points on an inward 1.5 somersault that carried a degree of difficulty of 2.4.

“The start of the meet, definitely had some difficulties,” Slaski said. “Diving is all about mindset. You come back. I did what I could, I salvaged the meet and had a great time.”

The junior, making his third appearance at states, has climbed from 15th to seventh to fifth over those three years.

Bishop Shanahan’s Landyn Snook won the title with 490.20 points, knocking off three-time defending state champion Ky Arnot of Interboro, who was second at 477.90.

Pottsville’s Adam Klinger was third at 466.15, while Bishop McDevitt’s Cayden McDonnell took fourth at 425.50.

Slaski’s younger brother, Harper, placed 12th with 309.55 points.

“It’s extremely exciting,” Hayden Slaski said. “Being seeded fourth, I’m extremely pleased to hover around my seeding place. It’s an improvement from last year.

“I couldn’t be more happy for me and my brother diving here. He did amazing.”