Riley Kiernan sets new school record as seven divers qualify for districts

Congratulations to Plymouth Whitemarsh High School junior Riley Kiernan for setting a new school record for six dives with a score of 257.40. The previous record, which stood for more than ten years, was held by Lize Keefer with a 253.95 from 2012.

The record was only one of the team’s noteworthy achievements from the meet against Mount St. Joseph’s/St. Joe’s Prep. It’s also the first time six PWHS divers qualified for the District 1 Diving Championship on the same day. 

“We also have never had six divers, in one season, qualify [for districts],” said Head Coach David Stewart. “So there's a lot of great things happening with this team this year.”

With the district qualification scores of 195 for boys and 205 for girls, the following are the six who qualified together:

• Riley Kiernan - 257.40
• Annabel Ferhat - 212.00
• Teagan Stanley - 206.00
• Austin Alderfer - 280.60
• Jed Alderfer - 251.30
• Morgan Hulitt - 227.00

Since that meet, ninth grader Ethan Scully has also qualified with a 201.85 – bringing the number of districts-qualifying divers to seven.

Congratulations and good luck to the team!