Salisbury junior diver Denny Bonner looked up to Peter Cialkowski, a 2010 graduate of Salisbury High School, and the diving records he possessed as a Falcon.

Now, Bonner's name will replace Cialkowski's on the banner at KidsPeace that contains both school and pool records after his record-setting performance against Stroudsburg on Thursday.

After breaking Cialkowski's school record of 444.85 points in 11 dives early in the season with a score of 450.65 at the Bucknell Natatorium High School Open Invitational, Bonner's score of 276.90 in six dives against Stroudsburg was good enough for both pool and school records. Cialkowski previously held both the pool (265.60) and school records (266.40) in that event.

"He's kind of like my idol, and I looked up to him," Bonner said. "Knowing that I beat him just felt really weird and awesome at the same time.

"In my freshman year seeing that score, it was like, 'Wow it's so high.' I never really imagined beating it, and beating it in my junior year is crazy itself."

Bonner knew that the possibility of breaking the pool and school records for six dives was certainly a reality, particularly heading into his final dive, a reverse one and a half with one and a half twists. Once he landed that dive and saw the score, he knew the record was in his sole possession.

"I knew it was going to be really close," Bonner said. "I was trying not to think about it and not get over-psyched. And then I did the last dive, and it's like, "Oh, I broke the record.'"

Bonner's record-breaking day at the Bucknell Invitational was certainly an impressive start to the season. But that was just the beginning.

In addition to earning two school records and a pool record at KidsPeace, Bonner's score of 272.5 at Blue Mountain (the meet before Stroudsburg) earned him a pool record for six dives.

While it was another record to add to the list, he wasn't even aware of the accomplishment right away.

"I was getting some food in the other room, and I see everyone in the pool standing up and cheering," Bonner said. "I was wondering why, and then someone comes in and tells me I just broke the record.

"It was pretty cool because I never broke a record, and then recently I've been breaking a bunch. I think it's because of my coach. He's really been pushing me hard."

Bonner, who particularly enjoys the reverse twister dives, wasn't always a diver.

But after a suggestion from one of his middle school coaches following the season, he undertook that idea and never looked back.

"I did do swimming in middle school," Bonner said.

"At the end-of-the-year party, there was a diving board at the pool and I was doing jumps off of it. My swimming coach was like, 'That's pretty good. You should try out diving.' And then I did, and I just went from there."