The Parkland girls swimming program proved focused, resilient and talented in winning the District 11 Swimming Championship last Saturday at Parkland High School.

The Trojans won their 25th overall district title with a score of 447 points, outdistancing second place Emmaus with 386 and third place Southern Lehigh with 316.

Individually two seniors - Claire Weaver and Kayla Johnson - distinguished themselves with their performances. Weaver won the 100-yard and 200-yard freestyle. Johnson placed first in the 50-yard and 500-yard freestyle and in the process established a District 11 record with a 22.95 mark.

Both will go on to this week’s PIAA Championships at Bucknell University in Lewisburg.

Johnson is seeded first in the state in the 100 free at 50.14. She is seeded third in the 50 free at 22.95.

Claire Weaver is seeded 10th in the 500 freestyle at 5:04.0 and 14th in 200 free at 1:53.96.

Parkland also has a pair of girls relay teams competing in the state championship meet as the 400 freestyle relay is seeded 15th at 3:34.22 and the 200 freestyle relay is 17th at 1:38.29.

At the state championships, all swimmers and relay teams compete in heats in the morning with the top eight times in each event returning to swim later in the day in championship finals, while the next eight fastest times go on to consolation finals.

In boys events, three Trojans will compete in Lewisburg. Two-time district champion diver Ethan Radio is seeded second in the state, while teammate Ryan Beltrame is seeded 24th. Nick Zaffiro is the only Parkland boys swimmer to qualify for states. The Parkland school record holder in the individual medley is seeded seventh in the event with his record time of 1:54.14. He is also seeded 16th in 100-yard breaststroke at 58.49.