Nary a peep could be heard as Lucas Gerten stood on the 1-meter diving board, 1 1/2 somersaults and a twist away from state history.

Barely making a splash, the Rosemount junior quickly rose to the surface and immediately looked to the scoreboard at the other end of the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center with a look of anxiety.

“I knew it was close. The (52.8) showed up and I just knew,” he said. Then came four full arm fist pumps of excitement.

Gerten won won the Class 2A diving meet forthe third year in a row. His total score of 539.6 bested the previous record of 532.7 that had stood since 1997 and was equaled in 2010.

“It wasn’t something I focused on but after hitting the last two in my finals lineup I knew I had a shot,” said Gerten, whose winning scores the previous two years were 480.6 and 419.4.

A couple of his friends took second and third: Owen Kipp and Stone Larson from Eagan.

“It was a dream to go 1-2-3 in our section and then bring it to the state podium too,” said Kipp, the only senior of the three. He nailed his last dive to finish at 477.1.

“Considering the first one went really bad I knew I wasn’t going to hit my goal score (500), but I wanted my last dive to be really good. … For a not-great meet that’s still pretty good to me.”

Larson finished at 444.4, nearly 10 points up on Porter Woodson of Lakeville South.

“I wanted to spend my junior year podium with Owen and Lucas,” said Larson, who’ll be participating in the state weightlifting championship next Saturday.

Edina takes team title

For the fifth time in six years Edina is the Class 2A state champion. The Hornets had three event winners and five second-place finishers to beat rival Minnetonka by six points. Prior Lake, Wayzata, Lakeville South and Eagan rounded out the top six.

Kogler ascends

Fourth in the individual medley, Stillwater’s Jackson Kogler finished second in the backstroke, 0.78 seconds behind Ethan Kosin of Prior Lake and 0.13 seconds ahead of Wayzata’s Nathan Carr, who was second halfway through the race.

“I just got to work a little on the second 50 because on the first 50 I stayed with him and second one (Kosin) was able to pull away,” the junior said.

Breck/Blake dominates again in Class A

Breck/Blake won its record-setting eighth straight title. It won six events, including Josiah Hill setting a Class A record of 4:32.99 in the 500 free.

St. Thomas Academy finished second and Northfield third.

For the Cadets, Will Barth was second in the 500 free, Dane Dow second in the 200 IM and third in the 500 free, and Luke Mechtel took third in the 100 breast and fourth in 50 free. The team of Dow, Mechtel, Kayden Greely and William Nash was third in the 200 free relay.

Conner Hogan of Hutchinson, a Wisconsin commit, won the 50 free and 100 free, setting a record in the latter of 43.80.