2026 All-Area Girls Swimming and Diving Team
State 1-meter diving champion Hayden Taylor and four-time selections Julia Cort and Kelsey McPeek headline the first team.
The 2026 lehighvalleylive.com All-Area Girls Swimming and Diving first team, led by PIAA Class 3A 1-meter diving champion Hayden Taylor of Freedom, earned eight state medals and 12 individual District 11 championships. Seniors Julia Cort of Saucon Valley and Kelsey McPeek of Parkland distinguished themselves by being selected to the All-Area first team for the fourth time, while it’s the third time for Taylor and Parkland’s Milla Hahn and Sydney LaBaugh.
To be considered for the All-Area teams, swimmers needed to compete in enough dual meets to be eligible for the postseason. Swimmers who attend schools in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference and Colonial League along with teams from Hackettstown, North Hunterdon, Phillipsburg/Belvidere, Voorhees and Warren Hills are eligible for consideration.