It’s been a long journey for Muncy senior Logan Diehl. Every year, he’s been a one-man team for the Indians. Competing independently, he was Muncy’s lone swimmer and competed at numerous dual meets, tri-meets and invitationals, being the only swimmer there with Muncy attached to his name.

He’s had success during the past four years. Plenty of PRs, some personal bests, some outstanding races where he’s been pushed.

But his senior year at districts is where he’s left his mark and legacy for the Indians.

On Wednesday, Diehl made his mark with a silver medal in the 200 free. On Thursday, he etched another mark into that legacy with another silver medal, this time doing so in the 500 free.

“Getting silver twice means a lot because it’s a chance to go to states, and it could prove a lot for me and my school,” Diehl said. “I had a lot of people supporting me and that means the world to me.”

Diehl swam a great time in the 500 free for his second silver medal in as many days with a time of 5:14.00. The only swimmer who went faster was Lewisburg sophomore Colin Shannon, who claimed gold with a 4:58.99. in the event. The Muncy senior swam great from start to finish and did his best to keep up with Shannon, a sophomore standout, and it resulted with a second-place finish as Shannon took home his second gold medal of the District 4 championships.

For Diehl, his entire career was represented on Thursday in one night where it all paid off. All the training, all the practices, all the hard work condensed into one last night of competition.

“I put 12 years of swimming int this night,” Diehl said. “I would have loved to come home with gold, but I gave everything I had and I am very happy about the outcome.”

Being the only person on a team as an independent swimmer can be lonely. Diehl didn’t have teammates per se to push him when he practiced. He didn’t have swimmers at the end of lanes cheering him on during events to help hype him up like you see many schools do at districts.

He was a one-man swimming team for four years, but he never gave up on the sport and kept at it. He knew he was a standout swimmer and he couldn’t have had a nicer way to cap his career at the District 4 meet.

Diehl is in some extremely elite company at Muncy. The only other swimmer in District 4 history to ever place second or better at districts representing Muncy was former standout Marcie Wallis, a five-time gold medalists who graduated in 1981. It’s somewhat a full-circle moment for Diehl. Wallis was his third grade teacher and now he joins her as one of Muncy’s all-time best swimmers.

“I had Marcie Wallis as a teacher in third grade and I love that I have followed in her footsteps,” Diehl said. “There is a group of Muncy swimmers coming up that are really good, and I hope I inspired them.”

It may not have quite set in yet what Diehl accomplished as he took off his swimming cap for the final time, but it’s safe to say he’s left his mark in the hallways at Muncy High School and cemented his legacy there in his final race on Thursday at Williamsport.

And he’s certainly left inspiration behind for younger swimmers to look up to.

Jon Gerardi is the sports editor at the Sun-Gazette. He can be reached by email at jgerardi@sungazette.com. Follow him on Twitter at @JonGerardi.