The first spring Foothill League individual champions have officially been crowned.

Canyon freshman Connor Ferris won the boys’ diving title with an overall score of 364.10, while Hart senior Kali Whitehurst’s 359.25 edged out sophomore teammate and reigning league champion Nadia Tseng for the girls’ title on Wednesday at the Santa Clarita Aquatic Center.

On the day, seven divers earned CIF-Southern Section Division I qualification scores, while three others posted consideration marks. The entire league field consists of 14 participants, but four were held out of the finals after suffering various injuries.

The diving competition is independent of the Foothill League swimming finals, but is factored into the team scoring at the CIF-SS Div. I meet.

On the girls’ side, Whitehurst led Tseng 318.45-318.30 going into the final dive of the day.

Tseng received a 34 for her execution of a back somersault 1/2 twist, but Whitehurst’s forward 1 1/2 somersault pike earned her a 40.8 and the title.

The narrow margin came as no surprise to the UCLA-bound senior.

“All these girls are phenomenal divers and I respect them all,” Whitehurst said. “We all work together. Even though we compete against each other, we support each other. All the girls have a background in gymnastics, so we all have the same technique with everything and the same foundation with all our tricks.”

Tseng took second with a score of 352.30, followed by Saugus sophomore Katie Waschak (332.20) and Hart sophomore Amber Lank (255.00).

All marks above 300 qualify for the CIF-SS Div. I meet.

Each dive is scored on height, grace, form, distance from the board and execution, with the highest and lowest marks thrown out. The remaining scores are then combined and multiplied by the attempted dive’s degree of difficulty.

“It’s all about composure, consistency and control,” said Nikki Miller, who coaches all the Foothill League divers.

Each competitor had to complete 11 dives, five of which were voluntary and required the completion of one from each of five categories: front, back, reverse, inward and twisting. The remaining six — the optional dives — also necessitated one from each category, with an additional dive of the athlete’s choosing.

No matter the selection, Canyon’s Ferris looked strong in his first year of competition.

“I had felt like I could do pretty good,” Ferris said of his season. “I’ve gotten a lot better at getting height off the board. My scores used to be fives and sixes, now they are sevens and eights.”

In second place was Valencia junior Dakota Miller with a 328.70. He will also compete individually at today’s swimming finals in the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard breaststroke, and has already posted a CIF-SS Div. I automatic time as a member of the Vikings’ 200-freestyle relay team.

“(Swimming) definitely takes up a lot of my time,” Miller said. “I just try my hardest. I spend about four or five hours a day in the pool.”

Miller’s teammate Sam Malko took third with a total score of 305.75, followed by Viking sophomore Dallas Hattox (265.95), Cowboy freshman Derek Rider (244.95) and Valencia junior Stephen Ryken (231.15).

The divers’ medals will be handed out today during the swimming finals.

“I’m just so proud of all of them,” Nikki Miller said. “Most of them weren’t diving three months ago.”