Pittsburgh, Pa. – The Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) released its psych sheets for the WPIAL/UPMC Sports Medicine Girls’ Swimming & Diving Championships on Wednesday afternoon. The diving championships will be held on Feb. 23-24 at North Allegheny High School, and the swimming championships will be held on Feb. 29-March 1 at Joseph C. Trees Pool on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh.
Class 3A has 318 qualifiers across the 13 events, while Class 2A has 298. In Class 3A, five individual events have their reigning champion returning, and Class 2A has six.
Section champions were determined in both classifications following the regular season. In Class 3A, Franklin Regional (9-3-0, 5-0-0) took Section I, North Allegheny (10-0-0, 6-0-0) captured Section II, Fox Chapel (11-2-0, 6-0-0) won Section III, and Upper St. Clair (7-3-0, 6-0-0) claimed Section IV. Class 2A saw Montour (9-5-0, 6-0-0) emerge from Section I, Quaker Valley (8-2-0, 7-0-0) top Section II, Indiana (13-0-0, 7-0-0) reign in Section IV, Ringgold (9-4-0, 6-0-0) win Section V, and Thomas Jefferson (11-1-0, 6-0-0) collect Section VI. There was a three-way tie in Section III between Northgate (9-2-0, 6-1-0), Freeport (8-3-0, 6-1-0), and Hampton (9-4-0, 6-1-0).
North Allegheny returns as the Class 3A team champion, having won its 15th consecutive and 27th overall last year. Mt. Pleasant is the reigning Class 2A team champion, winning its second straight and overall in 2023.
Each event champion and additional finishers will move onto the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) Girls’ Swimming & Diving Championships, which will be held on March 13-16 at Kinney Natatorium on the campus of Bucknell University.
50 FREESTYLE
Class 3A Qualifiers: 27
Class 3A Top Seed Time: Sylvia Roy (11), Mt. Lebanon – 23.29
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Sylvia Roy (Mt. Lebanon) – 22.72
Class 2A Qualifiers: 26
Class 2A Top Seed Time: Kiersten O’Connor (11), Mt. Pleasant – 23.67
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Kiersten O’Connor (Mt. Pleasant) – 23.76
100 FREESTYLE
Class 3A Qualifiers: 30
Class 3A Top Seed Time: Kaitlyn Connors (12), Upper St. Clair – 51.34
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Kaitlyn Connors (Upper St. Clair) – 50.64
Class 2A Qualifiers: 27
Class 2A Top Seed Time: Lily King (11), Mt. Pleasant – 49.06
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Lily King (Mt. Pleasant) – 48.58 [WPIAL championship meet record]
200 FREESTYLE
Class 3A Qualifiers: 36
Class 3A Top Seed Time: Sarah Pasquella (11), Fox Chapel – 1:52.06
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Lexi Sundgren (North Allegheny) – 1:51.90
Class 2A Qualifiers: 29
Class 2A Top Seed Time: Lily King (11), Mt. Pleasant – 1:48.02
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Lily King (Mt. Pleasant) – 1:47.36 [WPIAL championship meet record]
500 FREESTYLE
Class 3A Qualifiers: 32
Class 3A Top Seed Time: Claire Bacu (10), North Allegheny – 4:55.57
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Zoe Poe (South Fayette) – 4:58.27
Class 2A Qualifiers: 26
Class 2A Top Seed Time: Ava Jochims (9), Shady Side Academy – 4:58.80
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Eliza Miller (Kiski Area) – 5:09.17
100 BACKSTROKE
Class 3A Qualifiers: 24
Class 3A Top Seed Time: Sylvia Roy (11), Mt. Lebanon – 54.51
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Sylvia Roy (Mt. Lebanon) – 53.84
Class 2A Qualifiers: 32
Class 2A Top Seed Time: Kiersten O’Connor (11), Mt. Pleasant – 56.03
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Ella Menear (Mapletown) – 54.36
100 BREASTSTROKE
Class 3A Qualifiers: 29
Class 3A Top Seed Time: Sarah Pasquella (10), Fox Chapel – 1:03.33
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Sarah Shaffer (Pine-Richland) – 1:02.95
Class 2A Qualifiers: 27
Class 2A Top Seed Time: Peyton Scott (11), Indiana – 1:04.02
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Peyton Scott (Indiana) – 1:02.80
100 BUTTERFLY
Class 3A Qualifiers: 25
Class 3A Top Seed Time: Natalie Sens (12), North Allegheny – 55.75
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Sophie Shao (Fox Chapel) – 53.98
Class 2A Qualifiers: 29
Class 2A Top Seed Time: Katie Jackovic (12), South Park – 57.56
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Katie Jackovic (South Park) – 55.63
200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
Class 3A Qualifiers: 24
Class 3A Top Seed Time: Dani Hinkson (10), North Allegheny – 2:07.49
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Sophie Shao (Fox Chapel) – 2:02.85
Class 2A Qualifiers: 35
Class 2A Top Seed Time: Ava Jochims (9), Shady Side Academy – 2:06.93
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Ella Menear (Mapletown) – 2:03.96
200 FREESTYLE RELAY
Class 3A Qualifiers: 21
Class 3A Top Seed Time: North Allegheny & Fox Chapel – 1:38.10
Class 3A Reigning Champion: North Allegheny – 1:34.57
Class 2A Qualifiers: 23
Class 2A Top Seed Time: Kiski Area – 1:41.16
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Mt. Pleasant – 1:35.90 [WPIAL championship meet record]
400 FREESTYLE RELAY
Class 3A Qualifiers: 22
Class 3A Top Seed Time: Seneca Valley – 3:35.85
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Fox Chapel – 3:28.06
Class 2A Qualifiers: 23
Class 2A Top Seed Time: Mt. Pleasant – 3:37.43
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Mt. Pleasant – 3:32.07 [WPIAL championship meet record]
200 MEDLEY RELAY
Class 3A Qualifiers: 21
Class 3A Top Seed Time: North Allegheny – 1:46.01
Class 3A Reigning Champion: North Allegheny – 1:43.86
Class 2A Qualifiers: 22
Class 2A Top Seed Time: Mt. Pleasant – 1:48.38
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Mt. Pleasant – 1:45.86 [WPIAL championship meet record]
1-METER DIVE
Class 3A Qualifiers: 27
Class 3A Top Seed Score: Lola Malarky (11), North Allegheny – 301.60
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Christina Shi (North Allegheny) – 540.75
Class 2A Qualifiers: 28
Class 2A Top Seed Score: Ruby Olliffe (11), Quaker Valley – 440.60
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Maggie Foley (North Catholic) – 491.40
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