Pittsburgh, Pa. – The Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) revealed its psych sheets for the WPIAL/UPMC Sports Medicine Girls’ Swimming & Diving Championships on Wednesday afternoon. The diving championships will be held on Feb. 21-22 at North Allegheny High School, and the swimming championships will be held on Feb. 27-28 at Joseph C. Trees Pool on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh.
Class 3A has 303 qualifiers across the 13 events, while Class 2A has 330. There are four reigning event champions in Class 3A returning to defend their crowns: Fox Chapel senior Sarah Pasquella (200 freestyle), Mt. Lebanon senior Sylvia Roy (50 freestyle, 100 backstroke), and North Allegheny juniors Claire Bacu (500 freestyle) and Dani Hinkson (200 individual medley). In Class 2A, there are seven reigning event champions competing in 2025: Freeport senior Kira Schrecongost (100 butterfly), Hampton juniors Gabby Elk (1-meter dive) and Lainey Sheets (100 backstroke), Knoch senior Giona Lavorini (100 breaststroke), Mt. Pleasant seniors Lily King (100 freestyle, 200 freestyle) and Kiersten O’Connor (50 freestyle), and Shady Side Academy sophomore Ava Jochims (500 freestyle).
Section champions were determined in both classifications following the regular season. In Class 3A, Greater Latrobe (12-1, 7-0) won Section I, North Allegheny (10-0, 6-0) took Section II, Plum (12-0, 7-0) captured Section III, and Mt. Lebanon (8-2-1, 6-0) topped Section IV. Class 2A saw Chartiers Valley (6-4, 5-0) top Section I, Quaker Valley (8-4, 7-0) emerge from Section II, Hampton (7-5, 6-0) win Section III, Indiana (10-1, 5-0) reign in Section IV, Elizabeth Forward (9-2, 5-0) take Section V, and Thomas Jefferson (11-2, 5-0) earn the Section VI crown.
North Allegheny has captured the last 16 Class 3A team championships and is in search of its league-best 29th this year. Kiski Area is the reigning Class 2A champion after winning its first in 2024.
Each event champion and additional finishers will qualify for the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) Girls’ Swimming & Diving Championships, which will be held March 12-15 at Kinney Natatorium on the campus of Bucknell University.
50 FREESTYLE
Qualifiers: 67 (26 Class 2A, 41 Class 3A)
Class 3A Top Seed Time: Sylvia Roy (12), Mt. Lebanon – 22.60
Class 2A Top Seed Time: Kiersten O’Connor (12), Mt. Pleasant – 23.58
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Sylvia Roy (Mt. Lebanon) – 22.84
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Kiersten O’Connor (Mt. Pleasant) – 23.61
100 FREESTYLE
Qualifiers: 59 (31 Class 2A, 28 Class 3A)
Class 3A Top Seed Time: Ava Komoroski (10), Peters Township – 51.50
Class 2A Top Seed Time: Lily King (12), Mt. Pleasant – 48.86
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Kaitlyn Connors (Upper St. Clair) – 50.30
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Lily King (Mt. Pleasant) – 48.21 [WPIAL championship meet record]
200 FREESTYLE
Qualifiers: 53 (24 Class 2A, 29 Class 3A)
Class 3A Top Seed Time: Sarah Pasquella (12), Fox Chapel – 1:49.93
Class 2A Top Seed Time: Lily King (12), Mt. Pleasant – 1:47.13
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Sarah Pasquella (Fox Chapel) – 1:51.08
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Lily King (Mt. Pleasant) – 1:46.01 [WPIAL championship meet record]
500 FREESTYLE
Qualifiers: 61 (27 Class 2A, 34 Class 3A)
Class 3A Top Seed Time: Claire Bacu (11), North Allegheny – 4:56.99
Class 2A Top Seed Time: Ava Jochims (10), Shady Side Academy – 4:58.01
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Claire Bacu (North Allegheny) – 4:57.82
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Ava Jochims (Shady Side Academy) – 4:56.04
100 BACKSTROKE
Qualifiers: 50 (28 Class 2A, 22 Class 3A)
Class 3A Top Seed Time: Sylvia Roy (12), Mt. Lebanon – 55.34
Class 2A Top Seed Time: Kiersten O’Connor (12), Mt. Pleasant – 56.08
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Sylvia Roy (Mt. Lebanon) – 54.10
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Lainey Sheets (Hampton) – 55.30
100 BREASTSTROKE
Qualifiers: 57 (26 Class 2A, 31 Class 3A)
Class 3A Top Seed Time: Sarah Pasquella (12), Fox Chapel – 1:02.56
Class 2A Top Seed Time: Peyton Scott (12), Indiana – 1:04.54
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Natalie Sens (North Allegheny) – 1:02.53
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Giona Lavorini (Knoch) – 1:01.90
100 BUTTERFLY
Qualifiers: 58 (30 Class 2A, 28 Class 3A)
Class 3A Top Seed Time: Lauren Bell (12), Greater Latrobe – 56.50
Class 2A Top Seed Time: Lainey Sheets (11), Hampton – 56.12
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Natalie Sens (North Allegheny) – 54.74
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Kira Schrecongost (Freeport) – 55.37
200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
Qualifiers: 60 (34 Class 2A, 26 Class 3A)
Class 3A Top Seed Time: Dani Hinkson (11), North Allegheny – 2:08.11
Class 2A Top Seed Time: Ava Jochims (10), Shady Side Academy – 2:03.71
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Dani Hinkson (North Allegheny) – 2:06.48
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Lainey Sheets (Hampton) – 2:03.02
200 FREESTYLE RELAY
Qualifiers: 44 (21 Class 2A, 23 Class 3A)
Class 3A Top Seed Time: North Allegheny – 1:35.43
Class 2A Top Seed Time: Mt. Pleasant – 1:38.99
Class 3A Reigning Champion: North Allegheny – 1:35.55
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Northgate – 1:39.69
400 FREESTYLE RELAY
Qualifiers: 43 (20 Class 2A, 23 Class 3A)
Class 3A Top Seed Time: Fox Chapel – 3:33.65
Class 2A Top Seed Time: Mt. Pleasant – 3:37.27
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Fox Chapel – 3:29.42
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Kiski Area – 3:35.29
200 MEDLEY RELAY
Qualifiers: 43 (20 Class 2A, 23 Class 3A)
Class 3A Top Seed Time: North Allegheny – 1:46.32
Class 2A Top Seed Time: Freeport – 1:49.68
Class 3A Reigning Champion: North Allegheny – 1:44.89
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Mt. Pleasant – 1:47.23
1-METER DIVE
Qualifiers: 38 (16 Class 2A, 22 Class 3A)
Class 3A Top Seed Score: Juliet Hood (12), North Allegheny – 311.90
Class 2A Top Seed Score: Chaeli Keenan (12), Derry – 283.55
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Lola Malarky (North Allegheny) – 500.00
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Gabby Elk (Hampton) – 441.05
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