Pittsburgh, Pa. – The Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) held its WPIAL/UPMC Sports Medicine Boys’ Diving Championships this past Friday and Saturday at North Allegheny High School. A total of 27 student-athletes competed across the two classifications, with North Allegheny junior Ethan Maravich winning the title at Class 3A and Derry senior Jake Hauser capturing the Class 2A crown.
 
Maravich is the fourth different North Allegheny student-athlete since 1980 to win WPIAL gold in the 1-meter dive, joining Connor Kuremsky (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011), Will Schenk (2022), and Scott Wolf (1991). His win, along with Maggie Lapina on the girls’ side, make it twice in four years that the Tigers have swept both Class 3A diving titles.
 
Hauser is Derry’s first WPIAL champion. The Trojans are now the 32nd different school to win gold in the 1-meter dive since 1980, and are the third new school – joining Blackhawk and Ligonier Valley – to join the club at the Class 2A level.
 
The top four finishers in Class 3A and top six finishers in Class 2A have qualified for the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) Boys’ Swimming & Diving Championships, which will be held March 12-15 at Kinney Natatorium on the campus of Bucknell University.
 
CLASS 3A RECAP
Three student-athletes broke the 500-point mark in the Class 3A final on Saturday, but it was North Allegheny junior Ethan Maravich to emerge from the group as champion with a final tally of 532.30 – 16.55 points ahead second place and 30.45 points in front of third.
 
Silver and bronze medals were claimed again by their 2024 occupants, as Fox Chapel senior Jackson Hagler was the runner-up with a score of 515.75, and Mt. Lebanon senior Malcolm Thompson took third with a tally of 501.85.
 
The final PIAA qualifier spot went to Upper St. Clair sophomore Carter Wells with a score of 499.20. The remainder of the podium was made up of North Allegheny sophomore Anthony Farrah (5th, 461.05), Upper St. Clair senior Kobe Yuyi (6th, 374.15), North Hills junior Sebby Wolff (7th, 365.25), and Fox Chapel sophomore Gosha Pistsov (8th, 362.90).
 
North Allegheny will carry 45 points into this week’s WPIAL Boys’ Swimming Championships, and Fox Chapel brings 34 points from its finishes.
 
There were 16 competitors across nine schools in Class 3A, with Bethel Park, Fox Chapel, Franklin Regional, Mt. Lebanon, North Allegheny, North Hills, Penn Hills, Pine-Richland, and Upper St. Clair represented.
 
CLASS 2A RECAP
Derry senior Jake Hauser took home the Class 2A title in the 1-meter dive on Friday, recording a score of 405.45 – putting him 66.35 points ahead of the field.
 
Hauser was last year’s runner-up behind two-time champion Brecken Finkbeiner of Blackhawk, posting a tally of 395.05. Finishing behind him this year was Indiana senior Matthew Blystone, who improved upon his sixth-place finish from a year ago with a score of 339.10. Beaver junior Isaac Burtt earned bronze after registering a mark of 312.20.
 
Uniontown senior Wyatt Dean (4th, 308.15), Ringgold sophomore Gavin Brake (5th, 296.35), and Indiana sophomore Connor Fleming (6th, 269.05) also earned qualification into the PIAA Championships with their finishes. The remainder of the podium was made up of Beaver senior Aiden Connelly (7th, 259.65) and Mt. Pleasant junior Noah Lahm (8th, 258.85).
 
Beaver brings 38 points into this week’s WPIAL Boys’ Swimming Championships with its finishes, and reigning champion Indiana will have 30 points added to its tally.
 
There were 11 student-athletes from seven schools competing in Class 2A, with Beaver, Derry, Frazier, Indiana, Mt. Pleasant, Ringgold, and Uniontown represented.
 
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