2016 WPIAL Boys and Girls Swimming Results From Day Two

By: HSSN Staff
Friday, March 4, 2016 | 9:54 PM

The North Allegheny Tigers  Boys and Girls remain dominant. Coming into the second day of the WPIAL swim championships at  Joseph E Trees pool at the University of Pittsburgh the Girls had a 29.5 lead, and kept the lead all day despite Mount Lebanon closing to within 11 points with two events to go. The Tigers would hold on and win by 34.5 points and remain champions for the 8th straight year.

The Tiger Boys had it easy. They led by 62 points at the start of the day, and just kept growing their lead. Their 5th straight title was never in question as they won easily by 147 points. Mount Lebanon in Boys just could not gain any ground on the Tigers all day.

Individuals who shined during the second day were Mason Gonzales who won the boys 100 yard freestyle in record time with a 44.82 to win his second gold medal of the meet and set a new WPIAL record in the event. He previously won the 200 yard freestyle on Thursday. Mount Lebanon’s Jack Lamphear  set a new WPIAL record In the boys 100 yard breaststroke with a 54.82. Finally Kevin Liu defended his title in the boys 100 yard backstroke as he was the only individual repeat winner in Boys or Girls AAA.

Girls Final  Team Standings

1. North Allegheny   348
2. My Lebanon         313.5
3. Upper St Clair      265
4. Oakland Catholic 167
5. Seneca Valley       126

Girls 100 Yard Freestyle
1. Lauren McGrath,  North Allegheny 50.90
2. Hannah Bumgarner,  Mt Lebanon
3. Alison Shapiro,  Mt Lebanon         
4. Sophia Gaguzis, Seneca Valley
5. Emma Buerger,  Mt. Lebanon         

Girls 500 Yard Freestyle
1. Abby Hay,  Peters Township.          5:00.00
2. Abby Metheny, Upper St Clair
3. Sarah Mautino, Oakland Catholic
4. Gianna Caputo, North Allegheny
5. Lexi Kosttelnik, Laurel Highlands

Girls 100 Yard Backstroke
1. Sarah Mautino, Oakland Catholic. 56.06
2. Trinity Ward, Mt Lebanon
3.  Clare Flanagan, Hampton
4. Hannah Wilding,  Upper St. Clair
5. Hannah Rusinko, Norwin               

Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke
1. Peyton Kondis, Oakland Catholic    1:02.72
2. Erin Kuhn, North Allegheny
3. Maddie Yoos, Upper St. Clair
4. Sydney Davisdon, North Hills
5. Loeva Palu-Benson, Peters Township

Girls 440 Yard Freestyle Relay
1. Mt Lebanon          3:27.01
2. North Allegheny
3. Upper St. Clair
4. Oakland Catholic
5. Seneca Valley

Boys Final Team Standings

1. North Allegheny   442
2. Mt Lebanon         295
3. Upper St Clair      262
4. Hempfield            184
5. Penn Hills             152

Boys 100 Yard Freestyle
1. Mason Gonzalez, North Allegheny 44.82 (New WPIAL record)
2. Norman Gregory, Penn Hills
3. Kimani Gregory , Penn Hills
4. Jack Wright, North Allegheny
5. Daniel Songer, North Allegheny

Boys 500 Yard Freestyle
1. Matthew Dinunzio, Pittsburgh Central Catholic 4:32.59
2. Been Krigger, North Allegheny
3. Ryan Schonbachler, Pine Richland
4. Maxwell Gonzalez, North Allegheny
5. Stephen Hopta, Peters Township

Boys 100 Yard Backstroke
1. Kevin Liu, Upper St. Clair 48.97
2. Braden Wong, Upper St. Clair
3. Jack Fitzpatrick, Upper St. Clair
4. Zane Wilson, Hempfield
5. Stephen Hopta, Peters Township

Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke
1. Jack Lamphear, Mt Lebanon 54.82 (new WPIAL record)
2. Brian Ramsey, Mt Lebanon
3. Tyler Stephenson, Franklin Regional
4. Gage Halle, North Allegheny
5. Isaiah Gregory, Penn Hills

Boys 440 Yard Freestyle Relay
1. North Allegheny, 3:04.14
2. Mt Lebanon
3. Hempfield
4. Upper St. Clair
5. Franklin Regional

Wild and wacky would be one way to describe the WPIAL Boys and Girls AA swimming championships at Trees Pool at the University of Pittsburgh. Going into the second day the Shady Side Academy Girls led by 32 points over Derry. Their lead grew after each event and eventually they would win by 109 points. Derry could not hold onto 2nd place as Blackhawk overtook them during the last event to finish second.

On the Boys side it was close all day. In an unusual day there were two lead changes for the lead, three for second place, and two for third in a wild team event. Quaker Valley came into the day down 17 points, and in 3rd place. The Quakers went ahead after the first event, then after the 3rd event fell to second before taking the lead for good after the 4th event and holding onto win by 23 points over the West Allegheny Indians. West A briefly held the lead by six points after event three but could not hold on. Laurel Highlands who led by 6 points coming into the day fell to second after one event then third after the third and remained there all day to finish third.

In talking about individuals who did well on the day it was again an  interesting interesting set of circumstances. On the Girls side all five events saw repeat winners, led by Emily Zimcosky of Geibel who won her 4th straight 100 Yard Freestyle event and set a new WPIAL record. Bailey Bonnet who won a medal on Thursday in the 200 Yard IM, won her third straight title in the 500 Yard Freestyle. Sabrina Bowman won her 2nd straight in the 100 Yard Backstroke, and Brooke Zukowski won her third straight in the 100 Yard Breaststroke. Shady Side Academy won their 2nd straight in the 400 Yard Freestyle relay.

On the Boys side of the event there were two new champions who unseated Lat years champions. One new champion and two repeat winners. Matthew Kwalick of Quaker Valley won the 100 Yard Freestyle defeating defending champ Mat Ramsey of Hampton.Kyle Hrabovsky of Quaker Valley won the 100 Yard Backstroke taking down defending champ John WIlson of Knoch. Repeat winners were Logan Palochack who defended his 100 Yard Backstoke tittle, and Quaker Valley who won a second straight 400 Yard Freestyle Relay event. The only new champion on Friday was EJ Eppinger from Winchester Thurston who won the Boys 500 Yard Freestyle.

Final Girls Team Standings

1. Shady Side Academy 291
2. Blackhawk                   182
3. Derry                            171
4. Indiana                         158
5. Knoch                           140

Girls 100 Yard Freestyle
1. Emily Zimcosky, Geibel 50.08 (New WPIAL Record)
2. Taylor Petrak, Ellwood City
3. Karen Siddoway, Northgate
4. Lindsay Grune, Shady Side Academy
5. Allison Brownlee, Derry

Girls 500 Yard Freestyle
1. Bailey Bonnett, Highlands 4:56.14
2. Maddy Andrews, Quaker Valley
3. Mallory Marzolf, Deer Lakes
4. Erica King, Riverside
5. Caroline Colville, Shady Side Academy

Girls 100 Yard Backstroke
1. Sabrina Bowman, St Joseph 57.11
2. Ashley Azzarello, Shady Side Academy
3. Mikayla Bisignani, Greensburg Central Catholic
4. Sarah Henderson, Indiana
5. Jessica Cochran, Yough

Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke
1. Brooke Zukowski, Knoch 1:03.43
2. Abby Jones, Knoch
3. Madison Nestor, Yough
4. Brooke Carmazzi, Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic 5. Heather Grune, Shady Side Academy

Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
1. Shady Side Academy 3:33.24
2. Blackhawk
3. Indiana
4. Northgate
5. West Mifflin

Final Boys Team Standings

1. Quaker Valley        249.5
2. West Allegheny    226.5
3. Laurel Highlands  214.5
4. Hampton               147
4. Mars                      147

Boys 100 Yard Freestyle
1. Matthew Kwalick, Quaker Valley 46.92
2. Matt Ramsey, Hampton
3. Kevin Kondrit, Springdale
4. Jonathan Sharp, Uniontown
5. Harry Harkins, Quaker Valley

Boys 500 Yard Freestyle
1. EJ Eppinger, Winchester Thurston 4:47.23
2. Brett Scheib, Hampton
3. Joseph Folz, MArs
4. David Ewing, South Fayette
5. Andrew Pierre, Mars

Boys 100 Yard Backstroke
1. Logan Palochak, Hopewell 51.65
2. Snead Niksic, Obama Academy
3. Michael Kocher, West Allegheny
4. James Pierre, Mars
5. Aiden Sommers, Northgate

Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke
1. Kyle Hrabovsky, Quaker Valley 58.13(New WPIAL Record)
2. John Wilson, Hampton
3. Collin Hurley, Springdale
4. Benjamin Peng, Indiana
5. Ben Blackburn, Highlands

Boys 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
1. Quaker Valley 3:14.23
2. Laurel Highlands
3. Hampton
4. West Allegheny
5. Mars