WPIAL Boys and Girls Swimming Results From Day Two

By: HSSN Staff
Friday, March 3, 2017 | 10:10 PM

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It was just another day, just another championship for the North Allegheny Tigers boys and girls swimmers. After building dominating day one leads neither team looked back and took the WPIAL Team Championships handily in day two.

Our first event was the girls 100-yard freestyle though and Tiger favorite Lauren McGrath would be upset by new WPIAL record holder, freshman, Olivia Livingston of Gateway who finished with a time of 49.53. She bested the old record held by Oakland Catholic’s Leah Smith since 2013 by almost a full second. Thats when the Tigers’ would go on the prowl and their own Mason Gonzalez would break his former record of 44.82 in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 44.17, that was Gonzalez’s 2nd WPIAL record of the week after setting the record the day prior in the 50-yard freestyle.

Later in the morning we would have the 400-yard freestyle relay which saw records fall on both sides the boys and the girls. The boys it was the North Allegheny Tigers breaking their rivals record from Upper St. Clair from 2014 with a final time of 3:03.20 breaking the Panthers former record of 3:03.63. Then on the girls side of things the Mt.Lebanon Blue Devils who did not want to go down without a fight not only upset the North Allegheny Tigers in the 400-yard freestyle but managed to break their 2014 record of 3:26.41 with a final time of 3:25.76. The Blue Devils team was comprised of Kathryn Nicholson, Sophia Donati, Emma Graham, and Trinity Ward.

This was the North Allegheny boys’ 6th straight WPIAL crown while the girls managed to win their 9th straight WPIAL crown in 3A swimming.

BOYS 3-A Standings FINAL:

1. North Allegheny 433

2. Peters Township 238

3. Upper St. Clair 210

3. Hempfield Area 210

5. Mt. Lebanon 105.5

GIRLS 3-A Standings FINAL:

1. North Allegheny 342

2. Mt. Lebanon 307

3. Upper St. Clair 249

4. Franklin Regional 121

5. Seneca Valley 108

BOYS 3-A:

100 Yard Freestyle

1. Mason Gonzalez, North Allegheny 44.17**WPIAL RECORD

2. Kimani Gregory, Penn Hills

3. Jack Wright, North Allegheny

4. Joel Songer, North Allegheny

5. Jack Rice, Mt. Lebanon

500 Yard Freestyle

1. Ryan Schonbachler, Pine Richland 4:32.67

2. Rick Mihm, North Allegheny

3. Eban Krigger, North Allegheny

4. Alexander Deemer, Butler

5. Maxwell Gonzalez, North Allegheny

100 Yard Backstroke

1. Stephen Hopta, Peters Township 50.03

2. Jack Fitzpatrick, Upper St. Clair

3. Adam K Whisner, Pittsburgh Central Catholic

4. Zane Wilson, Hempfield Area

5. Andrew Zhang, North Allegheny

100 Yard Breaststroke

1. Isaiah K Gregory, Penn Hills 57.35

2. Brett Edwards, North Allegheny

3. Paul Luniewski, Peters Township

*4. Nick Mudry, Upper St. Clair

*4. Kevin Lovasik, North Hills

400 Yard Freestyle Relay

1. North Allegheny 3:03.20**WPIAL RECORD

2. Hempfield Area

3. Peters Township

4. Pittsburgh Central Catholic

5. Mt. Lebanon

GIRLS 3-A

100 Yard Freestyle

1. Oliva Livingston, Gateway 49.33**WPIAL RECORD

2. Trinity Ward, Mt. Lebanon

3. Lauren McGrath, North Allegheny

4. Kathryn Nicholson, Mt. Lebanon

5. Sophia Donati, Mt. Lebanon

500 Yard Freestyle

1. Abby Hay, Peters Township 4:54.78

2. Abby Matheny, Upper St. Clair

3. Olivia Schaffer, Upper St. Clair

4. Lexie Kostelnik, Laurel Highlands

5. Mary Smith, North Hills

100 Yard Backstroke

1. Torie Buerger, North Allegheny 55.57

2. Maeve Lersch, Upper St. Clair

3. Clare Flanagan, Hampton

4. Lauren Connors, Upper St. Clair

5. Ellie Tiskus, Oakland Catholic

100 Yard Breaststroke

1. Sydney Davidson, North Hills 1:03.35

2. Laura Goettler, Butler

3. Leah Baker, Moon

4. Maddie Dorish, Mt. Lebanon

5. Tatum Detwiler, Connellsville

400 Yard Freestyle Relay

1. Mt. Lebanon 3:25.76**WPIAL RECORD

2. North Allegheny

3. Franklin Regional

4. Upper St. Clair

5. Seneca Valley

 

At Joe C Trees pool at the University of Pittsburgh it was a wild day of records, and two repeat team winners, one was a come from behind victory in an exiting afternoon event.

In Girls action the Shady Side Academy Girls won their 3rd straight WPIAL team title out scoring Indiana by 47 points in doing so. They also won their 3rd straight 400 yard freestyle team relay as well.

Individually for the girls we saw Taylor Petrak of Ellwood City  win  the 100 Yard freestyle, her second gold in two days. Maddy Andrews of Quaker Valley won the Girls 500 yard freestyle, her 4th gold in 2 days, and added a silver medal in the girls 400 freestyle relay. Ashley Azzarello of Shady Side Academy won the 100 yard backstroke, her second gold in two days. Bailey Bonney of Highlands set a new WPIAL record in the 100 yard breaststroke getting her 2nd gold in two days.

For the Boys in the second day of action the Quaker Valley Boys win their 3rd straight WPIAL AA title with a come from behind victory. They trailed coming into the day in third place 25 points behind Laurel Highlands. They took a brief lead after the first event of the day, then fell behind after event two. They would win on the final event, the Boys 400 yard freestyle relay. They finished 8th in the event but had just enough points to win 188-175, an extremely close result.

The boys individually saw Kevin Kondrit of Springdale win the 500 yard freestyle his second gold in two days. Harry Harkins of Quaker Valley won the 100 yard freestyle collecting a gold in two consecutive days, and three consecutive years. Seed Niksic of Obama Academy won the 100 yard backstroke setting a new WPIAL record at 51.29. John Wilson won the 100 yard breaststroke, his second gold medal in two days, and Northgate won the boys 400 yard freestyle relay.

Boys 2-A Final  Standings

1. Quaker Valley               188
2. Laurel Highlands           175
3. Knoch                             174
4. Northgate                      136
5. Shady Side Academy   133

Girls 2-A Final Standings

1. Shady Side Academy      272
2. Indiana                              225
3. Quaker Valley                   183
4. Derry                                 158
5. Blackhawk                        132

Boys 10 yard Freestyle

1. Harry Harkins           Quaker Valley   46.74
2. Brandon Thomas     Laurel Highlands
3. Jonathan Sharp       Uniontown
4. Zachary Bell             New Castle
5. Derek Ekas                Knoch

Boys 500 Yard Freestyle

1. Kevin Kondrit           Springdale. 4:36.34
2. EJ Eppinger             Winchester Thurston
3. Andrew Pierre          Mars
4. Lurker Ulizzi             Carlynton
5. Andrew Kohle           South Park

Boys 100 Yard Backstroke

1. Seed Niksic              Obama Academy.  51.29 (WPIAL Record)
2. Andres E Hubsch    Quaker Valley
3. Aidan Y Summers    Northgate
4. Noah Geraldo           Yough
5. Cole Dorobish           Geibel

Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke

1. John Wilson          Knoch. 58.83
2. Collin M Hurley     Springdale
3. Zach Baum            Derry
4. Ian Schirra             Aquinas Academy
5. Nick Madey           Northgate

Boys 400 Yard Freestyle Relay

1. Northgate                 3:22.26
2. Elizabeth Forward
3. South Fayette
4. Shady Side Academy
5. Mars

Girls 100 Yard Freestyle

1. Taylor E Petrak                Ellwood City  50.33
2. Karen A Siddoway          Northgate
3. Lindsey L Grune             Shady Side Academy
4. Allison L Brownlee          Derry
5. Meredith B Cummings   Shady Side Academy

Girls 500 Yard Freestyle

1. Maddy J Andrews         Quaker Valley     4:57.53
2. Erica King                      Riverside
3. Amelia R Besterman     Quaker Valley
4. Kaelyn McClain             Elizabeth Forward
5. Danielle M Jellison        Derry

Girls 100 Yard Backstroke

1. Ashley B Azzarello        Shady Side Academy  57.36
2. Amina J Niksic               Obama Academy
3. Jeanne E Laure              Shady Side Academy
4. Ashlee Toth                    Elizabeth Forward
5. Lindsey N Griffith          Indiana

Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke

1. Bailey Bonnett          Highlands 1:01.61 (WPIAL Record)
2. Heather L Gardner   Mt Pleasant
3. Brooke Zukowski      Knoch
4. Harley Kessler           Indiana
5. MAya Groff                Shady Side Academy

Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay

1. Shady Side Academy      3:34.71
2.Quaker Valley
3. Northgate
4. Derry
5. Indiana