Swimming & Diving News

by: Bob Orkwis

Butler paid a visit to Wexford to take on the Tigers, and North Allegheny posted a sweep to move to 8-0 on the season. The girls won by a score of 90-65, with the boys posting an 86-48 victory.

Maggie Lapina (228.45) and Ethan Maravich (247.10) were the winners on the diving boards to start the evening off right.

Moving to the swimming events, North Allegheny posted multiple sweeps, and the Tigers now have 16 swimmers (11 boys and 5 girls) who have posted WPIAL qualifying times for all 8 events.

In the 200 Medley Relays for the girls, Tori Tieppo, Dani Hinkson, Natalie Reubi, and Julia Tengowski (1:55.37) were victorious, as were Odin Hsu, Caden Hollenbeck, Ryan Crane and Zachary Totin (1:41.04) for the boys.

Charlotte Sunderlin (1:59.78) and Emmanuel Chu (1:51.91) took first in the 200 freestyle events. In the 200 IM races, Annie Elliott (2:16.61) and Peter Ross (2:01.22) were the winners.

In the sprint event, the 50 free, Eva Ogden (25.14) and Adam Quinet (23.82) took first place, with Sydney DeHainaut (1:03.38) and Danny Lesinski (51.82) capturing the 100 fly races.

There were more Tiger victories in the 100 free, with Eva Zilinski (55.76) and Nate Hilbert (50.75) posting wins.

North Allegheny’s early dominance, coupled with some events not having any Golden Tornado swimmers, turned the rest of the evening into exhibition races; here were the top finishers:

500 Freestyle Girls: Tengowski (5:20.30)                   500 Freestyle Boys: Crane (4:59.83)

200 Freestyle Relay Girls: Coco Wood, Hinkson, Shelby Sundgren, Madden Woycheck (1:44.66)

200 Freestyle Relay Boys: Chu, Jackson Ross, Talon Xing, Quinet (1:31.25)

100 Girls Backstroke: Emma Dietz (1:02.49)

100 Boys Backstroke: Matthew Lindblad (59.55)

100 Girls Breaststroke: Woycheck (1:12.32)              100 Boys Breaststroke: Lesinski (1:00.04)

400 Girls Freestyle Relay: Aubrey Constable, Sophia Davidson, Kate Dudro, Sundgren (3:48.21)

400 Boys Freestyle Relay: Totin, Max Frazer, Alex Harbaugh, Crane (3:21.17)

The Wright Automotive Players of the Game were awarded as follows:

On the boys side, Ryan Crane took home the honor. The junior was part of the winning team in the 200-medley relay, as well as finishing first with his teammates in the 400-freestyle relay. In probably the best swim of the night, Crane won the 500 free, and in the process, made a WPIAL cut and set a lifetime best.

For the girls, a pair of freshmen, Sophia Davidson and Charlotte Sunderlin shared the honors. Sunderlin won the 200-yard freestyle and made a WPIAL cut, she also finished second in the 100 fly and swam the first leg of the 400 freestyle-relay. Davidson was first in the water for the 200-medley relay, finished second in the 500-freestyle while making a WPIAL cut and was part of the winning quarter in the 400-freestyle relay.

For complete results, click here.

North Allegheny is on the road next Thursday when they travel to Seneca Valley, before returning home to face Pine-Richland on February 5^th.