North Allegheny Sweeps North Hills; Finishes Regular Season Undefeated

Posted on: by Jonathan Spina

by: Bob Orkwis

The Tigers celebrated senior night in sweeping fashion, defeating North Hills 105-73 for the girls, and 109-69 for the boys, as both teams finished the season with 10-0 records.

North Allegheny started strong, as both teams swept the diving events.

Juliet Hood (293.50), Maggie Lapina (283.25), and Emily Dimond (184.35) were the top three on the girls side. Ethan Maravich (286.60), Anthony Farrah (258.10), and Colin Metzger (210.95) finished as the top trio for the boys.

All told in the victory over the Indians, including exhibition swimming events, the Tigers posted eleven sweeps.

In the 200-medlay relay, Claire Bacu, Tori Tieppo, Dani Hinkson, and Madden Woycheck were the top team with a time of 1:52.18. The top boys finishers were the team of Gus Miller, Grant Regule, Nicholas Klein, and Odin Hsu with a time of 1:40.12.

Shelby Sundgren (2:01.00) and Kieran Yeakel (2:07.84) placed first and third for the girls in the 200 freestyle, and Alex Harbaugh (1:48.93), Mason Shantz (1:53.70) and Tabari Morgan (1:56.48) posted the first sweep of the night on the boys side.

In the 200-IM, Julianne Weaver (2:18.81) and Brianna Reinhart (2:19.72) were first and third in the girls race. Danny Lesinski (1:57.27), Regule (2:01.65) and Dylan Seiford (2:08.28) swept for the boys.

The girls got their first sweep in the 50 free, with Eva Zilinski (25.90), Kate Dudro (26.07) and Leah Laughlin (26.14) finishing as the top three. The top two swimmers for the boys were Miller (21.74) and Klein (22.51).

North Allegheny posted a pair of sweeps in the 100-fly. Tieppo (1:02.82), Emma Dietz (1:03.98) and Alyssa Reinhart (1:05.39) won for the girls. For the boys, Harbaugh (54.76), Talon Xing (56.70) and Jackson Ross (56.92) were the top three.

In the 100 free events, Lorelai Quinet (56.35) and Dudro (57.24) were the top two on the girls side, with Shantz (49.28), Hsu (49.55) and Brendan Yatchenko (51.16) sweeping for the boys.

In the 500 freestyle, Julia Tengowski (5:27.28) and Shea Mahon (5:29.98) were the top two swimmers. Klein (4:54.18), Max Thirkell (5:07.84) and Zachary Totin (5:22.66) swept the boys race. 

The 200 freestyle relays were both Tiger wins. The team of Weaver, Eva Ogden, Woycheck and Bacu were victorious with a time of 1:35.43. More on this quartet in a bit.

Regule, Miller, Xing and Yatchenko won the boys relay in 1:28.94.

It was exhibition racing from here on out for the Tigers.

Dietz (1:04.08) and Maddie George (1:07.64) were first and third in the 100 back, with Dylan Thyen (57.40), Ryan Crane (58.03) and Matthew Linblad (1:03.62) sweeping the boys event.

Laughlin (1:14.98) finished second in the girls 100 breaststroke, with Miller (1:01.02), Lesinski (1:01.75) and Chu (1:02.09) sweeping on the boys side.

North Allegheny finished out the meet with a pair of sweeps in the 400 free relays. Sundgren, Natalie Reubi, Zilinski and Tengowski (3:49.43) and Nate Hilbert, Lesinski, Shantz and Totin (3:20.19) were the final winners on the evening for the Tigers.

Congratulations to the following Tigers seniors: Lola Malarky, Juliet Hood, Shea Mahon, Brianna Reinhart, Julianne Weaver, Nicholas Klein, Gus Miller, and Grant Regule. With the exception of Malarky, who is injured, those twelfth graders will be in search of a 17th straight WPIAL Girls Championship, a third consecutive Boys Championship and some individual diving medals later this month.

The Wright Automotive Players of the Meet for each team were awarded to Dillon Thyen for the boys, while the girls award was a team effort.

In addition to participating in the 200-yard medley and the 400 free relays, Thyen’s win in the 100 backstroke was a personal best time.

For the senior Julianne Weaver, and juniors Eva Ogden, Madden Woycheck and Claire Bacu, their winning time in the 200-freestyle relay was a pool record at North Allegheny.

For complete meet results, click here.

If necessary, the Last-Ditch Invitational will be held this Saturday.

The WPIAL AAA Diving Championships are scheduled for Saturday February 22 at North Allegheny. The WPIAL Swimming Championships will be held February 27th and 28th at Trees Pool at the University of Pittsburgh.