North Allegheny Sweeps Shaler on Senior Night
by: Bob Orkwis
North Allegheny faced an undermanned Shaler team at home in Wexford on Senior Night, and the Tigers remained undefeated in dual meets this season, beating the Titans 90-57 on the girls’ side, and 87-56 on the boys.
With no Titans divers participating, it was all Tigers, Maggie Lapina, Leah Maiolo, Lola Hood for the girls, Anthony Farrah, and Ethan Maravich for the boys.
The North Allegheny divers did well with internal competition, as there were two 9.0 scores received, and five divers scored over 50 points for a dive. Lapina led the girls, with Maravich scoring over three hundred points (300.05) with a final dive score of 61.20 for the boys.
It would not be the last we would see from the divers on the night, as there was an all-girls diving team participating in the 200-freestyle relay. Farrah and Maravich also swam in that event for the boys.
It was all North Allegheny in the swimming events, starting with the 200 medley relays.
Dani Hinkson, Tori Tieppo, Eva Ogden, and Madden Woycheck won for the girls (1:49.83).
Zachary Totin, Emmanuel Chu, Danny Lesinski, and Mason Shantz, had a winning time of 1:35.33 on the boys’ side.
In the 200 free, Loralei Quinet (1:58.60) and Jackson Ross (1:47.52) were the winners. Eva Zilinski (2:14.60) and Jackson Ross again (2:03.64) were victorious in the 200-yard IM event.
In the 50 free, it was Ogden (25.07) and Totin (21.14) winning, with Hinkson (58.39) and Totin (51.04) again as the winners in the 100 fly.
Freshman Aubrey Constable (55.60) and Lesinski (46.91) were the winners in the 100 free, which sent the rest of the competition into exhibition races.
Here are the top finishers:
500 Girls Freestyle: Evey Masztak (5:21.24), 500 Boys Freestyle: Max Frazer (5:05.79)
200 Girls Free Relay: Emma Dietz, Woycheck, Hinkson. Ogden (1:40.85)
200 Boys Free Relay: Caden Hollenbeck, Matthew Lindblad, Logan O’Keefe, Jackson Ross (1:35.55)
100 Girls Backstroke: Shelby Sundgren (1:01.31), 100 Boys Backstroke: Lesinski (49.84)
100 Girls Breaststroke: Tieppo (1:10.13), 100 Boys Breaststroke: Landon Bolen (58.45)
400 Girls Freestyle Relay: Annie Elliott, Sophia Davidson, Constable, Sydney DeHainaut (3:42.06)
400 Boys Freestyle Relay: Dylan Seiford, Shantz, Chu, Lesinski (3:19.18)
For complete results, click here.
The Wright Automotive Players of the Game winners included one senior on Senior Night.
Zachary Totin was the boys’ winner. The senior swam the first leg on the 200-medley relay winning team, while posting back-to-back wins in the 50 free and 100 fly events.
Loralei Quinet won for the girls. The junior set a lifetime best in the 200 free. She also swam as part of the 200 free relay team, and the first leg for the 400 free relay quartet.
North Allegheny has one more dual meet scheduled this season, on Thursday against North Hills. This will be a split meet, with the diving taking place at 3 PM at North Allegheny and the swimming at 5 PM at North Hills.
Following that, the Last-Ditch Invitational, if needed, is on Saturday, the 14th.
The diving championships are on Saturday, February 21st, at North Allegheny, with the swimming championships on Friday and Saturday, February 26th and 27th, at the University of Pittsburgh.
