Swimming & Diving News

The North Allegheny girls’ swimming and diving team sits in a tie for third place with Fox Chapel after day one of the PIAA Class AAA swimming and diving championships. The Lady Tigers have a team score of 69, eight points behind second-place Hershey and 72 points behind first-place Hatboro Horsham High School. The North Allegheny boys’ team sits in 14^th-place tie with Emmaus with a team score of 25. Liberty leads the field on the boys’ side with a team score of 109.

The top performance on the day was provided by junior Lexi Sundgren (pictured above) who took fourth place in the 200 Free with a time of 1.49.10. Sundgren was also a part of the 200 Free Relay team, including sophomore Natalie Sens, junior Rebecca Melanson and junior Delaney Kennedy, that claimed sixth place with a time of 1:36.87. In the 200 Medley Relay, the quartet of senior Isabella Dietz, sophomore Greta Mott, Sens and Melanson earned a fifth-place finish, clocking in at 1:45.90. For a look at all the Class AAA girls’ scores on day one, click here.

For the NA Boys, sophomore William Gao earned a 12^th place showing in the 200 IM and senior Zachary Jubeck took 13^th place in the 200 Free. The combo of Gao, senior Stewart Messer, sophomore Riley Williams and junior Ben Gavran picked up important team points with a 13^th place finish in the 200 Medley Relay with a time of 1:37.13. In the 200 Free Relay, Gao, Gavran, junior Keller Sens and Messer clocked in at 1:27.06 for a 13^th place showing. For a look at all the Class AAA boys’ scores on day one, click here.

Day two of the PIAA Class AAA swimming and diving championships gets underway at 7:50 a.m.