Swimming & Diving News

by: Bob Orkwis

Returning home for the first time since December 19th, a night they swept Mt. Lebanon, the Tigers did the same to Mars tonight, with the girls winning 93-73 and the boys posting an 86-67 victory.

North Allegheny has now posted six sweeps this season.

Senior Juliet Hood won all six rounds in the girls diving competition and placed first with a score of 263.60. Ethan Mararvich, Colin Metzger, and Nathan Rak finished in that order for the boys, as Mars did not have any participants.

The girls posted eight sweeps in the swimming events against Mars, while the boys added six, even though the events at the end of the evening were exhibition races only.

Kate Dudro, Angelina Li, Shelby Sundgren, and Julianne Weaver won the 200-medley relay with a time of 1:56.91. Nicholas Klein, Dylan Seiford, Brendan Yatchenko and Nate Hilbert followed suit for the boys at 1:44.56.

Julia Tengowksi (1:55.32), Lorelai Quinet (2:02.39) and Eva Zilinski (2:05.87) swept the 200 free for the girls. Mason Shantz (1:49.74) placed first for the boys.

In the 200 IM, Dudro (2:23.86), Leah Laughlin (2:25.79) and Shea Mahon (2:35.36) were the winners on the girls side, with Nicholas Klein (2:01.43), Odin Hsu (2:06.93), and Jackson Ross (2:08.88) sweeping the boys event. 

Dani Hinkson (25.58) won the girls 50 free, while Luke Lamb, a Naval Academy commit, won his first of two individual races for the boys.

In the 100 butterfly, freshman Macey Wenzel (1:06.43) won, followed by Quinet at 1:07.51. Another freshman, Nate Hilbert won for the NA boys with a time of 59.87.

Shelby Sundgren (57.01), Maddie George (59.12), and Alyssa Reinhart (1:00.31) swept the 100 girls free. Shantz (49.19) and Emmanuel Chu (50.40) finished second and third behind Lamb in the boys event. 

In the 500 free, Weaver (5:24.54), Madden Woycheck (5:27.69) and Li (5:30.42) were the top finishers. It was just Tigers in the boys race, Danny Lesinski (4:51.55), Gus Miller (5:07.28) and Grant Regule (5:15.28) finished top three.

It was exhibition the rest of the way, and more top finishes for North Allegheny.

Tengowski, Kieran Yeakel, Tori Tieppo and Zilinski (1:46.50) and Yatchenko, Lesinski, Ross and Miller (1:31.72) were the top teams in the 200 free events.

In the 100 back, it was Evey Masztak (1:06.11), and Emma Dietz (1:06.54) one and two, with Talon Xing (55.44), Seiford (59.91) and Tabari Morgan (1:02.73)winning for the boys.

Natalie Reubi (1:15.84) and Ashley Swartz (1:20.29) were the top finishers in the 100 breaststroke, and for the boys, Zachary Totin (1:05.05), Alex Harbaugh (1:06.25) and Hsu (1:06.58) the top three.

The Tigers also won the final two events. Hinkson, Weaver, Woycheck and Claire Bacu (3:41.20) and Hilbert, Lesinski, Seiford and Hsu (3:24.93) finishing victorious in the 400 free relays to cap of the wins for North Allegheny.

Senior Julianne Weaver and junior Talon Xing were awarded the Wright Automotive Players of the Meet for each team.

Xing was part of the second-place team in the 200-medley relay, set a lifetime best by finishing second in the 50 free, and his win in the 100 back was also a lifetime best.

Weaver was the anchor on the victorious 200-medey girls relay team. She also set a lifetime best with her win in the 500 free, and made the WPIAL cut in that event. For good measure, she was part of the winning quarter in the 400 free relay at the end of the meet.

For complete meet results, click here.

North Allegheny visits Butler next Thursday, before returning home to face Seneca Valley on January 30th.