Indiana Boys and West Allegheny Girls Win Class AA WPIAL Swimming Championships

By: HSSN Staff
Friday, March 2, 2012 | 7:44 PM

At Trees Pool at the University of Pittsburgh on Friday, the West Allegheny Indians win their second consecutive AA WPIAL girls swimming  championship. The Indians came into day two with a 35.5 point lead. They cruised to an easy victory outscoring 2nd place Blackhawk by 92 points. South Fayette also finished tied for 2nd place. Shady Side Academy finished 4th 98.5 back.

In the boys AA  championships, Indiana wins their second straight WPIAL title. The Indians led by 56 points  a big first day, but the Hampton Talbots closed the gap to 10 points mid way thru day two. Indiana pulled away near the end to win by 28 points. Hampton was 2nd with Shady Side Academy 30 points back in 3rd.

Only 2 WPIAL records were set on the second day. Margaret Gruber a JR from Mars Area High School bested her own record in the girls 100 yard backstroke. She set the record last year at 56.00. She beat it with a blistering 54.60. She now has a chance as a SR to set the record one more time. In boys action Bobby Francis the SR star of Quaker Valley set a WPIAL record in the boys 100 yard breaststroke. He broke a 3 year old record of 59.19, with a time of 58.44.

BOYS FINAL STANDINGS

1.  Indiana – 222

2.  Hampton – 194

3.  Shady Side Academy – 192

4.  Mars – 185

BOYS 100 YD. FREESTYLE

1.  Cameron Clerici – Beaver 47.73

2.  Kyle Garase – Ringgold

3.  Chris Leech – Shady Side Academy

4.  Daniel Yu – Greensburg Salem
 

BOYS 500 YD. FREESTYLE

1.  Alexander Szakelyhidi – Riverside 4:47.48

2.  Christopher Georgiadis – Mars

3.  Noah Donovan – Laurel

4.  Ryne Fromholzer – South Fayette
 

BOYS 100 YD. BACKSTROKE

1.  Kurt Meuhlheuser – Mars 53.85

2.  Jacob Nicolella – Bishop Canevin

3.  Brad Kolesar – West Mifflin

4.  Adam Hess – Indiana
 

BOYS 100 YD. BREASTSTROKE

1.  Bobby Francis – Quaker Valley 58.44 (WPIAL Record)

2.  Grant Zentgraf – Shady Side Academy

3.  Ian Lindsey – Knoch

4.  Anthony Walasik
 

BOYS 400 YD. FREESTYLE RELAY

1.  Shady Side Academy (Chris Leech, Grant Zentgraf, Ryan Koul, Brendan Leech) 3:17.65

2.  Beaver

3.  Hampton

4.  Mars

GIRLS FINAL STANDINGS

1.  West Allegheny – 304

T-2.  Blackhawk – 212

T-2.  South Fayette 212

4.  Shady Side Academy – 206.5

GIRLS 100 YD.. FREESTYLE

1.  Ashley Niznik – West Allegheny 52.48

2.  Mary Folz – Eden Christian

3.  Courtney Collins – Shady Side Academy

4.  Emily Pia – West Allegheny
 

GIRLS 500 YD. FREESTYLE

1.  Bria Otwell – Freeport 5:02.69

2.  Kara Kaulius – West Allegheny

3.  Braelyn Tracy – Elizabeth Forward

4.  Mary Rosati – South Fayette
 

GIRLS 100 YD. BACKSTROKE

1.  Margaret Gruber – Mars 54.60 (WPIAL Record)

2.  Hannah Palochak – Hopewell

3.  Amanda Gannon – West Allegheny

4.  Danielle Pekular – Bishop Canevin
 

GIRLS 100 YD. BREASTSTROKE

1.  Morgan Fink – South Fayette 1:06.78

2.  Holly Stein – St. Joseph

3.  Vanessa Rohm – Hopewell

T-4.  Anna Paccapaniccia – Indiana

T-4.  Alexis Lopez – Blackhawk

GIRLS 400 YD. FREESTYLE RELAY

1.  West Allegheny (Ashley Niznik, Kara Kaulius, Casey Tokarski, Emily Pia) 3:34.93

2.  South Fayette

3.  Shady Side Academy

4.  Blackhawk

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