-
Update: March 22, 2017
Swimmers medal at state championships
Two individual swimmers and one relay team from Upper St. Clair High School earned medals at the PIAA Swimming Championships March 18-19, 2017, at Bucknell University.
Jack Fitzpatrick medaled in three events – finishing fourth in the Boys 100 Yard Backstroke, seventh in the Boys 200 Individual Medley and eighth as a member of the Boys Medley Relay team. Other members of the eighth place relay team include Nick Mudry, Jacob Jaime and Brandon Novak.
In addition, Abby Matheny earned a fourth place finish in the Girls 200 Freestyle.
Other Upper St. Clair High School swimmers who competed at the PIAA championships included Amatheon Bohan, Ynyra Bohan, Lauren Connors, Ben Diffendal, David Frauen, Maeve Lersch, Olivia Shaffer, Maddie Suter and Maddie Yoos.Update: Monday, March 6, 2017USC swim teams finish third at WPIALs –
several advance to states
The Upper St. Clair boys’ and girls’ swim teams finished third overall in the WPIAL Championships on March 2-3 at the University of Pittsburgh’s Trees Pool. In addition to all USC relay teams, six girls and three boys qualified to compete in individual events at the PIAA Championships on March 17, at Bucknell University.
Below are the Upper St. Clair results from the WPIAL Championships. Those that qualified to compete at the PIAA Championships are highlighted.
Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay
3rd Place: Maeve Lersch, Maddie Yoos, Ynyra Bohan and Neele Minuth
Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay
4th Place: Jack Fitzpatrick, Nick Mudry, Jacob Jaime and Amatheon Bohan
Girls 200 Yard Freestyle
3rd Place: Abby Matheny
5th Place: Olivia Shaffer
Boys 200 Yard Freestyle
11th Place: Brandon Novak
12th Place: Ben Diffendal
14th Place: Amatheon Bohan
25th Place: Brendan Neal
Girls 200 Yard IM
12th Place: Maddie Yoos
14th Place: Lauren Connors
24th Place: Riley Stevenson
Boys 200 Yard IM
1st Place: Jack Fitzpatrick
2nd Place: Nick Mudry
11th Place: David Frauen
18th Place: Graham Kretschmar
Girls 50 Yard Freestyle
4th Place: Maeve Lersch
31st Place: Elinor Connor
Boys 50 Yard Freestyle
21st Place: Reese Samuel
Boys 1 Meter Diving
14th Place: Chris Balta
33rd Place: Jack Billetdeaux
Girls 100 Yard Butterfly
7th Place: Ynyra Bohan
17th Place: Mia Beyerl
22nd Place: Maddie Suter
Boys 100 Yard Butterfly
9th Place: Jacob Jaime
32nd Place: Reese Samuel
33rd Place: Chris D’Amico
Girls 100 Yard Freestyle
21st Place: Neele Minuth
24th Place: Maddie Suter
Boys 100 Yard Freestyle
7th Place: Brandon Novak
18th Place: Ben Diffendal
22nd Place: Amatheon Bohan
33rd Place: David Frauen
Girls 500 Yard Freestyle
2nd Place: Abby Matheny
3rd Place: Olivia Shaffer
11th Place: Ynyra Bohan
Boys 500 Yard Freestyle
12th Place: Brendan Neal
Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
2nd Place: Maeve Lersch, Neele Minuth, Olivia Shaffer and Abby Matheny
Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
5th Place: Brandon Novak, Jacob Jaime, Ben Diffendal and Bohan Amatheon
Girls 100 Yard Backstroke
2nd Place: Maeve Lersch
4th Place: Lauren Connors
13th Place: Mia Beyerl
Boys 100 Yard Backstroke
2nd Place: Jack Fitzpatrick
11th Place: Graham Kretschmar
Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke
6th Place: Maddie Yoos
28th Place: Riley Stevenson
31st Place: Claire Hsu
Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke
4th Place: Nick Mudry
14th Place: Jaime Jacob
26th Place: Chris D’Amico
Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
4th Place: Neele Minuth, Olivia Shaffer, Lauren Connors and Abby Matheny
Boys 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
6th Place: Brandon Novak, Ben Diffendal, David Frauen, Jack Fitzpatrick
Related article:Feb. 27, 2017Congrats to the USC girls’ swim team – section champions
The Upper St. Clair girls’ swim team defeated Mt. Lebanon to capture the WPIAL Section 4 title. The win marks the team’s 10th section title in the past 11 years.
Next up for the girls’ and boys’ swim teams is the WPIAL Championships on March 2-3 at the University of Pittsburgh’s Trees Pool. In total, Upper St. Clair has 25 swimmers – 12 girls and 13 boys – who will be competing in the WPIAL championships.- WPIAL Girls: Mia Beyerl, Ynyra Bohan, Elinor Connor, Lauren Connors, Claire Hsu, Maeve Lersch, Abby Matheny, Neele Minuth, Olivia Shaffer, Riley Stevenson, Maddie Suter and Maddie Yoos.
- WPIAL Boys: Chris Balta, Jack Billetdeaux, Amatheon Bohan, Chris D’Amico, Ben Diffendal, Jack Fitzpatrick, David Frauen, Jacob Jaime, Graham Kretschmar, Nick Mudry, Brendan Neal, Brandon Novak and Reese Samuel.
Related articles:
