Hampton, Derry divers win WPIAL Class 2A championships
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Friday, February 21, 2025 | 6:15 PM
Hampton’s Gabby Elk went back to back and Derry’s Jake Hauser continued his climb up the podium all the way to the top at the WPIAL Class 2A diving championships Friday at North Allegheny.
Elk, a junior, won the girls competition for the second straight season, finishing with a score of 444.25, ahead of Quaker Valley’s Ruby Olliffe (431.95). Elk is the ninth girls diver in WPIAL history to repeat as champion in Class 2A.
Hauser became Derry’s first diving champion with a score of 405.45, outdistancing second-place Matthew Blystone of Indiana (339.10). A senior, Hauser’s WPIAL finishes improved from sixth as a freshman to third as a sophomore to second as a junior before Friday’s championship.
The top six boys divers and top seven girls divers advanced to the PIAA meet March 12-13 at Bucknell.
Hauser will be joined by four of his Derry teammates on the girls side at states. Chaeli Keenan finished third (414.30), Ella Sylvia took fourth (372.85), Genavieve Hoyle was sixth (338.65) and Lidia Gamble (326) ended up seventh.
Winchester Thurston’s Leila Monahan also made states, finishing fifth (356.05).
On the boys side, Blystone will be joined at states by Indiana teammate Connor Fleming, who finished sixth (269.05).
Beaver’s Isaac Burtt (312.20), Uniontown’s Wyatt Dean (308.15) and Ringgold’s Gavin Brake (296.35) finished third, fourth and fifth to also make states.
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