WPIAL Swimming Championships – Class AA Day One Results

By: HSSN Staff
Friday, February 20, 2015 | 4:31 PM

Friday was a great day for both the Shady Side Academy girls and the Quaker Valley boys as the Class AA WPIAL Swimming Championships got underway at Trees Pool at the University of Pittsburgh. Frigid temperatures forced a two-hour delay but, once the swimmers hit the water, the competition was intense.

The Lady Indians got things started on the right note in the first event as they took team gold in the 200 Yard Medley Relay as swimmers Caroline Colville, Heather Grune, Ashley Azzarello and Jeanne Lauer swam to a time of 1:52.10. They appeared to be destined for silver before it was ruled that Indiana was DQed after finishing first in the event. Shady Side Academy girls then went on to win team gold in the final race of the day as well, the 200 Yard Freestyle Relay. The lone WPIAL record of the day was recorded by Geibel’s Emily Zimcosky who beat her WPIAL record time from a year ago by 0.03, recording a time of 23.10 in winning the gold medal in the 50 Yard Freestyle.

On the boys side, Quaker Valley got things rolling early on by winning team gold in the 200 Yard Medley Relay behind excellent performances by Matthew Kwalick, Kyle Hrabovsky, Griffin Nincke and Fritz Wiltman. Their time of 1:39.98 was nearly a half second better than West Allegheny. They also got great individual performances from Griffin Nincke (bronze medal in 200 Yard Freeestyle), Matthew Kwalick (silver medal in 200 Yard IM) and won team gold in the final event, the 200 Yard Freestyle Relay.

GIRLS TEAM STANDINGS THROUGH FRIDAY:

1. Shady Side Academy 168
2. Derry 150
3. Quaker Valley 105
4. South Fayette 104
5. Riverside 88

Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay:

1. Shadyside Academy 1:52.10
2. Quaker Valley
3. Blackhawk
4. Derry
5. Riverside

Girls 200 Yard Freestyle:

1. Maddie Bartrug, South Fayette 1:55.52 2. Bria Otwell, Freeport 3. Danielle Jellison, Derry 4. Caroline Colville, Shady Side Academy 5. Abbie Jones, Knoch

Girls 200 Yard IM:

1. Bailey Bonnett, Highlands 2:03.36
2. Brooke Zukowski, Knoch
3. Erin Russoniello, Quaker Valley
4. Maddy Andrews, Quaker Valley
5. Taylor Byers, Derry

Girls 50 Yard Freestyle:

1. Emily Zimcosky, Geibel 23.10 WPIAL Record 2. Taylor Petrak, Ellwood City 3. Mikayla Bisignani, Greensburg Central Catholic 4. Zoe Pawlak, Freeport 5. Nicole Stengel, Carlynton

Girls 100 Yard Butterfly:

1. Sabrina Bowman, St. Joseph 57.58
2. Jessica Cochran, Yough
3. Danielle Jellison, Derry
4. Ashley Azzarello, Shady Side Academy
5. Amelia Besterman, Quaker Valley

Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay:

1. Shady Side Academy 1:39.82
2. South Fayette
3. Riverside
4. Derry
5. Indiana

BOYS TEAM STANDINGS THROUGH FRIDAY:

1. Quaker Valley 157
2. Laurel Highlands 134.5
3. West Allegheny 126
4. Knoch 115
5. Hampton 103.5

Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay:

1. Quaker Valley 1:39.98
2. West Allegheny
3. Hampton
4. Laurel Highlands
5. Knoch

Boys 200 Yard Freestyle:

1. Jarod Kehl, West Allegheny 1:45.23
2. David Peffer, Riverside
3. Griffin Nincke, Quaker Valley
4. Reed McDonough, Mars
5. Brandon Thomas, Laurel Highlands

Boys 200 Yard IM:

1. Ben Kocsis, Hampton 1:56.24
2. Matthew Kwalick, Quaker Valley
3. Michael Kocher, W. Allegheny
4. John Wilson, Knoch
5. Austin Wittmer, Knoch

Boys 50 Yard Freestyle:

1. Francis Folz, Mars 21.71
T-2. Logan Knoyer, Laurel Highlands
T-2. Matt Ramsey, Hampton
4. Josh Chamberlain, Quaker Valley
5. Reed McDonough, Mars

Boys 100 Yard Butterfly:

1. Brian Uhrin, Greensburg Central Catholic 51.29 2. Logan Palochak, Hopewell 3. Brandon Thomas, Laurel Highlands 4. Cole Tipper, Cornell 5. Frank Bevevino, Indiana

Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay:

1. Quaker Valley 1:29.20
2. Laurel Highlands
3. Knoch
4. Hopewell
5. Indiana