WPIAL swimming championships, Class AAA, Day 2
These are photographs from Friday's WPIAL Class AAA swimming championships. They are posted to this site as soon as they become available.

Kiski Area’s Justin Tucker dives alongside North Allegheny’s Josh Berty in the boys 500 freestyle during the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships Friday, March 4, 2022, at Pitt's Trees Pool.

North Allegheny fans and family members cheer on their team during the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships Friday, March 4, 2022, at Pitt's Trees Pool.

Kiski Area’s Justin Tucker competes in the boys 500 freestyle during the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships Friday, March 4, 2022, at Pitt's Trees Pool.

Parents and family react with excitement as North Allegheny secures a win during the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships Friday, March 4, 2022, at Pitt's Trees Pool.

Gateway’s Hunter Raymer, top, and Kiski Area’s Parker Sterlitz, line up against one another in the boys 500 yard freestyle during the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships Friday, March 4, 2022, at Pitt's Trees Pool.

Fox Chapel’s Margaret Rusche competes in the girls 100- yard backstroke during the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships Friday, March 4, 2022, at Pitt's Trees Pool.

Franklin Regional’s Allyson Hilty dives in the girls 100 yard backstroke during the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships Friday, March 4, 2022, at Pitt's Trees Pool.

Hempfield’s Camryn Watters back dives for the girls 100 backstroke during the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships Friday, March 4, 2022, at Pitt's Trees Pool.

Hempfield’s Jacob Dzurica floats in the water after finishing boys backstroke event during the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships Friday, March 4, 2022, at Pitt's Trees Pool.

Latrobe’s Colin Spehar competes in the boys backstroke during the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships Friday, March 4, 2022, at Pitt's Trees Pool.

Upper St. Clair’s Ganesh Sivaramakrishnan competes in the boys 100 yard backstroke during the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships Friday, March 4, 2022, at Pitt's Trees Pool.

Franklin Regional’s Holden Thomas back dives in the boys backstroke event during the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships Friday, March 4, 2022, at Pitt's Trees Pool.

Pine-Richland’s Brennan Kirkpatrick competes in the boys 500 yard freestyle during the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships Friday, March 4, 2022, at Pitt's Trees Pool.

Franklin Regional’s Eric Lingg competes in the boys 500 yard freestyle during the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships Friday, March 4, 2022, at Pitt's Trees Pool.

Hempfield’s Matthew Knedeisen competes in the boys 500 yard freestyle during the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships Friday, March 4, 2022, at Pitt's Trees Pool.

Upper St. Clair’s Max Shipley competes in the boys 500 yard freestyle during the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships Friday, March 4, 2022, at Pitt's Trees Pool.

Hempfield’s Liam Randolph competes in the boys 100 yard breaststroke during the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships Friday, March 4, 2022, at Pitt's Trees Pool.

Kiski Area’s Paige Kunkle competes in the girls 100 yard breaststroke during the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships Friday, March 4, 2022, at Pitt's Trees Pool.

Franklin Regional’s Kaitlyn Hilty competes in the girls 100 yard breaststroke during the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships Friday, March 4, 2022, at Pitt's Trees Pool.

Teammates are cheered on from the sidelines as Hempfield’s Nathaniel Harden competes in the boys 100 breaststroke during the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships Friday, March 4, 2022, at Pitt's Trees Pool.

Hempfield’s Ryan Murtha competes in the boys 100 yard freestyle during the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships Friday, March 4, 2022, at Pitt's Trees Pool.

Hempfield’s Dominic Falcon competes in the boys 100 yard freestyle during the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships Friday, March 4, 2022, at Pitt's Trees Pool.

Fox Chapel’s Talia Bugel dives at the start of the girls 500 yard freestyle during the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships Friday, March 4, 2022, at Pitt's Trees Pool.

Hampton’s Emma An competes in the girls 500 yard freestyle during the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships Friday, March 4, 2022, at Pitt's Trees Pool.

Franklin Regional’s Amanda McFaden prepares to compete in the girls 500 yard freestyle during the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships Friday, March 4, 2022, at Pitt's Trees Pool.

Kiski Area’s Landon Seman competes in the boys 500 yard freestyle during the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships Friday, March 4, 2022, at Pitt's Trees Pool.

Medalists in the girls 400 freestyle relay at the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships March 4, 2022, at Pitt’s Trees Pool include, in order of placement, Fox Chapel’s Sophie Shao, Ariana Pasquella, Payton O’Toole and Rei Sperry; North Allegheny’s Lexi Sundgren, Greta Mott, Isabella Dietz and Delaney Kennedy; Mt. Lebanon’s Vivian Roy, Mary Hoffman, Adrienne Hagins and Sylvia Roy; Upper St. Clair’s Amanda Aidar, Freja Kile, Kendell Drew and Kaitlyn Connors; Oakland Catholic’s Molly Gatesman, Channing Brook, Ethena Conzemius and Morgan Filar; South Fayette’s Zoe Poe, Maddie Berg, Gabby Baiano and Carolyn Morelock; Franklin Regional’s Annika Albright, Rosalynd Lingg, Natalie Eiben and Amanda McFadden; and Gateway’s Summer Raymer, Mallory Brown, McKenna Brown and Morgan Holmes.

Medalists in the boys 100 breaststroke at the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships March 4, 2022, at Pitt’s Trees Pool include, in order of placement, Seneca Valley’s Haihan Xu, Upper St. Clair’s Will Perham, Fox Chapel’s Owen Howell, Hempfield’s Liam Randolph, Fox Chapel’s Christian Dantey, North Allegheny’s Stewart Messer, Butler’s Gideon Goettler and North Hills’ Dane Fazio.

The Seneca Valley boys team won the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships March 4, 2022, at Pitt’s Trees Pool.

The Upper St. Clair boys team was the runner-up at the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships March 4, 2022, at Pitt’s Trees Pool.

Fox Chapel’s Phillip Drappatz competes in the boys 500 yard freestyle during the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships Friday, March 4, 2022, at Pitt's Trees Pool.

Fox Chapel’s Rei Sperry competes during the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships Friday, March 4, 2022, at Pitt's Trees Pool.

Norwin’s Nicholas Cormas competes in the boys 100 yard freestyle during the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships Friday, March 4, 2022, at Pitt's Trees Pool.

Plum’s Giuliana Ricciuti competes in the girls 100 yard freestyle during the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships Friday, March 4, 2022, at Pitt's Trees Pool.

Hempfield’s Emma Martz competes in the girls 100 yard freestyle during the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships Friday, March 4, 2022, at Pitt's Trees Pool.

The Upper St. Clair boys team was the runner-up in the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships March 4, 2022, at Pitt’s Trees Pool.

The Fox Chapel girls team was the runner-up at the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships March 4, 2022, at Pitt’s Trees Pool.

Medalists in the boys 400 freestyle relay at the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships March 4, 2022, at Pitt’s Trees Pool include, in order of placement, Seneca Valley’s Kevin Donaldson, Gavin Blazer, Zach Lozowski and Daniel Simoes; Franklin Regional’s Owen Holm, Benjamin Holm, Holden Thomas and Aiden Bunker; Bethel Park’s Lenny DeMartino, Trent Powell, Eammon Anderson and Dom Cortopassi; Upper St. Clair’s Andrew White, Ethan Neal, Matvev Zoukovski and Ganesh Sivaramakrishnan; Fox Chapel’s Emmanuel Drappatz, Holden Smith, Christian Dantey and Nathaniel Ross; Mt. Lebanon’s Andrei Tudorascu, William Stilley, Connor Frank and Jacob Burton; North Allegheny’s Zachary Jubeck, Ben Gavran, David Shi and Eliot Maravich; and Kiski’s Jack Coleman, Justin Tucker, Parker Sterlitz and Levi Hansen.

Upper St. Clair’s Max Shipley competes in the boys 500 yard freestyle during the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships Friday, March 4, 2022, at Pitt's Trees Pool.

Hempfield’s Matthew Knedeisen competes in the boys 500 yard freestyle during the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships Friday, March 4, 2022, at Pitt's Trees Pool.

Franklin Regional’s Eric Lingg competes in the boys 500 yard freestyle during the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships Friday, March 4, 2022, at Pitt's Trees Pool.

Swimmers warm up prior to the start of the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships March 4, 2022, at Pitt’s Trees Pool.

Medalists in the boys 100 backstroke at the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships March 4, 2022, at Pitt’s Trees Pool include, in order of placement, Upper St. Clair’s Ganesh Sivaramakrishnan, Bethel Park’s Dom Cortopassi, North Allegheny’s William Gao, Franklin Regional’s Holden Thomas, Penn Trafford’s Patton Graziano, Upper St. Clair’s Daniel Wang, Fox Chapel’s Aadil Pattada and Seneca Valley’s Connor Seeley.

Pine-Richland’s Brennan Kirkpatrick competes in the boys 500 yard freestyle during the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships Friday, March 4, 2022, at Pitt's Trees Pool.

Medalists in the girls 100 backstroke at the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships March 4, 2022, at Pitt’s Trees Pool include, in order of placement, Mt. Lebanon’s Sylvia Roy, Fox Chapel’s Talia Bugel, Mt. Lebanon’s Vivian Roy, Seneca Valley’s Ria Dietz, Hempfield’s Jordan Crupie, North Allegheny’s Greta Mott, Upper St. Clair’s Kendell Drew and Oakland Catholic’s Morgan Filar.

Medalists in the boys 100 freestyle at the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships March 4, 2022, at Pitt’s Trees Pool include, in order of placement, Seneca Valley’s Daniel Simoes, Gateway’s Andrew Holmes, Seneca Valley’s Kevin Donaldson, Butler’s Benjamin Borvendeg, Upper St. Clair’s Ryan Senchyshak, Hempfield’s Dominic Falcon, Penn Trafford’s Patton Graziano and North Allegheny’s Ben Gavran.

Swimmers warm up prior to the start of the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships March 4, 2022, at Pitt’s Trees Pool.

Swimmers warm up prior to the start of the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships March 4, 2022, at Pitt’s Trees Pool.

Medalists in the boys 500 freestyle at the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships March 4, 2022, at Pitt’s Trees Pool include, in order of placement, Gateway's Hunter Raymer, Pittsburgh Central Catholic's Luke Hartman, Kiski's Levi Hansen, Kiski's Parker Sterlitz, Upper St. Clair's Andrew White, Bethel Park's Lenny DeMartino, Pine Richland's Trent Vacula and West Allegheny's David Schlor.

Medalists in the girls 100 freestyle at the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships March 4, 2022, at Pitt’s Trees Pool include, in order of placement, Upper St. Clair’s Kaitlyn Connors, Fox Chapel’s Rei Sperry, North Hills’ Maddie Mahoney, North Allegheny’s Rebecca Melanson, Oakland Catholic’s Molly Gatesman, Greater Latrobe’s Lauren Bell, Mt. Lebanon’s Mary Hoffman and Moon’s Megan Tomasic.

Medalists in the girls 100 breaststroke at the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships March 4, 2022, at Pitt’s Trees Pool include, in order of placement, North Allegheny’s Natalie Sens, Kiski’s Eliza Miller, Pine Richland’s Sarah Shaffer, Fox Chapel’s Ariana Pasquella, Fox Chapel’s Sarah Pasquella, Pine Richland’s Elizabeth Shaffer, Woodland Hills’ Rosalie Van Deusen and Franklin Regional’s Paityn Blakley.

The North Allegheny girls team won the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships March 4, 2022, at Pitt’s Trees Pool.
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