https://Time.CLOH.org/wpial-show-prep
The input form link..
Raw Info follows
This page needs a make-over, but until then, gander at these links.
We are especially hungry for links to school newspaper articles about swimmers and divers.
https://tribhssn.triblive.com/broadcast/69352/-february-28-2019-audio/
Researching news articles in advance of the WPIAL Swimming Championships, as show prep.
Post the articles in the comments below.
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/wpial-swimmers-earn-spots-on-all-american-lists/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/north-allegheny-swimmers-make-ncaa-division-i-commitments/
AAA
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/next-wave-of-fox-chapel-freshmen-set-for-wpial-swimming-championships/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/plum-swimmers-cant-wait-for-wpial-championships/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/north-hills-swimmers-prepare-for-wpial-meet/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/north-hills-swimming-teams-enjoying-improvement-this-season/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/trib-hssn-boys-swimmer-of-the-week-north-hills-joshua-bogniard/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/pine-richland-swimmers-ready-for-wpial-meet/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/trib-hssn-boys-swimmer-of-the-week-john-guilinger-central-catholic/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/fox-chapel-swimmers-ready-to-take-run-at-section-title/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/penn-trafford-swimmer-paszek-eyes-school-record-piaas/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/trib-hssn-girls-swimmer-of-the-week-north-alleghenys-olivia-kisow/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/trib-hssn-girls-swimmer-of-the-week-upper-st-clairs-taylor-connors/
- https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/hsother/2020/01/31/Seneca-Valley-Owen-Blazer-WPIAL-swimming-championship-100-yard-backstroke/stories/202001290002
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/shaler-notebook-titans-swimmers-hope-to-make-late-push-to-wpials/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/north-alleghenys-smyers-motivated-to-find-success-at-piaa-meet/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/colleen-hoolahan-puts-exclamation-point-on-penn-hills-career-with-record-swim/
- https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/hsother/2020/01/24/PIAA-swimming-Butler-Laura-Goettler-North-Allegheny-Torie-Buerger-Northgate/stories/202001220012
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/north-alleghenys-mihm-listed-among-nations-top-swimmers/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/gateway-olivia-livingston-set-to-make-noise-on-wpial-swim-scene/ and https://tribhssn.triblive.com/more-all-america-honors-for-gateway-swimmer-livingston/
- https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/hsother/2019/12/20/Gateway-s-Olivia-Livingston-swimming-WPIAL-champ-Upper-St-Clair-Josh-Matheny/stories/201912180090
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/trib-hssns-boys-swimmer-of-the-week-north-alleghenys-josh-galecki/
- https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/hsother/2019/12/06/Upper-St-Clair-Josh-Matheny-100-breaststroke-North-Allegheny-Rick-Mihm-Belle-Vernon-Ian-Shahan/stories/201912040013
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/trib-hssns-girls-swimmer-of-the-week-mt-lebanons-maddie-dorish/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/south-fayette-senior-duncan-signs-with-ohio-swim-team/ plus https://tribhssn.triblive.com/trib-hssn-girls-swimmer-of-the-week-south-fayettes-abbie-duncan/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/trib-hssn-boys-swimmer-of-the-week-moons-nicholas-settembrine/
AA
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/trib-hssn-girls-swim-of-the-week-brooke-welling-freeport/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/shady-side-academy-swimmers-set-for-challenging-stretch-drive/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/riverview-pair-gearing-up-for-wpial-swim-meet/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/greensburg-salem-girls-swimmers-have-depth-to-stay-afloat/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/belle-vernon-swimmer-delaney-patterson-joins-teammate-ian-shahan-among-wpials-best/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/wagner-leads-youthful-talented-quaker-valley-swimming-team/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/trib-hssn-boys-swimmer-of-the-week-northgates-cooper-groll/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/trib-hssn-swimmer-of-the-week-laurel-highlands-elizabeth-thomas/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/trib-hssn-boys-swimmer-of-the-week-montours-alex-may/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/mt-pleasant-girls-optimistic-about-wpials-after-winning-county-swim-title/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/quaker-valley-freshman-swimmer-alex-wagner-having-breakthrough-season/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/highlands-swimmer-rachel-blackburn-in-position-to-battle-it-out-with-wpials-best/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/carlynton-multi-sport-athlete-natali-lutsiv-brings-versatility-to-swimming-pool/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/carlynton-swimmers-eye-another-section-title-with-chartiers-valley-in-pursuit/
Teams
Northgate
Over the past few years, Northgate has quietly become one of the best swimming programs in Class 2A.
In 2018, the boys won the school’s first WPIAL team title and, last year, a last-second victory in the 400 freestyle relay, the final event of the meet, pushed the Flames girls to their first crown.
In 2020, though Northgate is the defending girls champion, repeating may be a bit much to ask for a team that lost perhaps the best swimmer in school history in Karen Siddoway to graduation and senior Isabella Salerno, who opted not to come out for her senior year.
“We’re in a lull year because we basically lost two girls,” Northgate coach Jess McKelvey said. “We knew it was going to be a little bit of a stretch last year. We went for it and it worked out for us, for sure.”
While the girls may not be top heavy with stars, they will have quite a few qualifiers who will provide key points that will keep Northgate competitive.
“This year will be a little bit more of a reach,” McKelvey said. “We’ll still show up and do well, but we’ll show up with a lot of girls who have a lot of potential … and next year we’ll be back at it again.”
While the expectations are a touch lower for the girls this year, the boys may have enough to reclaim their title from Indiana. The Little Indians won the title by 18.5 points over the Flames a year ago.
Even so, both the boys and girls teams are building toward potential dual titles in 2021. That’s especially possible considering what is coming down the pike.
“I’ll just have some out of the park freshmen coming my way on both sides for next year,” McKelvey said. “We have always had a wonderful feeder program and, since our area is pretty small, we get a lot of interest in our area in the summer.”
Franklin Regional
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/franklin-regional-swimming-diving-get-mixed-bag-at-wccas/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/franklin-regional-swim-teams-eye-section-championships/
South Fayette
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/south-fayette-swim-team-makes-best-of-canceled-invitational/
- https://thealmanac.net/sports/duncan-delivers-for-south-fayette/article_035c7c98-360f-11ea-b6bc-6f84711b6f3f.html
Indiana High School
- https://www.indianagazette.com/sports/indiana-swimmers-sweep-armstrong/article_953995be-4397-5a47-87af-272648699852.html
- https://www.indianagazette.com/sports/indiana-swimmers-sweep-derry/article_660a7e7a-3372-11ea-bf08-c760bc38efa7.html
Thomas Jefferson
- https://triblive.com/local/south-hills/thomas-jefferson-high-school-athletics-rallies-around-local-girl/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/trib-hssn-girls-swimmer-of-the-week-thomas-jeffersons-hallie-findlan-2/
North Allegheny
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/north-allegheny-swimming-diving-teams-off-to-fast-start-as-they-look-to-defend-titles/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/cross-state-meets-give-north-allegheny-swimming-diving-teams-chance-to-grow/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/north-alleghenys-nico-butera-to-swim-at-wisconsin/
Quaker Valley
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/quaker-valley-swim-team-has-title-aspirations/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/quaker-valleys-besterman-returns-to-swim-team/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/quaker-valley-athlete-of-the-week-sophie-besterman/
Penn Trafford
Fox Chapel
Hampton
Plum
Diving
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/derry-divers-embrace-underdog-role/
- https://www.timesonline.com/sports/20200213/macs-trial-run-in-central-valley-diving-triorsquos-push-for-wpial-success
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/na-freshman-christina-shi-already-one-of-wpials-elite-divers/
- http://www.butlereagle.com/article/20200214/SPORTS0308/702149971
- https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/hsother/2019/12/13/Central-Valley-diver-Alexa-Gonczi-WPIAL-championship-Maya-Ennis-North-Allegheny-Kyle-Maziarz-North-Catholic/stories/201912100083
More
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/several-records-on-shaky-ground-at-wcca-swim-meet/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/new-pool-new-attitude-for-thomas-jefferson-swim-team/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/gateway-girls-relay-team-breaks-24-year-old-pool-record/
- https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/hsother/2020/02/07/Deer-Lakes-Adam-Morrison-WPIAL-swimming-champ-500-freestyle-200-freestyle-Andrew-Pierre/stories/202002050001
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/deer-lakes-morrison-leads-strong-cast-of-returning-a-k-valley-swimmers-divers/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/record-setting-wcca-swimming-meet-for-belle-vernons-shahan-mt-pleasants-gardner/
- https://www.heraldstandard.com/gcm/sports/mapletown-s-menear-making-quite-a-splash/article_cb34ecac-3bcb-11ea-aadd-7bd7cefe0663.html
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/kiski-area-freshmen-to-square-off-at-wcca-swim-meet/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/new-pool-at-thomas-jefferson-gets-visit-from-old-friend-ryan-fagan/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/norwins-ethan-tulenko-breaks-meet-record-at-wccas/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/fun-begins-for-norwin-swimmers-as-wpial-championship-looms/
- https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/hsother/2019/12/06/Fox-Chapel-phenom-Zoe-Skirboll-skip-swim-season-Laura-Goettler-Butler-Quaker-Valley-Isabel-Huang/stories/201912040012
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/quaker-valley-freshman-fuener-makes-splash-in-freestyle/
- https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/hsother/2020/01/10/Mount-Pleasant-Heather-Gardner-swimming-Liberty-University-North-Allegheny-New-Year-s-Meet-Rick-Mihm/stories/202001080018
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/knoch-swimmer-braden-zukowski-takes-nothing-for-granted-in-wpial-title-quest/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/swim-clubs-offer-valuable-offseason-training-for-area-high-school-standouts/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/record-breaking-mt-pleasant-swimmer-heather-gardner-commits-to-liberty/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/freeport-swimmer-lexi-schrecongost-on-track-for-impressive-second-act/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/norwin-swim-team-welcomes-back-piaa-qualifier-ethan-tulenko/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/norwin-swimmers-encouraged-by-fast-start/
- https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/hsother/2020/01/17/Neshannock-McBeth-WPIAL-swim-champ-50-freestyle/stories/202001150018
- https://www.heraldstandard.com/sports/local/local-swimmers-fill-first-wpial-qualifiers-list/article_ca5549fe-3652-11ea-8a41-47adf8e734bb.html
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/trib-hssn-boys-swimmer-of-the-week-indianas-isaac-griffith/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/hempfield-swim-teams-pool-their-talent/
- https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/hsother/2019/12/27/high-school-swimming-notebook-ian-shahan-belle-vernon-winter-junior-nationals/stories/201912250016
- https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/high-school-athlete-of-the-week/2020/01/15/Post-Gazette-Athletes-of-the-Week-Donovan-McMillon-Molly-Smyers/stories/202001150011
- https://www.heraldstandard.com/sports/local/mustangs-take-top-team-honors-in-county-swim-meet/article_469c9b7a-22e9-11ea-bba9-a748d9e0aff7.html
Wiki Postings
Past Years
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/five-girls-swimmers-to-watch-at-the-wpial-class-aa-championships/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/five-boys-swimmers-to-watch-at-the-wpial-class-aa-championships/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/a-k-valley-freshmen-hoping-to-make-splash-at-wpial-swimming-championships/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/trib-hssn-rewind-a-look-back-at-the-2018-19-girls-swimming-and-diving-season/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/trib-hssn-rewind-a-look-back-at-the-2018-19-boys-swimming-and-diving-season/
- https://tribhssn.triblive.com/fox-chapels-zoe-skirboll-swims-at-u-s-national-team-camp/
- https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/highschool/2019/12/26/Top-20-high-school-stories-from-2010-20-decade-WPIAL/stories/201912250010
https://www.timesonline.com/sports/20200217/girls-athlete-of-week-isabel-huangs-golden-day-at-macs-serves-as-prep-for-wpials