The Boys and Girls Swimming and Diving teams took on the Hawks at Bethel Park High School and both teams prevailed, raising their respective records to 6-1 for the season. The meet got off to a great start as once again the USC divers proved to be too much for the competition. The girls had a strong meet taking the top three spots. Addison Burnette took first with Delaney Burnette securing her spot at WPIALs with a 196.90 and second place. Mia Foster completed the scoring with her third place finish. Both Kobe Yuyi and Carter Richie dove very well, with a second and fourth place finish, respectively. Congratulations to all our divers! On the swimming side, the team overwhelmed their competitors, claiming victory in 15 of the 22 swimming events contested. The highlight for the USC swimmers was Kaitlyn Connors achieving the “WPIAL Sweep” (qualifying for the WPIAL Championships in all of the individual events) by virtue of her victory in the 100 breaststroke in the WPIAL qualifying time of 1:09.42. She joins teammate Nazar Zoukovski as among the handful of swimmers in Western PA to complete the sweep. Additional event winners for the Panthers include Amanda Aidar (200 free, 100 back), Blaire Gillespie (100 free), Griffin Tomsheck (200 IM), Nazar Zoukovski (50 and 100 free), Ben Whiteford (100 back) and Alex Petkov (100 breast). The Panthers’ next meet is Thursday, February 2. The team will take on Peters Township at home as we recognize our 7 seniors on Senior Recognition night. The meet starts at 5 p.m.

The Boys and Girls Swimming and Diving teams both raised their records to 5-1 on the season with convincing wins Wednesday night over South Fayette at the USC high school natatorium. The meet got off to a great start with all of the Panthers’ divers registering season-high scores. The girls swept the top 4 spots, led by Senior Addison Burnette with 212 points. She was followed by Freshmen Bella Meyer (172.35) and Delaney Burnette (170.25). Senior Mia Foster was right behind with 163.40. On the boys side, it was a very tight competition with the top 3 boys separated by less than a point. Fortunately, the Panthers came out on top with Sophomore Kobe Yuyi taking first place with a score of 151.70, followed closely by Junior Carter Richie in second with a score of 150.85. Great job to all of our divers! Once the swimming portion of the competition started, the Panthers kept the ball rolling with victories in most of the swimming events. For the girls, event winners included: 200 medley relay (Kendell Drew, Blaire Gillespie, Amanda Aidar, Freja Kile) 200 free relay (Blaire Gillespie, Kendell Drew, Freja Kile, Kaitlyn Connors) Kaitlyn Connors – 200 free and 100 back Amanda Aidar – 200 IM and 100 breast Kendell Drew – 50 free Freja Kile – 100 free The boys event winners were: 200 medley relay (Colby Bernard, Griffin Tomsheck, Max Shipley, Ben Whiteford) 200 free relay (Pavel Schabanow, Hasan Alhajhusain, Max Shipley, Matvey Zoukovski) 400 free relay (Max Shipley, Colby Bernard, Whit Burns, Nazar Zoukovski) Nazar Zoukovski – 200 free Whit Burns – 200 IM Griffin Tomsheck – 50 free Matvey Zoukovski – 100 fly Max Shipley – 100 free Colby Bernard – 500 free Ben Whiteford – 100 breast The teams’ next meet is Thursday, January 26 th versus section rival Bethel Park at Bethel Park High School.

The Upper St. Clair Swimming  and Diving team played host to Canon-McMillan and Seneca Valley for a Tri-Meet this Saturday. Both the Boys and Girls went 2-0 and took down a strong Seneca Valley team by identical scores of 102-84. Senior Addison Burnette got things started as she picked up a win on the diving board and double event winners in the swimming portion included Amanda Aidar, Kaitlyn Connors, Max Shipley and Nazar Zoukovski. The victories move both the Boys and Girls teams to 3-1 on the season and they will be back in the pool Thursday when they travel to Trinity.