Perhaps the only thing harder than unseating a WPIAL champion is doing it on back-to-back days. That is exactly what Chartiers Valley sophomore Drew Damich did this week at the WPIAL championships.
On Thursday Damich swam the 200-yard freestyle in 1:43.30 edging, Riverside senior Alex Szakelyhidi by 2.20 seconds. Szakelyhidi had won the 200 and 500 freestyle last year at WPIALs.
Last week: Lohman became the first WPIAL diver to win titles in consecutive years in different classifications when she took home the gold medal at the WPIAL Class
AAA diving championship Saturday at North Allegheny.
Check this out: Lohman, a sophomore, won the Class AA championship as a freshman. Chartiers Valley moved up to Class AAA this season. Lohman scored a 467.60, edging
out Bethel Park's Ashley Sams, who finished with a 463.05. Lohman will take part in the PIAA Class AAA championships March 15-16 at Bucknell University. She was the
runner-up last year.
Penn State Behrend freshman Lauren Rosato qualified for the All-Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Women's Swimming Team.
Cara De Carlo's feature on Chartiers Valley sophomore Maria Lohman:
"Chartiers Valley sophomore Maria Lohman is an elite diver in the WPIAL and beyond.
Having won the WPIAL Class AAA championship last Saturday at North Allegheny High School's pool, she will now focus on the "beyond."
It was the second championship for Lohman, who edged Bethel Park's Ashley Sams, a Pitt Aquatic Club teammate, by a close 467.60 to 463.05 margin."
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