Before this season, junior Leia Ross had not been a member of the Fox Chapel Area High School Swimming Team. But she had friends who were, and they encouraged her to join them. Now, she is ecstatic that she did, and even wishes she had signed up sooner considering the great year she’s had individually...Read More
By: Michael Love , Thursday, February 28, 2019, TRIB-LIVE The Fox Chapel girls 200-yard freestyle relay kicked off Day 1 of the WPIAL Class AAA swimming championships with a fourth-place finish in a school-record time of time of 1 minute, 46.12 seconds. The previous record was 1:48.48. It was a fast start for the Alle-Kiski...Read More
Freshman swimmer Zoe Skirboll has already made a name for herself as a record-setter on the national scene. She’s ranked as the fastest girl in the country in her age group in the 100 breaststroke, and the third fastest in that race in USA Swimming history. Nobody has beaten the national records she set when...Read More
Sixteen of Fox Chapel Area’s strongest swimmers are headed into the postseason next week to face their toughest competitors at the 2019 WPIAL Class AAA swimming championships. The events will be held February 28 and March 1 at the University of Pittsburgh’s Trees Pool. “Each year, the qualifying times get lower and lower, so the...Read More
By: Michael Love, Thursday, January 31, 2019, TRIB-LIVE The last time a Fox Chapel boys swimming and diving team won a section championship, the current team members were more than a decade away from being born. The year was 1990, and for senior Nate Roe, the 29-year drought needs to come to an end. “Every single...Read More