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

Down the road, Grace Gackenbach would like to be a physician. But in the meantime, she’s focused on academics, serving as president of her junior class, and clocking about 80 miles a month in the water with the Foxes’ girls’ swim team. It’s a grind for sure, but it’s paid off for Grace, one of...Read More