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

By: Marty Stewart, Friday, January 18, 2019, TRIB-LIVE The Fox Chapel swimming team started the new year off with three wins to improve both the boys and girls records to 6-1 overall, 2-0 in the section. “I think that a big part of our success has been the depth on both teams, which really helps,” coach...Read More

It has been two decades since a Foxes’ boys’ swim team won a section title, but Coach Dan Taylor thinks this might be the year. His optimism comes on the heels of his concerted effort to rebuild a program that, five years ago, only had about six male swimmers. The 2018-2019 combined boys’ swim and...Read More