When all was said and done, the Foxes swimming teams brought home four gold medals from the WPIAL Class 3A championships; the girls team was the runner up, finishing behind perennial powerhouse North Allegheny; and the boys finished fourth with what is believed to be the best finish in team history. Overall, this season, the...Read More

Many people might not know it, but All-American swimmer, three-peat WPIAL champion, and two-time state champion, Sophie Shao, also is quite an accomplished artist. But even she couldn’t have painted a better picture of what happened at the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships, when the junior came away with four gold medals. As if that...Read More

By: Michael Love Thursday, March 3, 2022, TRIB-LIVE A 38-year WPIAL record is no more. Fox Chapel junior Sophie Shao captured the Class 3A girls 100-yard butterfly title — her third in as many years — Thursday at the WPIAL swimming championships at Pitt’s Trees Pool. Her time of 53.85 seconds — her personal best...Read More

The Foxes swimming team is headed for the WPIAL Class 3A championships March 3 and 4. But, even before they take their first dip in the water at Trees Pool at the University of Pittsburgh, they already have accomplished more than any other Fox Chapel Area High School swim teams have in the past. For...Read More

It appears that every year the Foxes’ swim teams’ next-to-last meet of the season against Franklin Regional is the one that draws the most excitement. It has become a big rivalry and is the pinnacle of the regular season because the section champions usually are determined at that meet. This year is no different. For...Read More