By: Michael Love, Saturday, March 20, 2021, TRIB-LIVE After defending her WPIAL title in the 100-yard butterfly two weeks ago, Fox Chapel sophomore Sophie Shao went looking for a similar repeat performance Saturday at the PIAA Class AAA championships at Cumberland Valley. Mission accomplished. Taking to the pool for the third time in a little...Read More

Foxes swimmers had quite a day at the WPIAL Class 3A championships. The young, but talented athletes brought home three gold, three silver, and two bronze medals. A new school record was set by the girls 200 medley relay. On the boys team, freshman Zachary Zornan Ferguson broke school records in the 50 and 500...Read More

It was long overdue. The Foxes boys’ swimming program captured its first section championship in 30 years after it squarely defeated North Catholic High School in their last meet of the regular season. The celebration was twice as nice because it was the first time on record that both the boys and girls teams won...Read More

In his spare time, of which there isn’t much, swim coach Dan Taylor likes to work on home remodeling and building projects. It makes sense then that he has been the main architect behind the success of the Foxes’ swimming program for the past six years. One of Coach Taylor’s first challenges as the Foxes...Read More

Swimmer Rei Sperry’s grandfather was the one who selected her unusual first name, which means “first ray of sun” in Japanese. Through the years, the junior has lived up to that moniker with her bright outlook on life. Now, she’s more than happy to share that positivity with her Foxes teammates on the girls team,...Read More