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USC Swim Teams Hold Senior Night, Battle Bethel Park
The Upper St. Clair swim teams finish off an exhilarating regular season with an out-of-section rivalry meet against Bethel Park.
Eleven seniors on the Upper St. Clair Swimming and Diving team celebrated a very special season Thursday night with a non-sectional rivalry meet versus Bethel Park. The boys won 57-42, and the girls lost 59.5-42.5. Both solid performances against WPIAL championship caliber squads.
Senior night began with two pool records broken right off the bat. The Upper St. Clair girls got the crowd started in the 4 x 4 relay, then the four senior boys followed suit with a pool record of their own. Later in the meet, set a pool record in the 100-yard backstroke as well.
Dudzinski leads an accomplished group of senior swimmers. The three-time state champion, will attend the University of Virginia. USC captain Patrick Davis plans on swimming and attending medical school. James Frauen is still considering the University of Rochester or Miami University (Ohio). Charlie Mosca has his eyes on the military, Westminster College or Washington & Jefferson College.
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On the women's side, Allison Kearney will be attending Villanova University, possibly to swim. Erin Seiner and Katherine Snyder are still undecided about their college choices.
The four diving seniors are JT Perryman, Josh Russo, Erin McTiernan and Cheyanna Buntain. A ceremony was held for all the seniors in recognition of their efforts over the years. They were accompanied poolside by their parents.
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Thursday night was the cherry on top of a tremendous season. In just his second year as head coach, Tom Donati led the boys to their first sectional championship in 37 years. The girls won their first sectional championship in 17 years.
The WPIAL championships are March 3 and 4 at the University of Pittsburgh. Upper St. Clair will be well represented as a team and individually. A record-breaking year for Upper St. Clair swimming will have a chance to get even better; a WPIAL championship is within their reach.
