Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Two boy swimmers captured first place at the WPIAL championship.
Upper St. Clair High School is sending nine boys and nine girls to the PIAA swim meet Thursday, according to athletic director Matthew Mellinger. The 18 students qualified for the state competition following a strong showing in the WPIAL championship. Two boys finished in first place. Ryan Dudzinski won both the 100-yard butterfly and 100-yard backstroke. Alex Hardwick captured the 100-yard and 200-yard freestyle. Dudzinski and Hardwick's wins helped push the boys' swim team to second place in the WPIAL championship. The girls' team also swam away with an impressive finish—coming in third place.
Friday, May 18, 2012
The Boyce Mayview Park and local athletes received awards during the Upper St. Clair Board of Commissioners meeting.
A number of people and groups were recognized during the Upper St. Clair Board of Commissioners meeting on May 7. Share your congratulations in the comments below!
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
The latest news from the Upper St. Clair School Board.
If a student's class is not offered at Upper St. Clair High School, he or she may soon be able to attend the class at a neighboring high school. Six local superintendents are working on putting together the Regional Opportunity Initiative. If enrollment is low for a certain class, the school district can offer the class for students in other districts to attend. Superintendent Patrick O'Toole said this might be particularly helpful for fourth or fifth-level foreign language classes. AP classes would also be part of the program. The school districts participating in discussions are Mt. Lebanon, South Fayette, Chartiers Valley, Quaker Valley and West Allegheny. "I think this is a really positive development," O'Toole said, especially at …
Monday, April 2, 2012
The boys place fifth and the girls sixth at the PIAA meet.
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Monday, April 2, 2012
The Upper St. Clair High School girls and boys swim teams both accomplished many things this year in their AAA division. One was the hunt for first place in the WPIAL early March and the second was an exceptional, formidable showing at the PIAA meet later that month. The girls' team took the section title this year in regular season play, while the boys' team placed second. Both teams ended their respective seasons with 8-2 records overall. On the heels of achieving a thrilling WPIAL win last year, the boys' team still performed well with a WPIAL runner-up finish, out of 23 scoring teams. The girls' team placed third in the WPIAL out of 26 scoring teams, after having placed dead last three years ago. Natalie Johnsen took first place in …
Thursday, February 16, 2012
A total of 16 swims were top 16 times in the state at the intense dual meet.
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Thursday, February 16, 2012
The swimming and diving teams hosted a dual meet with Section 5 rival on Thursday, Feb. 9—the fastest ever held at the high school. The girls team defeated Peters and the boys team lost. By the end of the competition 14 records fell—10 pool records and 4 team records. Of the 104 swims, 89 were WPIAL Championship qualifying swims and 49 of the 52 USC swims were WPIAL qualifying swims. The USC girls started the meet by breaking the team and pool records by more than five seconds, a record set just last year. The swim was the fourth fastest reported in the state this year. The next great swims came in the 200 Freestyle. Victoria Shaffer (USC) won the girls event with a personal best that ranks her 14th in the state. Alex Hardwick followed …
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Kate Bellas, Mia Beyerl, Maeve Lersch, Abby Matheny, Meghan Matheny and Olivia Shaffer represented USCS.
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Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Six swimmers from the Upper St. Clair Swim Club participated in the second annual Northeast IM Xtreme Challenge Games. Nationally, six regions conduct the event, of which the Northeast meet was the largest. The event in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 27-29 included approximately 540 swimmers, ages 11 through 14, from states West Virginia east and Virginia north. Kate Bellas, Mia Beyerl, Maeve Lersch, Abby Matheny, Meghan Matheny and Olivia Shaffer represented USCS. Many swims were personal best times and several other times were close to personal best times. Mia Beyerl placed first out of 75 girls in the 11-year-old group, outscoring her nearest competitor by more than 100 points. She took first in the 200 individual medley, second in the 100 …
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
The Upper St. Clair Swim Club and Upper St. Clair High School swim and dive teams are hosting a fundraiser at Outback.
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
To promote and enjoy camaraderie among its swim community, Upper St. Clair Swim Club and the USC High School Swim/Dive Booster organization are joining together to “break the ice” and provide an afternoon of fun in hopes to raise much needed funds for a combined high school/swim club record board for USC swimmers and divers, ages 5 to 18. The “Break the Ice” fundraiser will be held on Saturday, Jan. 7 at Outback Steakhouse in USC, with open seating from noon to 2 p.m. Tickets include a lunch of three choices and a chance to win a Pittsburgh Sport Package of four tickets to a Penguins home game in a Loge box and Pitt basketball tickets, together valued at more than $900. “We view this event as a way to allow USC’s aqua community to come …
Friday, December 23, 2011
Upper St. Clair swimmers of all ages performed well at the 50th annual Pitt Christmas Invitational.
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Friday, December 23, 2011
The Upper St. Clair Swim Club participated in the 50th annual Pitt Christmas Invitational held Dec. 15-18 at the University of Pittsburgh. Approximately 1,400 swimmers, ages 8-23, from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, New York, Virginia, Indiana and Missouri attended the meet. The event is considered to be the unofficial kickoff to the WPIAL season. USC Swim Club was represented by 32 swimmers competing in 161 swims. Included in those swims were 106 personal best times and six USC Swim Club records (three individual and three relay). Shea Card, 8, the youngest USC Swim Club swimmer, competed in six events, achieving personal best times in five, including a club record in the 100 individual medley. He placed eighth overall for 8 & under boys, …
Becky Brindle
8:15 pm on Wednesday, May 30, 2012
The Regional Opportunity Initiative Agreement was approved by school board members on May 21 and superintendents are working to have it up and running by the fall. more ›