🌟 Calling all USC HS Swim + Dive families! 🏊‍♂️ Help us make a splash by voting on an exciting initiative: donating $3,000 to our records board! Your voice matters. Click the link below to cast your vote:

Donation to Records Board Vote

Let’s make waves together! 🌊 Voting closes on Friday, May 10, 2024.

A big thank you to all the Board Members, Committee Chairs and volunteers this season!! Your time and talents helped make this season such a success!! A special thank you to Jamie Burnette for planning such an amazing banquet this year!!

Thank you to the coaching staff of Dave Schraven, Todd Hillman, Daniele Tirabassi, Megan Bilko and Emily Memo.

Congrats to all our athletes for an amazing season! Boys and Girls Section Champs, Boys 2^nd and Girls 5^th place finishes at WPIALS, several podium finishes at WPIALs and States, multiple personal bests, and an a lot teamwork and fun along the way!

Best wishes to our soon-to-be graduating Seniors and their parents! You all will be missed!!! Many of our senior parents have volunteered for the past four years (some longer!) and we would like to express our most heart-felt gratitude for all your time and dedication to the USC Swim and Dive team!

Attention returning parents! There will be a meeting in May to discuss the 2024-2025 season. We will communicate the date, time, and location soon!!

Attention returning parents! Many Board and Committee Chair positions NEED FILLED!! Never held a a board or committee position before? No worries!! The Board and past Committee Chairs will be available to help walk new volunteers through each position. Please contact Katy Jopperi-Davis at uscswimdive@gmail.com for any questions regarding volunteering.  2024-2025 Swim and Dive Volunteer Positions

Hello Team! Below are important reminders and upcoming events for the week of 3/18/24:

• The practice schedule for this week have been sent out by Coach Dave. This week is the last week of high school and short course practice.
• The 2024 Swim/Dive Banquet is this Tuesday, 3/19 at 6PM. The deadline to register has passed, and no additional signups will be accepted or changed. Valley Brook CC- 425 Hidden Valley Road, Canonsburg
• For those that need reimbursement for expenses: please turn in the reimbursement form along with receipts to Brenda Tomsheck! 2680 Marshfield Drive or crtblt@verizon.net
• Planning for the 2024-2025 season has already begun! Board and Chair positions need filled! 2024-2025 Swim and Dive Volunteer Positions

Be sure to visit our social media platforms! Links can be found under the Athletes menu item.

Congrats to the Panther swimmers who placed at States!! The Girls team placed 13^th overall and the Boys 7^th!

Amanda Aidar– 200 IM- 9^th place

Kaitlyn Connors– 50 Free- 6^th place

Kaitlyn Connors– 100 Free- 4^th place

Amanda Aidar, Kaitlyn Connors, Kendell Drew, Freja Kile– 200 Free Relay- 7^th place

Ben Whiteford– 100 Back- 10^th place

Nazar Zoukovski– 200 Free- 5^th place

Nazar Zoukovski– 100 Free- 3^rd place

Whit Burns, Liam Tomb, Griffin Tomsheck, Ben Whiteford- 200 Medley Relay- 6^th place

Whit Burns, Max Shipley, Griffin Tomsheck, Nazar Zoukovski– 200 Free Relay- 7^th place

Whit Burns, Max Shipley, Ben Whiteford, Nazar Zoukovski– 400 Free Relay- 6^th place

Good luck to all the swimmers who are competing today and tomorrow at the PIAA 3A Swimming Championships!

Amanda Aidar

Kaitlyn Connors

Kendell Drew

Freja Kile

Clara Senchyshak

Evie Sullivan

Whit Burns

Max Shipley

Liam Tomb

Griffin Tomsheck

Ben Whiteford

Nazar Zoukovski

Hello Team! Below are important reminders and upcoming events for the week of 3/11/24:

• The practice schedule for this week have been sent out by Coach Dave. A calendar of practices and events is also available on our website.
• 2024 PIAA 3A Swimming Championships will be held this week on 3/13 and 3/14! Best of luck to all our swimmers!
• The 2024 Swim/Dive Banquet is just around the corner. Please remember to RSVP by March 13^th. Payment is due by March 15^th. 2024 USC Swim/Dive Banquet Google Form
• For those that need reimbursement for expenses: please turn in the reimbursement form along with receipts to Brenda Tomsheck! 2680 Marshfield Drive or crtblt@verizon.net
• Planning for the 2024-2025 season has already begun! Board and Chair positions need filled! 2024-2025 Swim and Dive Volunteer Positions

Be sure to visit our social media platforms! Links can be found under the Athletes menu item.

Planning for the 2024-2025 Swim and Dive season has already begun! The following Board positions need to be filled: Vice President, Membership, and Treasurer. Christina Clodfelter will transition to President. With 16 graduating seniors this year, we are set to lose several parent chairs/volunteers, many of whom have volunteered the past four years! As a result, there will be many vacant positions. Please consider stepping up! Many of the senior parents have offered to be on stand-by to offer their assistance. The earlier we fill these open positions, the more time to get organized and ready for the next season. The success of the season hinges on active parent involvement! The link to the sign-up with descriptions can be found here:

2024-2025 USC Swim and Dive Volunteer Positions.

Final call for senior plaque submissions! Please get to Debbi Bishop by 1PM. today, Friday 3/8/24!!

Example 1:


Swim Team Captain 2023Varsity Team 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
WPIAL AAA Championships  2022, 2023
WPIAL Champions Runner up  2022 


Example 2:


4 x WPIAL Qualifier
1 x PIAA State Qualifier
2 x WPIAL Medalist
Varsity Diver 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023


Example 3:


200 Medley Relay (3rd Place, PIAA 2022; 4th Place WPIAL 2022)
400 Free Relay (4th Place WPIAL 2022; State Qualifier 2022; 5th Place WPIAL
2020; State Qualifier 2020)
100 Backstroke (9th Place WPIAL 2022; State Qualifier 2022; 9th Place WPIAL
2021)
100 Butterfly (8th Place WPIAL 2022)
200 Free Relay (1st Place WPIAL 2021; 8th Place PIAA 2021; Top 16 WPIAL
2020)
200 Freestyle (Top 16 WPIAL 2019, 2020, 2021)
500 Freestyle (6th Place WPIAL 2020, State Qualifier 2020; Top 16 WPIAL
2019)
All American (200 Medley Relay 2022; 200 Free Relay 2021) 
WPIAL Champion Boys Team (2021) 
WPIAL Runner Up Boys Team (2019, 2020, 2022) 
Section Champions Boys Team (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022) 
Team Captain (2022)



Thank you!


Debbi

This Clinic has been modified from its original format.  If interested in registering, please read UPDATED information below!!!

 In order to participate, divers MUST be between the ages of 13 and 20.

Before you go any further, All divers MUST be current members of AAU to participate.  To join AAU, click here, and follow these steps: 1) Choose “Get a Membership”, then “youth membership”. 2) Select Diving. 3) Assign your membership to Pittsburgh Elite Aquatics, Club Code W3CFB9  This code must be attached to your membership. 4) AFTER registering with AAU, come back to the PEAQ website, and click the link to register below.   Any questions about this or the clinic can be directed to the instructor, Todd Hillman at USCdiving@frontdive.com

This clinic will take place from Tuesday, March 12th through Thursday, April 18th.  PLEASE NOTE: There will be 2 weeks during that time in which there will NOT be diving.  March 25 – 29 and April 8 – 12 will be OFF WEEKS, due to USC school district spring break and Coach Todd’s competition schedule.

Clinic Description:

This comprehensive diving program is open to all 13 to 20 year old students with a need to learn or improve their 1 meter lists.  This includes high school, private, home school, and club divers.

It’s a 4 week program, in which divers can expect dryland training consisting primarily of tumbling routines with simple flip and twist instruction.  Water training takes place on our 2 diving boards in the dedicated diving well, with video instruction and video replay.

Students must demonstrate strong swimming ability.  Previous diving experience is helpful, but not required.  New divers will be welcomed in this group, but most instruction time will be at the intermediate to advanced level.

Please bring your AAU membership card, proof of AAU insurance, a rugged diving suit, warm up clothes, deck shoes, a lock for the locker room and a towel.

Clinic will run 2 days/week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays:

     Cost will be $240 for 4 weeks of instruction.

***When you click the regsitration link below, you will be brought to our lessons page with all of our current programs.  Use the fliters on the left to choose “Diving” under PROGRAM and “Upper St. Clair” under LOCATION.***

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

://www.gomotionapp.com/team/ampeaq/page/swim-school/diving

The WPIAL Swimming & Diving Championships wrapped up on Friday, March 1 and our Panthers had their best overall showing in several years. The boys brought home the runner-up trophy with 282 points, while the girls finished a very strong 5^th place while scoring 179 points. Highlights of the second day of the swimming competition include the podium-topping performances by Senior Kaitlyn Connors in the 100 freestyle—her third consecutive WPIAL victory in that event—as well as by Sophomore Nazar Zoukovski, also in the 100 freestyle. The boys 400 free relay team of Max Shipley, Ben Whiteford, Whit Burns and Nazar Zoukovski also won the final event of the meet, the 400 freestyle relay in exciting fashion with a .3 second victory over North Allegheny.

Here is a summary of all the performances that scored points on Day 2 of the swimming competition:

Girls 100 free – Kaitlyn Connors – 1^st

Boys 100 free – Nazar Zoukovski – 1^st, Max Shipley – 7^th

Girls 500 free – Freja Kile – 11^th

Boys 500 free – Matthew Fibbi – 16th

Girls 100 back – Kendell Drew – 12^th

Boys 100 back – Ben Whiteford – 5^th, Pavel Schabanow – 12^th

Boys 100 breast – Griffin Tomsheck – 5^th

Girls 400 free relay – Amanda Aidar, Kendell Drew, Freja Kile, Kaitlyn Connors – 3^rd

Boys 400 free relay – Max Shipley, Ben Whiteford, Whit Burns, Nazar Zoukovski – 1^st

The next and final competition of the season is the PIAA Championships held at Bucknell University on March 13-14. The Panthers have qualified the following swimmers and events for States:

GIRLS

200 medley relay

200 IM – Amanda Aidar

50 free – Kaitlyn Connors

200 free relay

100 free – Kaitlyn Connors

400 free relay

BOYS

200 medley relay

200 free – Nazar Zoukovski, Max Shipley

50 free – Whit Burns

100 fly – Ben Whiteford

200 free relay

100 free – Nazar Zoukovski

100 back – Ben Whiteford

100 breast – Griffin Tomsheck

400 free relay

Good luck at States!!