Help make the WPIAL Swimming Championship Broadcasts more interesting by providing fun facts about the swimmers.

Update: as of 9 pm, the night before WPIAL Swim Championships, everyone should be sleeping. The binder of notes has been printed. At the meet, I can write a few tips onto the pages in the binder. 

This information goes straight to Coach Mark Rauterkus, color broadcaster for the event. Plus, a copy is mailed to the high school coach for fact checking.


News!

The livestream of the 2024 WPIAL Swimming & Diving Championships are not being provided by Trib Live High School Sports Network, as has been in the past number of years. The WPIAL broadcasting rights have changed. New terms are expected for viewers, and the details, once known, will be posted here. 

However, the same two broadcasters, Mark and Bob, who provided the coverage in 2023 and 2022 are going to broadcast the meets agin in 2024.



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Staying in touch with High School Swimming & Diving is as easy as pie when among friends.

WPIAL Swimming & Diving Alumni Group
Support Swimming

Swimmers, coaches, officials and fans are working with each other in this alumni group.

Support Diving

Once a diver, always a diver. Keep that connection alive. 

Stay in touch

Swim news can be exciting, when it is shared. Celebrate with today's youngsters and catch up on their feats at the pool.

Get Out, Have Fun

This is a group for having fun and planning events among others who are, or have been, swimmers.

A conversation with a Prior Swimmer

After witnessing a freshman set a new WPIAL record in the 100-back at the 2021 WPIAL AA Championships, I called the former record holder, a former swimmer on my team. 

Big news: At today's WPIAL Swim Meet your record in the 100-yard back was broken. A freshman named Ross is going to take your former spot in the record books. He and his brother are also in the WPIAL Basketball Playoffs.

Interested, and happy to chat, my ex-swimmer was clueless as to the fact that the WPIAL Championships Meet was happening. 

Oh, there is a meet? You mean they're swimming?

This made me sad. I had failed in keeping him engaged.

Yes, we were all swimming out of the pandemic's deep freeze in 2021. Okay. He's off the hook. But, I had done nothing but fumble our relationship with him and high school sports.

He wasn't just a former student who swam backstroke. He was the record holder. Swimming was important to him, back in the day. And now -- swimming was out of sight and out of mind.

Enough of that! I'm getting his email and we're going to fix this knowledge gap with our WPIAL Alumni Group.

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Leadership among our Alumni Group is beginning to self-identify.

Mark Rauterkus in Ellis T-shirt

First webmaster:

Mark Rauterkus

Bob Kane

Coaches’ Liaison

Bob Kane

Rebecca

Business Relationships

Rebecca Kasavich

Ann

Recent College Athletes

Ann Juneau

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Coach Mark

We need to stay in touch for the benefit of our economy in western Pennsylvania. We have a worker shortage and many pools have closed.

Many talented individuals might be willing to come out to help once we make it easier to stay connected. Case in point: We need more swim officials helping, and getting paid, at WPIAL Swim Meets. 

Ready?

Help Get this show on the road Now!

February 27, 2022

AA Girls Diving ResultsPlaceNameSchoolGradeTotal Score     1Maggie FoleyNorth Catholic11470.702Ruby O'lliffeQuaker Valley9393.103Addison ArndtThomas Jefferson10342.454Lilia MacKenzieNorthgate10320.555Katie BlackmerQuaker Valley10317.006Brooke ...

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