The Shady Side Academy girls swimming team earned fifth place and won medals in three events at the 2017-2018 PIAA Class AA Championships at Bucknell University on March 16-17.

Fresh off their WPIAL Class AA Championship, the girls' team earned a total of 111 points, with swimmers competing in nine different events.

The boys' team finished in 59th place overall, with swimmers competing in four events.

Medals are awarded to 1st-8th place finishers in each event, while 9th-16th place are place-winners.

Girls' Results - Fifth Place Team Finish

• 400 freestyle relay - The team of Meredith Cummings, Sasha Arefyev, Heather Grune and Lindsey Grune finished in first place as the PIAA Champion (3:34.05).
• 200 freestyle relay - The team of Cummings, Arefyev, Jeanne Lauer and L. Grune earned fifth place to win a medal (1:38.68).
• 500 freestyle - Arefyev finished 8th to earn a medal (5:22.76). Lauer finished 21st (5:25.48).
• 200 medley relay - Lauer, Maya Groff, H. Grune, Cummings were place-winners, finishing ninth (1:49.83).
• 200 freestyle - Arefyev was a place-winner, finishing 12th (1:57.86).
• 200 IM - Grune was a place-winner, finishing 12th (2.12.51) and Lauer finished 27th (2:16.22).
• 100 freestyle - L. Grune was a place-winner, finishing 13th (53.48).
• 100 breaststroke - Groff finished 17th (1:08.52) and H. Grune finished 22nd (1:09.01).
• 100 butterfly - H. Grune finished 19th (59.97). Cummings was a 16th place qualifier (59.50), declared false start for the finals.

Boys' Results

• 200 medley relay - Christian Taylor, Sevryn Napora, Will Engel and Adrian Beckford were place-winners, finishing 16th (1:41.23).
• 100 breaststroke - Napora finished 19th (1:01.79).
• 500 freestyle - Nick Lauer finished 21st (4:59.13).
• 200 freestyle relay - Taylor, Napora, Lauer, Beckford - declared false start.

Congratulations to Head Coach John Landreth and all of the swimmers on another fantastic season!