PIAA Girls’ Swimming & Diving Individual Champions
The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) has crowned individual champions in girls’ swimming & diving since 1973. Each classification event champion and additional student-athletes from the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) have qualified for the PIAA Championships since its inception, with PIAA District VII claiming a total of 272 individual and relay team state champions in the sport.
Below you will find links to each champion(s) by event, as well as a list of the 19 WPIAL student-athletes who won three or more PIAA individual swimming & diving titles in a specific event.
50 Free | 100 Free | 200 Free | 500 Free | 100 Back | 100 Breast | 100 Fly | 200 IM
200 Free Relay | 400 Free Relay | 200 Medley Relay | 1-Meter Dive
To view the list of PIAA team champions from the WPIAL, please click here: LINK
Champion | School | Years | Event(s) |
Christina Shi | North Allegheny | 2021-2023 | 1-Meter Dive |
Olivia Livingston | Gateway | 2017-2019 | 50 Free |
Maria Lohman | Chartiers Valley | 2013-2015 | 1-Meter Dive |
Margaret Gruber | Mars | 2011-2013 | 100 Fly |
Samantha Pickens | Franklin Regional | 2007-2010 | 1-Meter Dive |
Lindsay Vrooman | Ambridge | 2007, 2009-2010 | 200 Free, 500 Free |
Mallory Dietrich | Oakland Catholic | 2003, 2005-2006 | 100 Breast |
Kaitlyn Orstein | Mt. Lebanon | 2001-2004 | 100 Breast |
Cassidy Krug | Montour | 2001-2003 | 1-Meter Dive |
Brittany Garza | Shady Side Academy | 1997-1999 | 1-Meter Dive |
Jamie Tomazich | North Allegheny | 1994-1996 | 1-Meter Dive |
Beth Clark | Freeport | 1993-1996 | 1-Meter Dive |
Dawn Heckman | Greater Latrobe | 1993-1995 | 500 Free |
Melanie Morgan | Gateway | 1987-1989 | 50 Free, 100 Free |
Melanie Wertner | Bethel Park | 1985-1987 | 200 Free |
Michelle Chow | Gateway | 1983-1986 | 50 Free, 100 Free |
Melanie Buddemeyer | Penn Hills | 1981-1987 | 100 Fly |
Darci Bodnar | Norwin | 1979-1982 | 100 Back |
Jan Ujevich | Center | 1976-1978 | 100 Breast, 200 IM |