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