Josh Matheny – Boys Swimming MVP
Josh Matheny
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Josh Matheny takes a break before warming up for one of his recent races.
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Upper St. Clair native Josh Matheny competed at the Speedo Sectionals held in Indianapolis as well as the U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha this year. In 2021, he also earned Swimmer of the Meet honors at the PIAA championships and shattered district, state and national scholastic records in his signature swim, the breaststroke.
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Upper St. Clair’s Josh Matheny won three gold medals swimmer of the meet honors at the PIAA Class AAA swimming championships.
In his final scholastic season of swimming, Josh Matheny cleaned up at the WPIAL and PIAA Class AAA championships.
At the state finals held March 20 in Cumberland Valley High School’s natatorium, he ran away with Swimmer of the Meet honors after a three-gold medal performance.
For the fourth year in a row, he won the 100-yard breaststroke. He won the event in 51.84 and shattered his PIAA and NFHS record in the process.
Matheny also won the 200-yard IM in 1:47.54, beating out silver medalist Daniel Simoes from Seneca Valley by nearly three seconds. Additionally, Matheny swam the breast stroke leg on USC’s gold-medal medley relay team. At his home pool at Upper St. Clair High School on March 7, Matheny led the Panthers to their first WPIAL team championship in 10 years. Matheny shattered his own WPIAL record in his signature swim, winning the breast in 54.50. He also helped the medley relay smash a pool record and win the race in 1:33.33. Individually, he was runner-up to Simoes in the IM. Matheny matriculates to Indiana University next fall.
Dan Cortopassi, Bethel Park, junior
Bryon Nguyen, Ringgold, junior
Cole Orlowski, Canon-McMillan, senior
Max Orlowski, Canon-McMillan, senior
Ganesh Sivaramakrishnan, Upper St. Clair, junior
Ian Shahan, Belle Vernon, senior
Andrei Tudorascu, Mt. Lebanon, sophomore
Sam West, Belle Vernon, senior