PITTSBURGH — Abby Jones managed a quadruple-play during Thursday's WPIAL Class AA Girls Swimming Championships at the University of Pittsburgh's Trees Pool.

Knoch's sophomore swam the 200-yard freestyle in one minute, 57.42 seconds. She earned a medal with a state-qualifying second-place finish. It also was a personal-best time that took down the school record.

“Coming in, I was just hoping to get a time below 1:59,” said Jones. “I felt good in the pool and just told myself that I had to keep going strong. I'm very happy with how things turned out.”

Jones entered the event seeded seventh, but bested the entire field except for Shady Side Academy's Caroline Colville, who won with a time of 1:56.69.

“She didn't get to the medal stand last year (placing ninth),” said Knoch coach Rick Hassler of Jones. “I'm very excited for her.”

Jones was not alone in setting a new Knights' standard. Freshman Brooke Zukowski broke the record in the 200 individual medley, managing a time of 2:09.54.

“I spent a lot of time on my underwater technique,” Zukowski said. “The (butterfly and backstroke) are my weaker strokes. I'm pretty happy with the way my season has gone.”

With a trip to the state meet in her back pocket, Zukowski may soon better the standard she just set.

“I think we can get her to go faster,” Hassler said.

Both Jones and Zukowski helped earn another medal for Knoch when they swam legs of the 200 medley relay, along with Hannah Shoemaker and Rachael Wittmer. The team placed eighth at 1:56.87.

Freeport's Bria Otwell is headed to states after finishing third in the 200 IM (2:10.15). Teammate Zoe Pawlak, a sophomore, finished sixth in the 50 freestyle, breaking her own school record with a time of 24.59.

Class AAA

Seneca Valley freshman Ali Kozlina just missed out on an automatic state berth by placing fourth in the 50 freestyle (24.17). Her effort will be matched against the other non-automatic times across the state. If it ends up in the top 16 in that field, she will swim in the PIAA event at Bucknell University.

“I'm hoping my time gets me there,” she said. “I've been working a lot on my breathing and my turns in practice. I still have to improve, but I'm pleased with how I did.”

Following are results from the WPIAL Swimming Championships, which began Thursday at the University of Pittsburgh’s Trees Pool. Included are the Butler County swimmers who scored points for their respective teams by placing in the top 16. Those who automatically qualified for the upcoming state meet appear in bold.Class AAAGirls200 medley relay: 1-North Allegheny 1:42.97; 9-Seneca Valley (Kassi Grumski, Carley Belsterling, Ali Kozlina, Hannah Fernandes) 1:50.87200 freestyle: 1-Monica Sowinski (Greater Latrobe) 1:50.45200 individual medley: 1-Kathryn Painter (Norwin) 2:02.6950 freestyle: 1-Katie Ford (Mt. Lebanon) 23.21; 4-Ali Kozlina (Seneca Valley) 24.17; 11-Jill McElhaney (Butler) 24.72100 butterfly: 1-Kayla Churman (North Allegheny) 54.86200 freestyle relay: 1-North Allegheny 1:35.28; 11-Seneca Valley (Hannah Fernandes, Carley Belsterling, Kassi Grumski, Ali Kozlina) 1:41.82Boys200 medley relay: 1-Upper St. Clair 1:31.77; 14-Seneca Valley (Nate Burkett, Brett Foster, Dan Barnes, Mike Rhein) 1:43.97; 15-Butler (Nathan Callithen, Alex Wigton, Joey Deemer, Dante Cicco) 1:44.07200 freestyle: 1-Brian Lovasik (North Hills) 1:39.92; 7-Spencer Tretter (Seneca Valley) 1:43.71; 9-Ryan Deemer (Butler) 1:45.11200 individual medley: 1-Zachary Buerger (North Allegheny) 1:49.13; 13-Tukker Uniatowski (Butler) 2:01.7450 freestyle: 1-Judson Shiffler (Hempfield) 21.27; 6-Jacob Fausti (Seneca Valley) 21.72; 10-Mike Palaski (Seneca Valley) 21.98100 butterfly: 1-Ryan Dudzinski (Upper St. Clair) 48.13200 freestyle relay: 1-Upper St. Clair 1:23.73; 5-Seneca Valley (Jacob Fausti, Spencer Tretter, Mike Rhein, Mike Palaski) 1:27.78; 14-Butler (Ryan Deemer, Alex Wigton, Tukker Uniatowski, Dante Cicco) 1:33.49Class AAGirls200 medley relay: 1-West Allegheny 1:51.13; 8-Knoch (Abby Jones, Brooke Zukowski, Hannah Shoemaker, Rachael Wittmer) 1:56.87; 12-Freeport (Zoe Pawlak, Maggie Ehalt, Bria Otwell, Becca Dudek) 1:58.92200 freestyle: 1-Caroline Colville (Shady Side Academy) 1:56.69; 2-Abby Jones (Knoch) 1:57.42200 individual medley: 1-Bailey Bonnett (Highlands) 2:06.12; 2-Brooke Zukowski (Knoch) 2:09.54; 3-Bria Otwell (Freeport) 2:10.15; 13-Jessica Ott (Mars) 2:20.6350 freestyle: 1-Emily Zimcosky (Geibel Catholic) 23.13; 6-Zoe Pawlak (Freeport) 24.59; 8-Gracie Pacey (Mars) 25.27100 butterfly: 1-Sabrina Bowman (Saint Joseph) 56.69200 freestyle relay: 1-South Fayette 1:39.89; 11-Knoch (Abby Jones, Madelyn Czekalski, Rachael Wittmer, Brooke Zukowski) 1:44.19; 12-Mars (Jessica Ott, Amanda Alikhani, Torrey Shields, Gracie Pacey) 1:45.54Boys200 medley relay:1-Mars (Reed McDonough, Tom Pierre, Chris Georgiadis, Francis Folz) 1:39.88; 11-Knoch (John Wilson, Noah Gumto, Nathan Walls, Derek Ekas) 1:49.19200 freestyle: 1-Drew Damich (Chartiers Valley) 1:42.51; 4-Francis Folz (Mars) 1:46.51; 13-Joseph Folz (Mars) 1:53.06200 individual medley:1-Chris Georgiadis (Mars) 1:55.14; 2-Tom Pierre (Mars) 1:57.65; 7-John Wilson (Knoch) 2:04.19; 12-Jimmy Pierre (Mars) 2:06.0950 freestyle: 1-J.P. Zimcosky (Geibel Catholic) 21.6; 4-Reed McDonough (Mars) 22.32100 butterfly: 1-Brad Kolesar (West Mifflin) 50.82; 11-Nathan Walls (Knoch) 56.17200 freestyle relay: 1-Chartiers Valley 1:28.03 - See more at: http://beedit.sx.atl.publicus.com/article/20140228/SPORTS03/702289951&NoCache=1#sthash.XIFoIOes.dpuf