9:55 p.m.: The Class AAA meet is complete, and so is one of the most decorated careers of any state swimmer. Hershey's Meaghan Raab, the meet's Most Valuable Swimmer, finishes with 14 gold medals and two silvers, four individual state records and three by way of relays. And she helped add another team title to Hershey's trophy case. The Trojans finished with 279 points to outdistance North Allegheny's 235. The rest of the top 10: North Penn, Greater Latrobe, Mt. Lebanon, Parkland, Wilson, Upper Dublin, Dallastown and Upper St. Clair.
Other District 3 team finishes: Northeastern 18, Cumberland Valley 25, Hempfield 34, Central Dauphin 35, Chambersburg 35, Cedar Cliff 42, Dover 46, Manheim Township 50, Muhlenberg 58, Garden Spot 60.
9:51 p.m. 400 free relay: Another race, another state record for Hershey, but this time the Trojans broke their own mark, set in 2011. They took more than a second off the time, and finished nearly 6 seconds ahead of North Allegheny.
Finalists: 1. Hershey, 3:21.34; 2. North Allegheny, 3:27.57; 3. North Penn, 3:29.75; 4. Greater Latrobe, 3:29.84; 5. Mt. Lebanon, 3:30.23; 6. West Chester Henderson, 3:30.58; 7. Parkland, 3:32.51; 8. Upper Dublin, 3:32.54.
9:15 p.m. 100 breaststroke: Vivi Tafuto cruised to the title, defeating Hampton's Katie Fernander by more than a second.
Finalists: 1. Vivi Tafuto, Hershey, 1:01.81; 2. Katie Fernander, Hampton, 1:02.88; 3. Kayla Owens, Greater Latrobe, 1:03.72; 4. Amanda Kedzierski, Hempfield Area, 1:03.97; 5. Peyton Kondis, Oakland Catholic, 1:04.44; 6. Erin Kuhn, North Allegheny, 1:04.53; 7. Emily Harris, Downingtown West, 1:05.11; 8. Brittany Pennridge, 1:05.24.
Meaghan Raab, Hershey, celebrates her 100 Backstroke gold medal at States.@pennlivepic.twitter.com/o1q0ROmuQL
— Mark Pynes (@MarkPynes) March 14, 20149 p.m. 100 back: Make it four individual state titles and three relay state titles for Hershey senior Meaghan Raab. The Georgia-bound star used a wicked third turn to put some distance between herself and North Allegheny's Jacquelyn Du, who finished nearly a second behind. District 3 finishers: Dallastown's Kacey Oberlander finished third, Wilson's Alexandra Rockett finished fourth and Cocalico's Samantha Marino finished eighth.
Finalists: 1. Meaghan Raab, Hershey, 53.08; 2. Jacquelyn Du, North Allegheny, 53.91; 3. Kacey Oberlander, Dallastown, 55.75; 4. Alexandra Rockett, Wilson, 56.20; 5. Maddie Hart, Haverford, 56.37; 6. Kayla Churman, North Allegheny, 56.57; 7. Olivia Distefano, North Penn, 56.74; 8. Samantha Marino, Cocalico, 57.23.
Cumberland Valley's Sabrina Mortell snares #piaa gold in the 500 free. pic.twitter.com/SrYqFUYHK1
— Shelly Stallsmith (@ShelStallsmith) March 14, 20148:35 p.m. 500 free: Cumberland Valley's Sabrina Mortell turned a No. 2 qualifying time into a PIAA gold medal by cutting nearly 4 seconds from her time. The senior topped Norwin's Kathryn Painter for the title. District 3 finishers: Wilson's Amber Cortazzo finished seventh and Twin Valley's Hannah Schlegel was eighth.
Finalists: 1. Sabrina Mortell, Cumberland Valley, 4:52.55; 2. Kathryn Painter, Norwin, 4:54.15; 3. Tommie Dillione, Council Rock North, 4:55.51; 4. Saoirse Palu-Benson, Peters Township, 5:00.01; 5. Sarah Mautino, Oakland Catholic, 5:00.83; 6. Tara Rogers, North Penn, 5:00.89; 7. Amber Cortazzo, Wilson, 5:01.39; 8. Hannah Schlegel, Twin Valley, 5:01.96.
8:29 p.m. 100 free: Hershey's Madelyn Veith added the 100 free to Wednesday night's 50 free title in the closest of margins — .01. The senior came in a fingernail ahead of Parkland's Siena Salvaggio to give the Trojans another 20 points toward their team title. District 3 finishers: Northeastern's Niki Price finished fourth and Hershey's Kaley Buchanan finished 5.
Finalists: 1. Madelyn Veith, Hershey, 50.45; 2. Siena Salvaggio, Parkland, 50.46; 3. Katie Ford, Mt. Lebanon, 50.71; 4. Niki Price, Northeastern, 50.79; 5. Kaley Buchanan, Hershey, 51.13; 6. Quinn MacMillan, Central Bucks West, 51.15; 7. Monica Sowinski, Greater Latrobe, 51.38; 8. Morgan Soulia, North Allegheny, 51.68.
8:21 p.m.: It's time for the girls to hit the pool. First up is the 100 free. There will be a new state champion because Hershey's Meaghan Raab is swimming backstroke instead of free.
7:30 p.m.: The girls' portion of the meet is scheduled to start at 8:20 p.m. They must clear the bleachers and let the next set of waiting parents into the natatorium.
7:22 p.m.: That's the end of the boys' competition. La Salle College, which led North Allegheny by 55 points midway through the meet, increased its lead to 78 points to win the team title. La Salle College finished with 280 points and was followed in the top 10 by North Allegheny (202), Upper St. Clair (192), Hershey (152), Upper Dublin (128), Council Rock North (102), Dallastown and Souderton (95), North Penn (77) and Cathedral Prep (73).
Here's how other District 3 teams fared: 11. Cumberland Valley, 70; 24. Warwick, 23; 27. Wilson, 21; 28, Conestoga Valley, 19; 30. Governor Mifflin, 16; 31. McCaskey, 15; 34. Central Dauphin and Northern York, 13; 38. Hempfield, 9; 41. Muhlenberg, 7; 51. Manheim Twp., 3.
7:16 p.m. 400 free relay: The final event of the Class AAA boys' meet goes to Upper St. Clair. Only .45 seconds separated the winners and third-place North Allegheny. La Salle College finished second. District 3 finishers: Hershey finished fourth and Cumberland Valley was sixth.
Finalists: 1. Upper St. Clair, 3:03.04; 2. La Salle College, 3:03.32; 3. North Allegheny, 3:03.49; 4. Hershey, 3:07.66; 5. Souderton, 3:08.43; 6. Cumberland Valley, 3:08.65; 7. Upper Dublin, 3:09.49; 8. Owen J. Roberts, 3:11.52.
End of # PIAA Class AAA 100 breaststroke, won by Thomas McCormick. pic.twitter.com/0KYVdZCq1s
— Shelly Stallsmith (@ShelStallsmith) March 13, 20147:02 p.m. 100 breaststroke: West Chester Henderson's Thomas McCormick successfully defending his PIAA title, and knocked more than 1.3 seconds off of his qualifying time in the process. The race was tight the whole way, with McCormick out-touching La Salle College's Michael McBryan by .05. District 3 finisher: Hershey's Jack Kushner finished eighth.
Finalists: 1. Thomas McCormick, West Chester Henderson, 54.92; 2. Michael McBryan, La Salle College, 54.97; 3. Rex Riley, Cathedral Prep, 55.73; 4. Ben Service, West Chester Rustin, 56.26; 5. Wyatt Amdor, Perkiomen Valley, 56.34; 6. Casey Melzer, North Allegheny, 56.66; 7. Cooper Tollen, Upper Dublin, 56.92; 8. Jack Kushner, Hershey, 57.41.
6:45 p.m. 100 back: Michael Thomas of Hatboro-Horsham is wearing gold after nipping Upper St. Clair's Ryan Dudzinski by .23. The tight race brought out the encouragement from the crowd, which raised the decibel level to that of a subway. They were nearly 3 seconds ahead of the rest of the field, a lot in 100 yards. District 3 finishers: Hershey's Austin Doss was fifth and Conestoga Valley's James Wilson was seventh.
Finishers: 1. Michael Thomas, Hatboro-Horsham, 46.65; 2. Ryan Dudzinski, Upper St. Clair, 46.88; 3. Jonathan Ekas, McDowell, 49.80; 4. Peter Conzola, Freedom, 49.87; 5. Austin Doss, Hershey, 50.41; 6. Greg Neidlinger, North Penn, 50.67; 7. James Wilson, Conestoga Valley, 50.86; 8. Ryan Freedman, Radnor, 50.93.
6:29 p.m. 500 free: North Allegheny's Zachary Buerger snared his second straight 500 free crown by taking nearly 6 seconds off of his qualifying time to easily outdistance Freedom's Sam Magnan. Buerger missed the state record, set by Matt Belecanech in 2009, by .5 seconds. District 3 finisher: Warwick's Justin Mitchell finished eighth.
Finalists: 1. Zachary Buerger, North Allegheny, 4:22.75; 2. Sam Magnan, Freedom, 4:25.05; 3. Christopher Devlin, Upper Dublin, 4:26.29; 4. Arthur Markley, McCaskey, 4:32.52; 5. Sam Rutan, North Allegheny, 4:33.20; 6. Fynn Minuth, Upper St. Clair, 4:33.71; 7. Neal Smith, Pittsburgh CC, 4:35.73; 8. Justin Mitchell, Warwick, 4:38.54.
6:22 p.m. 100 free: Kevin Musterait of Souderton trimmed more than half a second from his qualifying time to win PIAA gold over Michael Jensen of Upper Dublin. District 3 finishers: Daniel boone's Ryan Owens finished fifth and Governor Mifflin's Sterg Dikos was eighth.
Finalists: 1. Kevin Musterait, Souderton, 43.94; 2. Michael Jensen, Upper Dublin, 44.39; 3. Greg Brocato, La Salle College, 44.67; 4. Brandon McCredie, Council Rock North, 44.88; 5. Ryan Owens, Daniel Boone, 45.28; 6. Alex Hardwick, Upper St. Clair, 45.40; 7. Brian Lovasik, North Hills, 45.57; 8. Sterg Dikos, Governor Mifflin, 45.63.
6:09 p.m.: We are underway with the boys' 100 freestyle. The 500 free, 100 back, 100 breast and 400 free relay will also be contested tonight.
LEWISBURG — Here are some of the names you won't be seeing in high school swimming race results after tonight: Jack Brenneman, Zach Luttrell, Austin Doss, Madelyn Veith, Niki Price, Alyssa Bixler, Sabrina Mortell, Meaghan Raab and Alexandra Rockett.
All are district or state champions who are swimming their last races for their respective high schools as the PIAA Class swimming championships come to a close at Bucknell University.
In addition to the individual titles up for grabs tonight, boys' and girls' team titles will also be handed out tonight.
La Salle College tops the boys' standings with 173 points. North Allegheny is second (118), Upper St. Clair is third (109 and Hershey is fourth (87).
Hershey leads the girls' race with 159 points. The only other teams within striking distance are North Allegheny (130) and North Penn (96).
Competition gets underway at 6:05 p.m. with the boys' finals. The girls will follow at 8:20 p.m.
We will keep the latest results at the top of the feed. Scroll down for races that were held earlier in the session.