Jul 2, 2024 By Eleanor Bailey 2 min read

Ryan Frank set some lofty goals for his senior season at Mt. Lebanon. During the 2024 campaign, he exceeded them all.

He won a WPIAL title and shattered a pool record. Frank also medaled at the PIAA Championships.

At the beginning of the year, Frank took down a record set by Josh Matheny, who currently swims at Indiana University. An international and Olympic Trials qualifier, Matheny set many breaststroke records while excelling at Upper St. Clair, including the pool mark at Mt. Lebanon.

Frank went on to win the gold medal in the 100-yard breaststroke with a 55.98 time during the WPIAL championships held March 1 at the University of Pittsburgh’s Trees Pool. Frank later took third in the race at the PIAA Championships held at Bucknell University.

Additionally, Frank helped the 200 medley relay team set a pool record at Bethel Park. The unit won the bronze medal at the WPIAL Championships and competed in the PIAA meet. He collected all-state honors in the 100 breast and 200 medley relay.

Frank, who led the Blue Devils to a section title as a junior, garnered NISCA All-America accolades as a senior and U.S. Swimming scholastic All-America recognition as a junior. He also met the national time standards for the U.S. Swimming Speedo Summer Championships and U.S. Swimming Winter Juniors Championships.

Frank also made a splash in the classroom. He compiled a 5.3 GPA and earned admittance into Mt. Lebanon’s prestigious Cum Laude Society. He is a National Honor Society member. He earned a seat on the student athlete council and belongs to LeboSTARS. He serves as president of Lebo’s Future Business Leaders of America.

In his spare time, Frank participates in the high school orchestra as well as the Three Rivers Young Peoples Orchestra. He co-founded Violins for All and Start-Turn Clinic.

A four-year letter winner and two-year captain, Frank was a recipient of a WPIAL James Collins Scholar-Athlete Award. The senior was one of 20 finalists for the 33rd annual scholarship award, selected from a pool of 146 nominees.

Frank plans to pursue a degree in business. He has been accepted at Carnegie Mellon.

HONOREES

Jackson Edwards, freshman, Bethel Park

Matthew Klepchick, senior, Mt. Lebanon

Sangay Lama, junior, Mt. Lebanon

Max Shipley, senior, Upper. St. Clair

Griffin Tomsheck, junior, Upper St. Clair

Ben Whiteford, sophomore, Upper St. Clair

Nazar Zoukovski, sophomore, Upper St. Clair