Franklin Regional, Mt. Pleasant swimmers strike gold at WPIAL meet

Feb. 26—The smile on Thomas Westerman's face said it all. The Franklin Regional junior stood on the top of the medals podium at the WPIAL championships for the first time Thursday. Westerman trimmed more than a second and a half off his seed time in the 200-yard freestyle at Pitt's Trees Pool. When he touched the wall with his time of 1 minute, 40.91 seconds, he was a Class 3A champion. "It ...