Waukesha West's Stephanie Armstrong, who won two state titles last year, has decided to drop high school swimming and swim for her Waukehsa Express club team this year, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports. Armstrong, a junior in eligibility, had an outstanding state meet last fall, winning both the 200 and 100 freestyles. She dropped more than four seconds off her seed time in the 200 free, winning with a 1:50.23, then came back and upset defending 100 free champ Ruby Martin with a time of 50.71, dropping more than a second off her seed time.
High school swimmers opting to swim for their club teams is not all that unusual, but Armstrong's departure is certainly one of the highest-profile departures from high school swimming in recent years.
Armstrong's decision potentially throws open this year's D1 200 free, as only two of the top eight finishers from last year (Middleton sophomore Katie Delaney, 3rd, and Madison West's Abby Mundt, 7th) return.
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