Madison Memorial showed it will likely be a top contender come D1 state meet time after one of the first early tests of the swim season. The Spartans on Wednesday topped a quality field at the Brookfield Invitational, easily winning with 425 points to runner-up Middleton's 346.5. Marquette, third in last year's state meet, finished third at the Brookfield meet with 344.5 points, ahead of fourth-place Hartland Arrowhead (313), last year's defending D1 state champs.
The meet results should probably come with an asterisk, however, as neither of Arrowhead's two best swimmers -- sprinter Mitchell Friedemann and distance swimmer Ryan Hansen -- swam individual events at the meet. The Spartans were led by junior Michael Drives, who won the 200 IM (1:58.82) and the 500 free (4:46.08) with solid early-season times. Drives also swam the breaststroke leg on the winning medley relay (1:42.14), and diver Nate Broadbridge won a close match-up with Marquette's Mike Donofrio -- the two are among the top returning divers in the state this year.
The meet also marked the debut of two highly anticipated freshmen -- Lucas Kuriga for Marquette and Jake Prodoehl for HA. Both have been tearing through state age-group meets for the past two years. Prodoehl won the 100 free at the Brookfield meet (49.30) and finished third in the 50 free (22.77) -- both qualifying times for the D1 state meet last year. Kuriga finished third in the 100 fly (55.67) and swam on Marqeutte's winning 200 and 400 free relays.
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