Last weekend saw a terrific three-way race in the 500 free at the Platteville-Lancaster Hillmen Invitational at UW-Platteville. The race featured defending D2 state champ Jeff Maxwell, Muskego's Bobby Wolf (4th in the 500 at last year's D1 state meet), and Madison Edgewood's Chase Stevens, one of the most consistent D2 500 swimmer this year.
In the end, Stephens pulled off a mild upset, winning with a time of 4:49.37, with Maxwell second in 4:50.23 and Wolf just behind in third with a 4:50.69. It's closing in on conference and sectional time, but three swimmers going around 4:50 and under at a meet doesn't happen all that often.
The trio also faced off in the 200 free, with Maxwell emerging as the winner in 1:47.54, Stephens in second in 1:48.57, and Wolf in third in 1:49.53 -- again, very solid times for a non-conference/non-sectional meet. What was evident during the girls high school season is readily evident for the boys -- times have gotten quicker this year, and qualifying times for state are surely to drop from last year.
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