Friday, January 30, 2009

Two big meets

The boys high school swim season is winding down, and two big meets this weekend will help set the stage for conference and sectional swim meets to come.

In Madison, Madison West will host the Madison Invitational at the UW-Madison Natatorium Saturday, site of the state meet. The meet will feature most of the major Madison-area Div. 1 teams, including the host Regents and the #1 ranked Memorial Spartans, along with a strong contingent of Div. 1 squads, including #4 Milwaukee Marquette, #10 Neenah, and a small but solid squad from Wausau East. With a solid field, it will be interesting to see how Memorial in particular matches up to its top ranking.

Meanwhile, Shorewood will host the Small School Invite, featuring most of the state's top D2 squads, including top-ranked McFarland, #2 Whitefish Bay and the host team, currently ranked third. McFarland has really only been tested by D1 teams this year; most of its competition Saturday will be the folks trying to prevent the Spartans from capturing a third straight state title in a few weeks.

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