Congratulations to the Milwaukee Riverside/Bay View co-op, which edged Milwaukee King/Washington 417-394 to to win the Milwaukee City Conference Swim Meet.
Milwaukee city swimming rarely grabs the sport's headlines, as the city teams simply don't compete with the state's top swim programs. But city swimmers put in the same early-morning and after-school hours practicing as other teams, and reap the same intangible rewards that swimming provides, even without the fanfare that accompanies the state's elite programs.
Riverside/Bay View came away with the city conference title by winning 10 of the 12 events, including all three relays. Senior sprinter Nicole Kohnke set a meet record in winning the 50 free in 26.17, then joined teammates Lydia and Esther Gottinger and Nakema Perry in setting another meet record of 1:49.21 in winning the 200 free relay.
Keep an eye on Kohnke and sister Jaime -- Nicole last year came within a half-second of qualifying for state in the 50 free, and Jaime's winning time in the 100 butterfly at the conference meet (1:02.78) is within striking distance of last year's D1 state qualifying time in the event (1:01.08). The city conference last qualified a swimmer for the state meet in 2005.
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