D2 news -- Milton moved to Baraboo sectional

On the WIAA website, Milton -- which for most of the decade has swum at the Cudahy sectional with other southeastern Wisconsin D2 teams -- has been moved to the Baraboo sectional. The move was apparently precipitated by the inclusion of Milwaukee's Pius XI High School into the Cudahy sectional (previously a D1 school for swimming). Nicolet HS, whose enrollment dropped it down to D2 this year after being in D1, had already been placed in the Cudahy sectional, and the addition of Pius XI would've put 14 teams into that sectional.

Here's the sectional line-up:

http://www.wiaawi.org/swimmingboys/assignments.pdf

The move makes sense, as Milton's Badger Conference brethren all swim at the Baraboo sectional. But the addition of Milton to the Baraboo sectional will make an already strong sectional that much better, as Milton returns one of the state's best D2 swimmers -- Jeff Maxwell -- along with strong depth displayed at last week's Badger Conference Relays meet. The Baraboo sectional last year qualified 57 swimmers and relays for the state meet (second only to the Cudahy sectional with 62), and features three-time defending champ McFarland and a Madison Edgewood squad that finished tied for 4th last year at state.