Sometimes, a close miss can serve as a motivation. That appears to be the case with sophomore Nic Halverson of the Divison 2 Kiel/Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah co-op swim team.
Last year as a freshman, Halverson just missed qualifying for the D2 state meet in the 500 free. His time of 5:12.44 fell less than 1.2 seconds away from making into the state meet -- not much in the longest event swum at the high school level.
Halverson's looking to make amends this year. So far he's swum two of the fastest 500 free times in the state for D2 swimmers -- a 5:05.34 in a tri-dual meet against Plymouth and West Bend, and then a 5:02.61 to capture 1st place at the Oshkosh West Invite. In the latter race, he outdueled Appleton North/East's Jake Iotte (himself one of the best young 500 free swimmers in the state; he was 5th last year at the D1 state meet in the event) by just under a second.
The D2 500 free is fairly deep this season -- 12 of the 16 state qualifiers from last year return this season. But Halverson's early-season times suggest he'll be a factor in the race come Feburary.
UPDATE: Some results from yesterday are posted in the comments section -- thanks!
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Fort Atkinson defeats Madison Edgewood.
http://dailyunion.com/main.asp?SectionID=37&SubSectionID=111&ArticleID=4130&TM=43573.42
2009 Caleb Gottinger Memorial Invite - Saturday, December 12 at Milwaukee Riverside High School.
The meet featured the normal high school events but split into grade levels 9-10 & 11-12.
1st Cedarburg 395
2nd Nicolet 375
3rd Milw. Riverside 280
4th Franklin 218
5th Brown Deer/USM 203
6th Burlington 122
7th Milw. King 121
8th West Allis 119
9th Thomas More/St. Francis 59
10th Milw. Pulaski 14
9-10 Diving
1st K. Siverhaus, NIC, 264.95
2nd E. Gilday, NIC, 253.45
3rd E. Siverhaus, NIC, DQ
11-12 Diving
1st Rive, BD/USM, 274.45
2nd Smith, King, 244.10
3rd Allen, Riv, 233.65
9-10 Medley Relay
1st Riv, 2:05.32
2nd Burl, 2:06.45
3rd Ced, 2:08.23
11-12 Medley Relay
1st Ced, 1:49.69
2nd Riv, 1:52.97
3rd Nic, 1:56.92
9-10 200 Free
1st Briggs, Burl, 1:57.78
2nd Grambow, BD/USM, 2:00.27
3rd Hora, Ced, 2:02.28
11-12 200 Free
1st Nueville, Ced, 1:54.78
2nd Wynn, Nic, 1:55.07
3rd Gruenwald Riv, 2:00.03
9-10 200 IM
1st Lefeber, Fran, 2:07.43
2nd Kahn, Ced, 2:26.51
3rd Wilkie, Nic, 2:31.35
11-12 200 IM
1st Malnory, WA, 2:17.03
2nd Sim, Burl, 2:17.33
3rd Shuster, Nic, 2:21.87
9-10 50 Free
1st Higgins, Ced, 25.70
2nd Brantowicz, BD/USM, 25.89
3rd Miller, Riv, 26.09
11-12 50 Free
1st Newenhouse, Ced, 22.77
2nd Rono, Riv, 23.51
3rd Patnaik, Nic, 24.13
9-10 Fly
1st Hoffman, Nic, 1:07.70
2nd Kahn, Ced, 1:09.09
3rd Phil, Fran, 1:10.47
11-12 Fly
1st Patnaik, Nic, 1:01.97
2nd Peters, WA, 1:05.24
3rd Daniels, BD/USM 1:05.96
9-10 100 Free
1st DeGraff, Nic, 55.75
2nd Higgins, Ced, 57.30
3rd Gottinger, Riv 59.14
11-12 100 Free
1st Newenhouse, Ced, 49.35
2nd Rono, Riv, 51.50
3rd Shuster, Nic, 53.49
9-10 500 Free
1st Grambo, BD/USM, 5:24.62
2nd Hora, Ced, 5:24.84
3rd Miller, Riv, 5:40.50
11-12 500 Free
1st Wynn, Nic, 5:14.76
2nd Neuville, Ced, 5:20.31
3rd Holtz, Nic, 5:39.20
9-10 200 Free Relay
1st Nic, 1:46.18
2nd Ced, 1:49.35
3rd Fran, 1:50.04
11-12 200 Free Relay
1st Ced, 1:36.09
2nd Riv, 1:38.21
3rd BD/USM, 1:42.05
9-10 100 Back
1st Briggs, Burl, 1:00.94
2nd Olla, Nic, 1:09.02
3rd Lerner, Nic, 1:10.21
11-12 100 Back
1st Malnory, WA, 1:02.07
2nd Ladd, BD/USM, 1:05.39
3rd Donaldson, Ced, 1:07.09
9-10 100 Breast
1st Lefeber, Fran, 1:05.77
2nd Walker, Nic, 1:16.29
3rd Purucker, Riv, 1:17.54
11-12 100 Breast
1st Sim, Burl, 1:09.17
2nd Merryfield, Ced, 1:10.05
3rd Squire, Nic, 1:13.09
9-10 400 Free Relay
1st Nic, 4:01.24
2nd Ced, 4:04.87
3rd Riv, 4:06.73
11-12 400 Free Relay
1st Ced, 3:36.10
2nd Nic, 3:36.44
3rd WA, 3:42.53
The Fort Atk.-Edgewood dual was indeed a good meet, with Fort's depth making the difference. Fort went 1-2-4 in the breaststroke to pull ahead, then sealed the win with a victory in the 400 free relay. Some high-powered swimmers -- Edgewood's Drew teDuits and Chase Stevens, and Fort's Wyatt Paul and Evan Hill -- went at each other for most of the night. Expect quite a few fairly close meets this year in the Badger Conference South. For the story, go to: http://dailyunion.com/ and then click on Sports and the headline: "Fort Swimmers Dunk Edgewood."
By the way, another paper that does a fine job covering local high school swimming.
To Edgewood's defense of a poorly written article. Edgewood had the opportunity to tie the meet with the 400 free relay but decided to take Chase Stephens off the A relay and put him on the B.
The tie may be true but Edgewood was down 82-74 after the breaststroke event. They would have had to have gone first and third in the 400 Free Relay to tie. I think they would have won the relay but would not have finished third. The final score then would have been 88-82 in Fort Atkinson's favor. By putting Chase Stephens on the 'B' Relay they finished second and third.
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