Round-up of weekend meets

It was a busy weekend for boys swimming. Here are some highlights:

-- The Brookfield co-op (Central and East high schools) won the Shorewood Invitational with 519.5 points, easily topping D2 power Shorewood (468.5) and New Berlin (421). Nicolet (270.5), West Bend (236.5) and Kenosha Tremper (184) followed. The Brookfield team, #9 in the latest state D1 poll, was led by senior Spencer Rose, who won the 200 IM (2:01.75) and contributed legs on the team's winning 200 free (1:31.22) and 400 free (3:19.48) relays. Distance swimmer Colton Gilmore picked up a win in the 500 free (4:57.73), while William Sass picked up a win in diving (372.55). New Berlin also won five events, including the medley relay, but couldn't keep up with Brookfield's superior depth. Alex Rodenkirk continued his fine season with wins in the 200 (1:45.58) and 100 free (47.52), while Jason Johnsen picked up win in the 100 breaststroke (1:01.94) and Josh Solie did likewise in the 50 free (22.90) for NB. Shorewood's Stephen Meyer picked up a win in the 100 back (55.34).

UPDATE -- Results here...
2010 SHS Boys Invite

-- D2 Ashwaubenon won the Neenah Rocket Sprint Invitational, a meet that featured almost all sprints, including the rarely contested (past the age of 8) 25-yard free (won by Appleton North/East's Josh Kinney in 11.72). The Ashwaubenon Jaguars won only one event at the meet -- the 100-yard free relay -- but used its depth to pick up the win, 540.5 tp 495. Appleton N/E finished 3rd with 477. Neenah's Matt Hollub had a hand in three wins for the host team, including the 100 free (48.6). Nathan Cox of Menomonee Falls/Germantown/Hamilton won the diving with 440.90 points over Appleton West/Kimberly's 369.90 in a match-up of two top contenders for the D1 state diving title; Cox is the defending state champ.

-- Sheboygan South won its Redwing Invitational, racking up 426 points to finish ahead of D2 rival Plymouth with 389 points. Plymouth won four events to Sheboygan South's one, but the Redwings used solid depth to capture the title. Plymouth's Jesse Gambrell won the 200 IM and 100 breaststroke; details here:
http://www.sheboyganpress.com/article/20100117/SHE020507/1170543/-1/varsity

with some nice photos of the meet here from the Sheboygan Press:
http://www.sheboyganpress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=U0&Dato=20100116&Kategori=SHE0205&Lopenr=1160810&Ref=PH

-- Led by Greg Hameister, D2 Berlin/Green Lake won the Fond du Lac Invitational with 354 points, topping Racine Case (306). Other top teams included Hartford (300), Wausau East (289) and Waunakee (243). Hameister, emerging in his sophomore year as one of D2's better sprinters, won the 100 free (49.53) and was 2nd in the 200 free (1:50.01), while leading off his team's winning 400 free relay with a nifty 49.21 opening leg. Hartford's Aiden Kohnhorst and Wausau East's Danny Brebrick, two of the better D1 swimmers around, hooked up twice in the 200 and 500 frees, with Kohnhorst winning both times (1:45.64 to 1:45.90 in the 200 free; 4:46.79 to 4:51.94 in the 500). Brebrick got a bit of revenge in the 200 free relay, his 21.75 anchor leg sealing a win for WEast in the event.

Full results here...
FondyInvite2010