Last weekend was a big one for swim invites around the state. Here's a quick round-up:
-- McFarland ran away from the seven-team field at the College Events Invitational at Stoughton HS Saturday, its 737 points easily topping fellow Badger Conference North team Baraboo (515). The Spartans won all three relays -- the 400 medley, the 200 free, and the 800 free -- and 10 of the 13 individual events. Only DeForest/Sun Prairie's Chris Hovel (50/100 frees) and Monona Grove's Jake McDade (200 back) prevented a clean sweep by McFarland. Double winners for the Spartans in individual events included senior Peter Grenzow (200 free/100 back) and Max Schimanski (1,000/500 frees). Particularly impressive was sophomore Jacob Mandli's 15+ second-win in the 200 breaststroke; his opening 100 of 1:04.07 would've easily won the 100 breaststroke (and only a few D2 breaststrokers have swum faster this year than his opening 100 split). Mandli finished 8th last year at the D2 state meet in the breaststroke, but currently owns the fastest time posted this year on the coaches top-30 list among D2 breaststrokers.
-- New Berlin won the Rocket Invitational at South Milwaukee for the third straight year, and another big day from their big three of Alex Rodenkirk, Jasen Johnson, and Josh Solie. Rodenkirk won the 200 (1:44.38 -- pool record) and 500 frees (4:49.35), while Johnson won the 100 breaststroke (1:01.18) and Solie the 50 free (22.74). Teammate Matt Schumacher added a win in the 100 free (51.83). All four had a hand in New Berlin's three winning relays, as well, with Johnson and Rondenkirk joining Jared Moranski and Chris Kaminski to set a pool record in the 200 free relay (1:32.34). With New Berlin, Hartland Arrowhead and Waukesha South/Catholic Memorial all swimming well this year, the Waukesha South D1 sectional looks to be a real shoot-out this year.
-- Bayport, probably the best D1 team in the state north of the Madison-Milwaukee axis, picked up a win in the Ashwaubenon Jaguars Invitational held at Lawrence College. The Pirates won all but one event in rolling to a win. Details and some times here:
http://www.postcrescent.com/article/201001100422/GPG020511/1100672
-- Sheboygan South picked up a win at the all-relay Sheboygan North Raider Relays, edged D2 Sturgeon Bay/Southern Door 112-94. Best details here in this story from the Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter: http://www.htrnews.com/article/20100110/MAN020507/100109044/-1/Varsity
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I had the chance to see SB swim for the first time this past weekend. They definitely are competitive and they seem to be a bit deeper this year but have lost a bit on the top end of pure speed. I don't believe any of their kids swim hard year round so what happens with them at the end might open a few eyes.
i was looking in the state journal EW and MG the fly a 51.38 is that the fastest in state WOW THATS FAST
Please -- really, I beg of you -- take with a grain of salt any results that show up in the State Journal (and I say this as a former employee...). Take a look at the 100 free time -- also a 51.33 (51.33 is the listed time for both the 100 fly and 100 free.) Think they were transposed, and the time for one of the races was listed as the time for the other? Indeed, it was! (I know this because I was at this meet, and the winning fly time as actually a 57.81.)
But, par for the course for the State Journal when it comes to swimming -- look at the Milton-Fort Atkinson meet results. They list Milton's Jeff Maxwell as winning the 100 fly in 1:19.55. I'm pretty sure Jeff was swimming the 100 fly in that time when he was, oh, 10 years old or so.
But, then again, this is a paper that got around to running its boys swim season "outlook" just yesterday, two months into the season, and last week listed swim meet results (and the state swim poll) under the heading of "girls swimming," a season that's been over for quite some time now.
Ah, fun to crack on an old employer...congrats to Jake on his win in the back! (to other readers, will try to keep the home family rahs-rahs to a minimum)
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