The Woodland Conference swim meet featured a close contest between two top teams from each division -- a New Berlin team featuring a solid cast of Division 1 swimmers (and ranked #7 in the latest D1 poll), and a very deep Shorewood squad that's been ranked in the top 3 for most of the D2 season.
At their conference swim meet at the new Greenfield HS pool Saturday, Shorewood edged New Berlin 474-451 in a come-from-behind win for the ages.
During the meet, New Berlin and third-place Greenfield/Greendale swapped 1st-place finishes, with NB's Alex Rodenkirk picking up wins in the 200 and 500 frees, along with NB wins in the medley and 200 free relays, while G/G's Jack Lennertz (50 free/100 fly), Matt Jungers (200 IM) and Mike Lucchesi (100 back) picked up wins for the host team. Shorewood, meanwhile, used its superior depth to place multiple individuals in the top 16 in each of the events.
It looked like it might be NB's day after its 200 free relay beat Shorewood, with G/G squeezed in between for 2nd place, with an added 9th-place finish by the NB B relay. But Shorewood began its rally with a clutch win from backstroker Stephen Meyer, who edged out G/G's Jungers 54.62 to 55.13. Then Shorewood turned to its amazing collection of breaststrokers. There may be teams with better breaststrokers than Shorewood, but who has more good ones? Shorewood's breaststrokers, led by Jay Tomasiewicz' 3rd-place showing, went 3-4-5-8-9-11 in the race (with everyone under 1:12), picking up an amazing 74 points to NB's 21 (this despite Jason Johnsen's conference record win of 1:01.78). The breaststroke deluge gave Shorewood a slim five-point lead heading into the final event, and the Greyhounds clinched the conference meet win with 3rd- and 6th-place showings by its A and B 400 free relays.
Full results here...
Woodland Conf Boys 2010
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First time in 67 years!
Congratulations to Shorewood. A very exciting meet for everyone. New Berlin won six events setting five new conference records in the process. Greenfield did a very good job hosting their first big meet in the new pool. The Sectional should be a well run meet this Saturday as well.
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