Led by its two top swimmers, Madison Edgewood emerged from a three-way logjam and took the Badger Conference South title today at Stoughton HS's pool.
Edgewood, which finished the dual-meet season tied 4-1 with both Fort Atkinson and Milton, took the conference title with 509 points, easily topping defending champs Milton (425 points). Fort (422) and Monona Grove (341) were next at a conference meet that featured four Division 2 teams in the top 10 in the latest state coaches poll.
The Crusaders swam well all day long, and it's nice to have two swimmers the caliber of Chase Stephens and Drew teDuits to lead the way. Stevens won the 50 and 100 frees, the latter in a time (47.60) that would've won last year's D2 100 free title. teDuits took the 100 fly (51.63) and 100 back (52.46), topping Fort's Evan Hill in both races. The pair also teamed up in the medley and 200 free relays to lead Edgewood to first-place finishes in both relays.
But Edgewood's far from just a two-man team; a number of Crusaders stepped up with season-best times. Junior Eric Madsen, affectionately known as "Mad Dog" by his teammates, grabbed two third-place finishes in the 200 and 500 frees, while a host of others -- Mark Vukich, Casey Dahler, Will Hornung, Zach Munns, and Luke Landgraf -- picked up top-6 podium finishes for the team. Conference meets allow scoring by both A and B relays, and Edgewood consistently had the best B relays of the day, a testament to the team's top-quality depth.
Jeff Maxwell of Milton picked up wins in the 200 IM and the 500 free, the latter in a dominating 4:43. Regardless of who else in D2 swims the 500 at state this year, Maxwell will, and he looks like he'll be tough to chase down.
The meet's best race came down to the final event, as Edgewood's 400 free relay (without teDuits and Stephens) battled MG's 400 free relay (without top sprinter Aaron Pomeroy, sidelined as a precautionary move with a hurt shoulder) tooth and nail for all 16 laps. In the end, MG's Jake McDade (yep, he's mine) edged the Crusaders' Will Hornung to touch out in 3:23.52, a school record for the Silver Eagles and fourth-best so far in D2 this year.
Full results here...
Badger Boys Conf 2010
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Congratulations to your son for having a great conf meet!
Congratulations to your son for having a great meet and winning the 200 Free!
Phil, do you have the Badger North results. I heard there were 7 new conference records...six of them by Sauk.
Not yet -- hoping to get them sometime tonight still, or tomorrow. But will post them if they arrive.
It should be noted that there were at least 6 or 7 new conference records set today at the Badger South conference meet as well.
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