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
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Friday, February 5, 2010
A busy weekend and week ahead
Most swim teams will be taking part in conference swim meets this weekend; I'll post results as we receive them. I've already contacted several folks who will be providing results, and thanks in advance to those who are sending them along. But I'd also welcome any additional results from coaches, meet managers, or parents, plus any additional tidbits about great races or meets. Send tips and info. to: wimcdade@tds.net
Sectional psych sheets will be posted by the WIAA sometime mid-week of next week, and we'll take a look at those as well. Then it's the big Saturday of sectionals, often viewed in the swimming world as the most nerve-wracking day of the season. Good luck to all swimmers (and their parents and coaches, who may need it more!)
Sectional psych sheets will be posted by the WIAA sometime mid-week of next week, and we'll take a look at those as well. Then it's the big Saturday of sectionals, often viewed in the swimming world as the most nerve-wracking day of the season. Good luck to all swimmers (and their parents and coaches, who may need it more!)
Big goals at Bay Port
Bay Port has been one of the better stories in Division 1 swimming this year, as the Pirates have risen to become one of the real threats to take home hardware from the state meet later this month.
The Green Bay Press-Gazette writes up their surge to to the top, noting it's been helped by senior Andrew Sumnicht's decision to trade club swimming for the high school season. Here's the story:
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20100202/GPG020507/2020483/Boys-swimming-Bay-Port-believes-time-is-right-for-best-ever-finish
The Green Bay Press-Gazette writes up their surge to to the top, noting it's been helped by senior Andrew Sumnicht's decision to trade club swimming for the high school season. Here's the story:
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20100202/GPG020507/2020483/Boys-swimming-Bay-Port-believes-time-is-right-for-best-ever-finish
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
2010 qualifying standards -- what will make it to state?
Within a week, boys swim coaches will be submitting entries for the sectional swim meets (due by noon Tuesday to the WIAA; see page 8 of the latest WIAA Bulletin:
http://www.wiaawi.org/bulletin/2009-10/bulletin11510.pdf )
Sectional entries, of course, represent something of a guessing game -- who will be swimming what events, what events may be deeper than others, and importantly what will be the final qualifying time to get into the state meet.
This year, the question about qualifying times is particularly filled with uncertainty, as these will be the first sectional meets held since the national high school ban on the high-tech bodysuits. Qualifying times (or the "qualifying standard") dropped noticeably last year in both divisions. Nine of the 11 qualifying times in Division 1 dropped last year, a third more than in either of the previous two years. Ten of the 11 qualifying times in Div. 2 dropped last year, double the average of the previous two years. Although there are no firm numbers on how many swimmers used high-tech suits at sectional meets, reports from around the state at the 10 sectional sites suggest they were used by a number of swimmers.
What follows at the end of this post is a link to the qualifying standards from last year (2009 QS). That time is then compared in the spreadsheet format to the average qualifying standard time for the past three years (06-08 QS). The link also provides the qualifying standards for both divisions for each of those three years (2008 QS, 2007 QS, and 2006 QS). Times noted with an asterisk are events in which an automatic qualifier had a slower time than the final qualifying time.
What I found interesting in doing the comparisons:
-- Qualifying times for nearly all relays last year got faster, much more so in some cases, compared to previous years. For instance, the Div. 1 medley relay qualifying time was more than two seconds faster than any of the previous three years. The D2 400 free relay was more than 4.5 seconds faster last year than in any of the previous three years.
-- Two individual events in D1 -- the fly and breaststroke -- got noticeably faster last year compared to previous years. In D2, the 200 IM and 100 free got noticeably faster.
-- On the other hand, some events showed no real significant drop in qualifying times last year. In D1, the 200 free qualifying time was the highest in the past four years, and the 500 free and 100 back times stayed around their recent historic levels. The same held true in D2, where the 200 medley relay and 100 back times were around recent time standards.
Here's the link the qualifying time standards...
boysstatequalifyingstands06-09
http://www.wiaawi.org/bulletin/2009-10/bulletin11510.pdf )
Sectional entries, of course, represent something of a guessing game -- who will be swimming what events, what events may be deeper than others, and importantly what will be the final qualifying time to get into the state meet.
This year, the question about qualifying times is particularly filled with uncertainty, as these will be the first sectional meets held since the national high school ban on the high-tech bodysuits. Qualifying times (or the "qualifying standard") dropped noticeably last year in both divisions. Nine of the 11 qualifying times in Division 1 dropped last year, a third more than in either of the previous two years. Ten of the 11 qualifying times in Div. 2 dropped last year, double the average of the previous two years. Although there are no firm numbers on how many swimmers used high-tech suits at sectional meets, reports from around the state at the 10 sectional sites suggest they were used by a number of swimmers.
What follows at the end of this post is a link to the qualifying standards from last year (2009 QS). That time is then compared in the spreadsheet format to the average qualifying standard time for the past three years (06-08 QS). The link also provides the qualifying standards for both divisions for each of those three years (2008 QS, 2007 QS, and 2006 QS). Times noted with an asterisk are events in which an automatic qualifier had a slower time than the final qualifying time.
What I found interesting in doing the comparisons:
-- Qualifying times for nearly all relays last year got faster, much more so in some cases, compared to previous years. For instance, the Div. 1 medley relay qualifying time was more than two seconds faster than any of the previous three years. The D2 400 free relay was more than 4.5 seconds faster last year than in any of the previous three years.
-- Two individual events in D1 -- the fly and breaststroke -- got noticeably faster last year compared to previous years. In D2, the 200 IM and 100 free got noticeably faster.
-- On the other hand, some events showed no real significant drop in qualifying times last year. In D1, the 200 free qualifying time was the highest in the past four years, and the 500 free and 100 back times stayed around their recent historic levels. The same held true in D2, where the 200 medley relay and 100 back times were around recent time standards.
Here's the link the qualifying time standards...
boysstatequalifyingstands06-09
Wrapping up last weekend
A few more results from last weekend's swim meets:
-- Brookfield topped New Berlin and Greenfield/Greendale at the Bob White Invitational in Wauwatosa. Coming off a near-miss to #1 (Div. 1) Waukesha South/Catholic Memorial in a dual meet, Brookfield tallied 558 points to easily top NB (408) and G/G (306). The best race of the day saw Brookfield's Spencer Rose just hold off G/G's Matt Jungers by .01 to win the 200 IM in 2:02.14. G/G's Mike Lucchesi (50/100 frees) and Jack Lennertz (100 fly/back), along with NB's Alex Rodenrkirk (200/500 frees) all recorded double wins at the meet. Brookfield's wins came from sophomore diver William Sass and its 400 free relay. Full results here...
bobwhitgeinvite2010resultspaper
-- Racine Case topped a 10-team field at the Racine County Invitational held at Racine Park HS Saturday with 359 points to 293 for runner-up Lake Geneva Badger. Kenosha Bradford's Joe and John DeVroy and Watertown's Nick Wolhaupter were all double-winners at the meet. Coverage here from the Racine Journal-Times:
http://www.journaltimes.com/sports/high-school/article_fb83b576-0e15-11df-b75b-001cc4c002e0.html
-- The battle of the Wuerger coaches went to Bill of Verona/Mount Horeb, as his Wildcats edged brother Todd's Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights squad 88-82 Saturday at Sauk's pool. Sauk had the better of it in winning races, taking nine of the 11 events. But Verona's superior depth proved the difference. There were some terrific races in this meet, including Sauk's Tyler Lentz just edging out Verona's Derek Toomey in the 200 free, and teammate Matt Friede doing the same to Toomey in the 100 free. Full results here...
Sauk_Verona Results2010
-- Brookfield topped New Berlin and Greenfield/Greendale at the Bob White Invitational in Wauwatosa. Coming off a near-miss to #1 (Div. 1) Waukesha South/Catholic Memorial in a dual meet, Brookfield tallied 558 points to easily top NB (408) and G/G (306). The best race of the day saw Brookfield's Spencer Rose just hold off G/G's Matt Jungers by .01 to win the 200 IM in 2:02.14. G/G's Mike Lucchesi (50/100 frees) and Jack Lennertz (100 fly/back), along with NB's Alex Rodenrkirk (200/500 frees) all recorded double wins at the meet. Brookfield's wins came from sophomore diver William Sass and its 400 free relay. Full results here...
bobwhitgeinvite2010resultspaper
-- Racine Case topped a 10-team field at the Racine County Invitational held at Racine Park HS Saturday with 359 points to 293 for runner-up Lake Geneva Badger. Kenosha Bradford's Joe and John DeVroy and Watertown's Nick Wolhaupter were all double-winners at the meet. Coverage here from the Racine Journal-Times:
http://www.journaltimes.com/sports/high-school/article_fb83b576-0e15-11df-b75b-001cc4c002e0.html
-- The battle of the Wuerger coaches went to Bill of Verona/Mount Horeb, as his Wildcats edged brother Todd's Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights squad 88-82 Saturday at Sauk's pool. Sauk had the better of it in winning races, taking nine of the 11 events. But Verona's superior depth proved the difference. There were some terrific races in this meet, including Sauk's Tyler Lentz just edging out Verona's Derek Toomey in the 200 free, and teammate Matt Friede doing the same to Toomey in the 100 free. Full results here...
Sauk_Verona Results2010
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Latest state poll -- Blackshirts, Spartans still #1
The state coaches poll (http://www.wisca.net) remains unchaged at the top, with the Waukesha South/Catholic Memorial Blackshirts on top in D1 and the three-time defending state champ McFarland Spartans #1 in D2.
Chippewa Falls/McDonell Central was a notable addition to the top-10 in D1; the Hudson sectional should prove to be a good contest between Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls/MC, two emerging statewide powers from northwestern Wisconsin.
D2 had a few changes -- Whitefish Bay moving up to #2 (from #3), Berlin/Green Lake up to #5 (from #6), and Monona Grove up to #7 (from #9), all after solid showings at last weekend's Small School State Inviational. D2 remains extremely close among the teams ranked 5th-10th.
D1
1: Waukesha South/Catholic Memorial -- 473 points
2: Hartland Arrowhead -- 394
3: Madison Memorial -- 379
4: Bay Port -- 362
5: Eau Claire -- 339
T-6: Sauk Prairie-Wisconsin Heights -- 304
T-6: New Berlin West/Eisenhower -- 304
8: Verona/Mount Horeb -- 267
9: Chippewa Falls/McDonell Central -- 236
10: Wausau East -- 225
D2
1: McFarland -- 631 points
2: Whitefish Bay -- 498
3: Shorewood -- 434
4: Madison Edgewood -- 335
5: Berlin/Green Lake -- 288
6: Fort Atkinson -- 287
7: Monona Grove -- 272
8: Plymouth -- 252
T-9: Cedarburg -- 250
T-9: Milton -- 250
Chippewa Falls/McDonell Central was a notable addition to the top-10 in D1; the Hudson sectional should prove to be a good contest between Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls/MC, two emerging statewide powers from northwestern Wisconsin.
D2 had a few changes -- Whitefish Bay moving up to #2 (from #3), Berlin/Green Lake up to #5 (from #6), and Monona Grove up to #7 (from #9), all after solid showings at last weekend's Small School State Inviational. D2 remains extremely close among the teams ranked 5th-10th.
D1
1: Waukesha South/Catholic Memorial -- 473 points
2: Hartland Arrowhead -- 394
3: Madison Memorial -- 379
4: Bay Port -- 362
5: Eau Claire -- 339
T-6: Sauk Prairie-Wisconsin Heights -- 304
T-6: New Berlin West/Eisenhower -- 304
8: Verona/Mount Horeb -- 267
9: Chippewa Falls/McDonell Central -- 236
10: Wausau East -- 225
D2
1: McFarland -- 631 points
2: Whitefish Bay -- 498
3: Shorewood -- 434
4: Madison Edgewood -- 335
5: Berlin/Green Lake -- 288
6: Fort Atkinson -- 287
7: Monona Grove -- 272
8: Plymouth -- 252
T-9: Cedarburg -- 250
T-9: Milton -- 250
Monday, February 1, 2010
Small School State redux -- is D2 getting faster?
The Small School State Invitational provides a good preview of the Division 2 state meet to be held Feb. 19. The field is deep, with 19 teams, and most of the top D2 teams attend (with the notable exception of Madison Edgewood). Although it doesn't include a number of solid swimmers who will almost certainly end up at the state meet, it includes a broad enough range of swimmers to provide a decent picture of what's to come in D2 in the next few weeks.
So I thought it worthy to compare some of the times from this year's Small School State Invite to those of last year's meet. It's safe to say that this year's meet was faster, both in terms of the winning times and in the depth of faster times swum. Times compared were: 1st-place times, 6th-place times (the place needed to be recognized on the starting blocks at the meet hosted at Plymouth), and 16th-place times (the last place to score points). Based on the comparison:
-- Nine of the 11 winning times this year were faster than last year.
-- Nine of the 11 6th-place times this year were faster than last year.
-- All but one of the 16th-place times this year was faster than last year.
In addition, the small number of slower times this year were slower by the barest of margins. For instance, the 100 breaststroke this year was won by McFarland's Jacob Mandli in 1:01.69; last year's winning time by Delavan-Darien's Nathan Johnson was 1:01.61. The same held true with this year's 6th-place time in the 200 free (.06 seconds slower this year than last year) and the 16th-place 200 free relay (.03 seconds slower this year than last year). Only the 400 free relay -- swum last year by a McFarland foursome that set the state's all-time D2 record at state -- stood out as considerably faster last year.
Events that looked noticeably faster this year included the 100 butterfly and the 500 free. This year, 11 swimmers broke 1 minute in the fly; last year, only five did. In the 500 free, the 6th-place time this year was more than seven seconds faster than last year's 6th-place time (Kiel's Nic Halverson dropped his time by more than 11 seconds in the 500 this year and improved only one place -- from 5th last year to 4th this year). Relays also looked generally faster up and down the board.
Whether this translates into faster qualifying times at sectionals in two weeks, or faster times at the D2 state meet, is hard to tell. There's still an open question about how times will be impacted by the ban on high-tech bodysuits, so much in vogue at last year's state meet (and to some extent at sectionals as well). We'll file a post on qualifying standards sometime in the next week.
Small School State time comparison by event (first time is 2010; second time is from 2009; times from 2009 in italics are faster than 2010):
1st place
200 medley relay: 1:39.46; 1:41.05
200 free: 1:45.75; 1:45.98
200 IM: 1:57.31; 1:59.01
50 free: 22.48; 22.75
100 fly: 52.11; 53.34
100 free: 48.92; 49.79
500 free: 4:45.65; 4:47.04
200 free relay: 1:28.96; 1:32.62
100 back: 53.19; 54.05
100 breaststroke: 1:01.69; 1:01.61
400 free relay: 3:22.28; 3:18.35
6th place
200 medley relay: 1:46.70; 1:47.71
200 free: 1:53.27; 1:53.21
200 IM: 2:05.61; 2:06.71
50 free: 23.38; 23.43
100 fly: 57.79; 1:00.07
100 free: 50.90; 50.61
500 free: 5:04.45; 5:11.85
200 free relay: 1:35.44; 1:36.69
100 back: 56.48; 57.13
100 breaststroke: 1:04.19; 1:05.23
400 free relay: 3:29.58; 3:29.90
16th place
200 medley relay: 1:58.88; 2:00.10
200 free: 1:58.37; 1:59.17
200 IM: 2:12.64; 2:17.48
50 free: 24.57; 25.02
100 fly: 1:01.52; 1:05.05
100 free: 53.52; 53.96
500 free: 5:20.79; 5:26.74
200 free relay: 1:43.56; 1:43.53
100 back: 1:02.24; 1:03.01
100 breaststroke: 1:08.24; 1:09.44
400 free relay: 3:45.03; 3:54.05
True fanatics (and I know you're out there) may want to peruse last year's Small School State results here (see this post for this year's results:
http://wiscswim.blogspot.com/2010/01/spartan-err-small-school-state_30.html
Boys 09 Small School State Results -01!31!09
So I thought it worthy to compare some of the times from this year's Small School State Invite to those of last year's meet. It's safe to say that this year's meet was faster, both in terms of the winning times and in the depth of faster times swum. Times compared were: 1st-place times, 6th-place times (the place needed to be recognized on the starting blocks at the meet hosted at Plymouth), and 16th-place times (the last place to score points). Based on the comparison:
-- Nine of the 11 winning times this year were faster than last year.
-- Nine of the 11 6th-place times this year were faster than last year.
-- All but one of the 16th-place times this year was faster than last year.
In addition, the small number of slower times this year were slower by the barest of margins. For instance, the 100 breaststroke this year was won by McFarland's Jacob Mandli in 1:01.69; last year's winning time by Delavan-Darien's Nathan Johnson was 1:01.61. The same held true with this year's 6th-place time in the 200 free (.06 seconds slower this year than last year) and the 16th-place 200 free relay (.03 seconds slower this year than last year). Only the 400 free relay -- swum last year by a McFarland foursome that set the state's all-time D2 record at state -- stood out as considerably faster last year.
Events that looked noticeably faster this year included the 100 butterfly and the 500 free. This year, 11 swimmers broke 1 minute in the fly; last year, only five did. In the 500 free, the 6th-place time this year was more than seven seconds faster than last year's 6th-place time (Kiel's Nic Halverson dropped his time by more than 11 seconds in the 500 this year and improved only one place -- from 5th last year to 4th this year). Relays also looked generally faster up and down the board.
Whether this translates into faster qualifying times at sectionals in two weeks, or faster times at the D2 state meet, is hard to tell. There's still an open question about how times will be impacted by the ban on high-tech bodysuits, so much in vogue at last year's state meet (and to some extent at sectionals as well). We'll file a post on qualifying standards sometime in the next week.
Small School State time comparison by event (first time is 2010; second time is from 2009; times from 2009 in italics are faster than 2010):
1st place
200 medley relay: 1:39.46; 1:41.05
200 free: 1:45.75; 1:45.98
200 IM: 1:57.31; 1:59.01
50 free: 22.48; 22.75
100 fly: 52.11; 53.34
100 free: 48.92; 49.79
500 free: 4:45.65; 4:47.04
200 free relay: 1:28.96; 1:32.62
100 back: 53.19; 54.05
100 breaststroke: 1:01.69; 1:01.61
400 free relay: 3:22.28; 3:18.35
6th place
200 medley relay: 1:46.70; 1:47.71
200 free: 1:53.27; 1:53.21
200 IM: 2:05.61; 2:06.71
50 free: 23.38; 23.43
100 fly: 57.79; 1:00.07
100 free: 50.90; 50.61
500 free: 5:04.45; 5:11.85
200 free relay: 1:35.44; 1:36.69
100 back: 56.48; 57.13
100 breaststroke: 1:04.19; 1:05.23
400 free relay: 3:29.58; 3:29.90
16th place
200 medley relay: 1:58.88; 2:00.10
200 free: 1:58.37; 1:59.17
200 IM: 2:12.64; 2:17.48
50 free: 24.57; 25.02
100 fly: 1:01.52; 1:05.05
100 free: 53.52; 53.96
500 free: 5:20.79; 5:26.74
200 free relay: 1:43.56; 1:43.53
100 back: 1:02.24; 1:03.01
100 breaststroke: 1:08.24; 1:09.44
400 free relay: 3:45.03; 3:54.05
True fanatics (and I know you're out there) may want to peruse last year's Small School State results here (see this post for this year's results:
http://wiscswim.blogspot.com/2010/01/spartan-err-small-school-state_30.html
Boys 09 Small School State Results -01!31!09
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