Alyse Block set four program records before attending her first day of high school. Swimming with her sister Izzy, the Panthers are off to a strong start.
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Gone are the days of swimming for yardage as coaches find ways to keep their sport fun and ensure athletes remember why they love to swim.
Photos of the Sauk Prairie and Mt. Horeb high school girls swimming teams meeting in a Badger West Conference dual meet on Thursday, Sept. 8 at Sauk Prairie High School.
Madoch, who will be a senior this season, was runner-up in two individual sprint events and was part of two victorious relays at the WIAA Division 1 boys swimming and diving state meet in February.
Jacob Ottelien, a Madison East graduate who has coached at the Monona Swim and Dive Club, was named the Wolves' coach.
Stacey Johansson has stepped down as the Spartans' coach.
The Madison East twins and Madison La Follette junior show how strong the prospective Eastside co-op could be next year.
Madison West's third-place finish led area teams at the WIAA Division 1 boys swimming and diving state meet Saturday at the Waukesha South Natatorium.
The senior swapped out his final dive to emphatically shatter the nine-year old record and win his first diving gold medal.
The Spartans senior smashed the previous record by over 100 points to capture state gold for the first time.
The Eagles won gold as part of seven podium finishes en route to a top-five team finish for the second consecutive year.
Photos from the WIAA Division 2 state boys swimming and diving championships on Friday, Feb. 18 at the Waukesha South Natatorium.
Photos from the WIAA Division 2 state boys swimming and diving championships on Friday, Feb. 18 at the Waukesha South Natatorium.
The Eagles opened the season towards the bottom of the Badger West. Two-and-a-half months later they're soaring into the final weekend of the season with 10 state qualifiers.
Madison Edgewood leads area teams into Friday's Division 2 state meet at the Waukesha South Natatorium. Madison West, Middleton and Sun Prairie lead area entrants into the Division 1 meet Saturday.
Berglund was supposed to study in Florida. Here's how the handball player found himself in a WIAA sectional over the weekend:
Even as losses mounted, the Thunderbirds stayed the course before putting together a late season surge to qualify two relays and junior Ryan Reuter in two individual events.
The senior notched the teams' two individual wins as the Eagles finished third as a team with 10 headed to state. The host T-Birds, led by sophomore Ryan Reuter, added four state qualifiers.
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The Crusaders triumph in seven of the 12 events, including two individual wins each by freshman Finnley Conklin and senior Colin Senke.
The Vikings junior was back in his comfort zone at Saturday's Baraboo sectional one year after being forced into other events due to a dislocated knee.
Photos of area teams competing in a WIAA Division 2 boys swimming sectional on Saturday, Feb. 12 at Jack Young Middle School in Baraboo. Madison Edgewood won seven of the 12 events en route to the team title after scoring 375 points.
With athetes in and out of the pool all season long, the Thunderbirds line-up was constantly changing. But morale remained high, and now they're at their strongest headed into sectionals
Mount Horeb's co-op with Verona ends after this season. The district named its first girls swimming coach and will hire a boys coach after the winter season.
Junior Atticus Nordmeyer and sophomore Abram Mueller led the Regents to the conference title Saturday at the Beloit Memorial Natatorium.
The Thunderbirds senior will take her sterling high school resume, replete with four-state medals and plenty of knowledge, to a strong Huskies program.
The senior isn't satisfied despite a college roster spot, two individual state medals and Edgewood's two state titles during his four years there. He's working for more.