Craig JV Invite

Despite losing two of the teams who were supposed to compete in the meet, Craig and Parker battled it out for JV bragging rights. After a beginning the meet with a couple disappointing disqualifications, the Cougars gave their best and emerged victorious! Almost everyone earned a medal in the meet including individual high finishes for: Ryan Prestil, Ryan Teuscher, Nick Krueger, John Casper, Lucas Canik and Erik Davis. Many swimmers had PR's and finished out their high school season in style.

Lucas Canik won the 500 Freestyle with a personal best 6:32.62.

Nick Krueger won both the 100 Free and the 100 Backstroke with personal best times.

Ryan Prestil won the 100 Breaststroke with a 1:15.62.

Other exciting first place medals were earned by the 200 Free Relay team of Ryan Teuscher, Nick Krueger, John Casper, and Logan Lindau and the 400 Free Relay team of Erik Davis, John Casper, Travis Condon, and Logan Lindau.

Congratulations on a great season to the JV guys!

Craig @ Madison East

The team started their meet against Madison East with "warm ups," which were anything but warm. BRRR!

Junior, Alex Loftus earned victories in both the 200 individual medley (2:06.10) and the 100 breaststroke (1:03.22).

Freshman, Spencer Mattox won the 500 freestyle (5:09.42).

(See article 'Madison Schools Defeat Janesville Swimmers' at the left column.)

Craig @ Spartan JV Invite

The JV swimmers traveled to Madison Memorial to compete in their first of two end-of-season taper meets. Entering the meet with the largest Cougar contigent in recent memory, the boys hoped to be competitive against the rugged Big Eight competition. While almost all of the swimmers had a PR's, highlights were: the 200 Medley Relay and 200 Free Relay medaling; Nick Krueger finishing 4th in the 100 Free and 3rd in the 100 Back. These were the highest finishes by a Cougar JV swimmer in at least the last 10 years!

Craig @ Menomonee Falls Invite

After swimming slow times at Beloit's pool the night before, the boys were raring to go at on Saturday, January 23. Ten teams competed in the Indian Invitational at Menomonee Falls. The Cougars earned 5th place. Alex Loftus took first in the 100 breaststroke with 1:02.33 and second in the 200 IM with a 2:02.68. A number of PR's and great swims gave the swimmers confidence going into their taper. After the meet the guys headed to the New York Cheesecake Factory to celebrate the day's success.

(See Gazette article 'Craig Swimmers 5th @ Menomonee Falls' at left column)

Craig @ Beloit Memorial

The boys faced adversity traveling to compete against the Purple Tide. With no starting blocks due to a shallow pool, the guys did their best despite the big disadvantage of not have a diving start. It was good to get back to our winning ways as we easily defeated Beloit.

See article in the Gazette online (in the left column).

Craig @ Cardinal Invite

Despite finishing down in the team standings, the team did quite well. Many swimmers posted their best relay splits of the season. The 300 Breast Relay finished 4th for our best finish of the meet.

See Gazette article at left column.

Craig @ Middleton & West

The Middleton/West triple dual went very well. After not having a meet for 3 weeks, the boys could not wait to swim. Alex Loftus set two career-best times in his wins in the 200 IM and the 100 breaststroke. Many PR's were set by the team. We hope the effort continues at practice and the times continue to drop. See Gazette article 'Cougar's Loftus wins two events' in left column.

Craig @ Elkhorn Invite

The Elkhorn Invite was a meet the team set it's sights on winning from the beginning of the season. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

For more on this meet, click on the Gazette article in the left column.

Craig vs Memorial & Verona

In our first dual-triple meet with Madison Memorial and Verona, junior, Alex Loftus' win in the 200 IM (2:02.88) was one of the highlights of the meet. Freshman, Spencer Mattox took third in the 200 IM with a time of 2:08.80. Alex and Spencer placed 2nd and 3rd in the 100 Breaststroke (behind Memorial's Michael Drives, '09 state champion in the 200 free) with times of 1:03.29 and 1:04.24 respectively. The competition was tough and a number of personal bests were achieved.

For more on this meet, click on the Gazette article 'Craig's Loftus cruises to victory' on the left column.