Craig @ STATE

The Craig boys swim team were at the UW-Natatorium to compete at their last meet of the 2010-2011 swim season. The Medley Relay team of Nick Krueger, Alex Loftus, Troy Thornton and Tyler Meinders posted a 1:41.24 to finish 14th. Alex Loftus swam a 2:00.16 to place 15th in the 200 IM and a 59.41 to finish 9th in the 100 Breaststroke. The 400 Free Relay team of Tyler Meinders, Tad Martin, Jacob Canik and Alex Loftus placed 21st with a 3:24.92. Congratulations to everyone on a great swim season and thanks to all the parents for all their support!

We'll see you all next season!!

Warm ups @ the UW-NAT

Jacob Canik

Tyler Meinders

Alex Loftus

Craig @ WIAA Sectionals

The Cougars competed at the Middleton Sectional to try to acheive PR's and to qualify for the State meet. The meet started off great when the 200 Medley Relay swam a season best 1:42.39 and came in 5th place. Alex Loftus then broke his school record from last year (1:59.19) by placing second with a new record of 1:58.33. Tyler Meinders finished in 7th in the 50 Free and 12th in the 100 Free, while Troy Thornton finished 11th in the 100 Butterfly. Jimmy Loftus placed 10th in the 500 Free and Nick Krueger also finished 10th in the 100 Backstroke. Alex Loftus broke the oldest swim record at Craig by winning the 100 Breaststroke in 59.23 seconds, breaking Jai Khanna's record of 1:00.06 set in 1986. Alex becomes the first high schooler from Janesville to break a minute in the 100 Breast. The 400 Free Relay team finished out the day by dropping 7 seconds off their seed time, swimming a 3:24.68 and finishing in 5th place. Later that night, we found out that the following swimmers qualified for the 2011 WIAA State Championships:

200 Medley Relay- seeded 20th

Nick Krueger, Alex Loftus, Troy Thornton, Tyler Meinders

200 IM- Alex Loftus- seed 8th

100 Breaststroke- Alex Loftus- seeded 5th

400 Free Relay- seeded 22nd

Tyler Meinders

Tad Martin

Jacob Canik

Alex Loftus

State Relay Alternates are Jimmy Loftus and Mark Parker

Good Luck at State boys!!

Nick, Troy, Tyler and Alex 5th in the 200 Medley Relay

Alex in the 100 Breaststroke

Alex WINS the 100 Breaststroke and breaks the oldest standing Craig record.

CONGRATULATIONS Alex!

Tyler in the 400 Relay

Jacob Canik in the 400 Free Relay

Meeting Monday!

There will be a swim meeting right after school on Monday, February 14. Coach will be handing out information about the banquet and swimmers be voting for team awards.

2010-2011 AWARDS BANQUET

The awards banquet will be on Monday, February 28th at 6:30 PM. The banquet will be a potluck. Each family is asked to bring a hot dish and either a salad or dessert. The dinner will take place in the cafeteria with the awards ceremony in the small auditorium. The swimmers are required to wear dress clothes (button down shirt, tie, dress slacks and dress shoes).

Craig @ Big 8 Conference Championships

To kick off the varsity championship season, the Cougars were at Middleton to compete in the Big Eight Conference swim meet. Top finishers included: Alex Loftus finished 4th in the 200 IM and runner-up in the 100 Breaststroke, Jacob Canik finished 14th in the 200 Free, Tyler Meinders came in 14th in the 50 Free and 13th in the 100 Free, Jimmy Loftus placed 12th in the 500 Free, Nick Krueger finished 12th in the 100 Backstroke and the 400 Free Relay team of Tyler Meinders, Tad Martin, Jacob Canik and Alex Loftus finished in 9th place. The swimmers that tapered for the meet had a phenomenal day, posting 7 PR's out of 9 races. Congrats on a great Conference meet!

Alex 200 IM

Alex places 4th in 200 IM

Alex 100 Breaststroke

Alex 2nd in 100 Breaststroke

Tyler, Tad, Jacob C and Alex in the 400 Free Relay