Cardinal Relays

The Cougars were back at the Middleton pool about 12 hours after their dual meet the night before to compete in the state's toughest relay meet, the Cardinal Relays. The entire team was able to compete, swimming as an "A" and "B" squad. The Cougars made the podium in the following events: the 300 Butterfly Relay (5th), the 500 Crescendo Relay (7th), the 100 Free Relay (4th), the 300 Backstroke Relay (6th), the 400 Free Relay (2nd). The team finished seventh out of eleven teams.

Travis Condon in the 300 Butterfly Relay

The Cougar FLYERS

The 500 Cresendo Relay Team: 

Martin, Krueger, P Loftus and J Loftus

300 Backstroke Relay Team;

Bradley, A Condon, Reese and Krueger

 400 Free Relay Team 

J Loftus,  Martin, Thornton and T Condon

Middleton

After a tough meet the week before, the Cougars bounced back with a great performance at the Middleton pool. Although the team lost 132-38, the swimmers turned in a number of top performances. The top finishes for the Cougars were second places in the 200 and 400 Free relays.

C O U G A R S !!!

Peter Loftus... F L Y I N G!  

Jimmy leads off the 200 Free Relay

Nick Krueger follows Peter Loftus

...and Tad Martin anchors the 200 Free Relay team.

400 Relay team of T Condon, Thornton, Martin and J Loftus

Beloit Memorial/Madison East

The Cougars hosted their first triple dual meet of the season, beating Beloit 87.5 - 82.5 and Madison East 130 - 40. Event winners for Craig included: Jimmy Loftus (200 Free), Tad Martin (50 Free and 100 Free), Troy Thornton (100 Fly), Travis Condon (500 Free) and Peter Loftus (100 Back). The 200 Free Relay and 400 Free Relay also took first place.

Tad Martin in the 50 Free

Troy Thronton in the 100 Fly

Madison Memorial/ Sun Prairie

Swimming against host Sun Prairie and two-time defending State Champion Madison Memorial, Craig fell to both teams. The team struggled against such tough competition and a 55 minute diving session at the break took all the wind out of the Cougar's sails.

Pep Talk

Travis Condon

Relay strategizing

"GO BRYCE!" 

Cormac McCarthy

Rock County Championship

The battle for swim team supremecy in Rock County was on the line at the Cougar pool. After a hard fought meet, Milton came out on top. The Cougars took second, with Beloit Memorial third and Parker fourth. Jimmy Loftus was the lone event winner for Craig. Jimmy won the 200 and 500 Freestyles. The only relay win came in the 400 Freestyle Relay with a team consisting of Travis Condon, Troy Thornton, Tad Martin, and Jimmy Loftus.

Jimmy Loftus wins the (20 lap) 500 Freestyle...

with younger brother, Peter, right on his heels.

Loftus brothers go 1, 2

...and the crowd goes wild! 

Travis Condon leads off the team in the 400 Free Relay

Tad Martin in the 400 Free Relay 

Jimmy anchors the team in the 400 Free Relay win! 

Alumni Invite

The annual day after Christmas Alumni Invite, held this year at the Parker pool, was another huge success. Over 25 alumni from the Craig and Parker swim programs competed in the meet. Craig school record holder Brad Briney dominated the the 50 and 100 Freestyle events, while the Davis brother dual was also entertaining to watch. Thanks to all the alumni for coming and making this another great meet!

Elkhorn Invite

The Cougar swimmers suffered a heartbreaking loss at the highly competitive Elk Invite. The team did everything it needed to do to win, but a disqualification of another team's 400 Free Relay gave the win to Beloit Memorial. The Cougars still tied for second and had a number of top finishes. Jimmy Loftus finished 3rd in the 200 Free and 4th in the 400 Free. Peter Loftus finished 5th in the 200 IM and 4th in the 100 Back. Troy Thornton had a 2nd place finish in the 100 Fly. Travis Condon picked up a 6th place finish in the 400 Free. This invite was the team's only meet in a meter pool for the season.

Madison LaFollette

The Cougars claimed a 124-41 victory against Madison La Follette at the Lancer pool. Craig won 10 out of 11 events including all three relays. Individual event winners were: Travis Condon (200 Free, 100 Fly), Jimmy Loftus (200 IM, 100 Free), Tad Martin (50 Free), Peter Loftus (500 Free) and Collin Wojcik (100 Breaststroke).

Senior, Travis Condon takes 1st in the 100 Butterfly

Sophomore, Peter Loftus keeps us on the edge of our seats in the 500 Free

Peter and his LaFollette competitor...mutual respect.

Senior, Tad Martin dominates the 50 Freestyle

Craig teammates... "GOOOOOOOO!" 

Parker Relays

Competing in it's second relay meet of the season, the Cougars drove over to their cross-town rival to compete in the Parker Relays. The team finished a respectable 4th out of 8 teams. Competing against Big Eight swimming powers Madison West and Middleton, medalist honors (top 3) were hard to come by. But the Cougars did manage to finish third in three separate events. The top relays were: the 200 Free Relay (Martin, P. Loftus, Thornton, J. Loftus); the 500 Crescendo Relay (Martin, Thornton, T. Condon, J. Loftus); and the 400 Free Relay (Martin, T. Condon, Thornton, J. Loftus). 

Varsity A Relay Team

Craig Teammates cheer one of their own

Cougar Relays

It was another close finish at Craig's signature swim meet, the Cougar Relays. Craig and Elkhorn battled fiercely the entire meet, the score remaining only a few points apart the whole time. In the end, Elkhorn distanced itself slightly and edged the Cougars 174-166 for the title. Impressively, Craig won 5 of the 12 events contested. Firsts came in the 850 Distance Crescendo (Martin, P. Loftus, T. Condon, J. Loftus), the 200 Free (Campbell, Reese, Tollefsrud, Davis), 200 Free Class (Bradley, Richardson, Tollefsrud, Davis), the 400 Free (Martin, T. Condon, Thornton, J. Loftus). The Cougars capped off the meet with a win in the always fun 400 "Rocket" Relay. The winning team consisted of Boutelle, Tollefsrud, Davis, P. Loftus, T. Condon, Thornton, Martin and J. Loftus. 

  Jimmy Loftus

   Tad Martin

Teammates cheer for senior, Troy Thornton

Zach Boutelle, Erik Tollefsrud, Colin Wojcik,

Jimmy Loftuys and Sullivan Bradley