Milton swimmers set sights on 'three-peat'

By GAZETTE STAFF Friday, Nov. 9, 2012

The stage is set for the Milton High girls swim team.

The Red Hawks will attempt to make it three straight Division 2 championships tonight at the WIAA state meet at the UW-Natatorium in Madison.

Led by two-time defending state champion Bridgette Alexander (200 individual medley) and defending state champion Katelyn Holmquist (100 backstroke), Milton will be challenged in its effort to make it three straight by top-ranked Shorewood and Badger North Conference member DeForest.

WIAA State Tournament area qualifiers

Division 1

200 individual medley— Anna Brooks, sr., Badger, 2:05.58; Carly O'Brien, jr., Badger, 2:09.81.

50 freestyle—Kaarin Quaerna, soph., Badger, 24.34.

100 butterfly—Carly O'Brien, jr., Badger, 58.47.

100 freestyle—Kaarin Quaerna, soph., Badger, 52.64.

200 freestyle relay—Badger, 1:38.02.

100 breaststroke— Anna Brooks, sr., Badger, 1:06.09; Cady Gansen, jr., Janesville Craig, 1:08.00.

400 freestyle relay—Badger, 3:37.09.

Division 2

200 medley relay—Fort Atkinson, 1:51.32; Milton, 1:52.77; Whitewater, 1:54.69; Elkhorn, 1:55.78.

200 freestyle—Abby Holmquist, sr., Milton, 1:54.34; Chelsea Calhoon, jr., Milton, 1:55.35.

200 individual medley—Bridgette Alexander, jr., Milton, 2:07.61; Sara Foucault, soph., Whitewater, 2:11.26; Rachel Root, sr., Monroe, 2:13.96; Kady Ruemmele, jr., Elkhorn, 2:15.02.

50 freestyle—Katelyn Holmquist, sr., Milton, 24.46; Emma Bare, jr., Fort Atkinson, 24.47; Kaitlyn Hollman, sr., Fort Atkinson, 25.34.

100 butterfly—Alexis Kent, jr., Fort Atkinson, 59.84.

100 freestyle—Abby Holmquist, sr., Milton, 52.97; Anne Blackbourn, jr. Elkhorn, 55.22.

500 freestyle—Sara Foucault, soph., Whitewater, 5:14.88.

200 freestyle relay—Milton, 1:40.10; Fort Atkinson, 1:40.64.

100 backstroke—Bridgette Alexander, jr., Milton, 56.33; Katelyn Holmquist, sr., Milton, 57.87; Chelsea Calhoon, jr., Milton, 58.34; Rachel Root, sr., Monroe, 58.89; Kady Ruemmele, jr., Elkhorn, 59.14; Alexis Kent, jr., Fort Atkinson, 1:00.36; Nicki Smiley, sr., Fort Atkinson, 1:02.23.

100 breaststroke—Emma Bare, jr., Fort Atkinson, 1:04.51; Callie Hebert, jr., Whitewater, 1:09.72.

400 freestyle relay—Milton, 3:38.41; Fort Atkinson, 3:40.81; Whitewater, 3:46.36; Elkhorn, 3:47.18.

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