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Craig’s Loftus cruises to victory in 200 IM

Janesville Craig’s Alex Loftus didn’t back down from the numerous top swimmers in the Cougar pool Friday.

Loftus won the 200 individual medley in an eye-opening time of 2:02.88, but the Cougars fell to Madison Memorial and Verona in a Big Eight Conference double dual boys swimming meet.

Loftus also finished second in the 100 breaststroke for the Cougars’ top two finishes of the meet. Craig is 2-2 in the Big Eight.

“Loftus had a real good swim in the IM,” said Craig coach Brian Kitzman. “That was a pleasant surprise. That probably puts him in the top three in the state right now. He was real pleased.”

Memorial, the defending state champion, also defeated Verona.

“Overall, we had a lot of best times,” Kitzman said. “This is a type of meet that sometimes a team finds it hard to get motivated. We did a good job.

“It was a loaded meet,” Kitzman said. “There were probably three future state champions here tonight. It was an unbelievable collection of talent.”

The Cougars compete today in the Elkhorn Invitational.

MEMORIAL 132, CRAIG 38

VERONA 115, CRAIG 55

MEMORIAL 106, VERONA 64

200 medley relay—1. Memorial (Jeremy Temerano, Michael Drives, Ben Anderson, Michael Salerno), 1:43.12; 2. Verona, 1:48.16.

200 freestyle—1. Michael Drives (MM) 1:46.91; 2. Jacob Olandt (V), 1:52.33; 3. John Stet (MM), 1:57.00.

200 individual medley—1. Alex Loftus (JC), 2:02.88; 2. Patrick Franken (MM), 2:05.72; 3. Spencer Mattox (JC), 2:08.80.

50 freestyle—1. Derek Toomey (V), 22.02; 2. Ben Anderson (MM), 22.44; 3. Alex Dabourie (V), 23.66.

100 butterfly—1. Spencer Ritt (V), 54.84; 2. Ben Anderson (MM), 55.04; 3. Rob Eckerle (MM), 58.39.

100 freestyle—1. Derek Toomey (V), 48.74; 2. Michael Salerno (MM), 50.21; 3. Alex Dabourie (V), 51..13.

500 freestyle—1. Jacob Olandt (V), 4:55.98; 2. Patrick Franken (MM), 4:55.99; 3. Rob Eckerle (MM), 5:13.38.

200 freestyle relay—1. Memorial (Ben Anderson, Michael Salerno, Sam Morgan, Patrick Franken), 1:30.35; 2. Verona, 1:30.95.

100 backstroke—1. Spencer Ritt (V), 58.62; 2. Jeremy Demerano (MM), 59.64; 3. Alex Schneider (MM), 1:00.56.

100 breaststroke—1. Michael Drives (MM), 1:01.24; 2. Alex Loftus (JC), 1:03.29; 3. Spencer Maddox (JC), 1:04.24.

400 freestyle relay—1. Memorial (Michael Salerno, Sam Morgan, Patrick Franken, Michael Drives), 3:19.16.

Junior varsity—Memorial 138, Craig 29; Verona 97, Craig 68; Memorial 129, Verona 41.