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MADISON — Dalton Anderson had two goals in the WIAA Division 2 state meet at the UW Natatorium: To become Elkhorn High’s first boys state swim champion, and to post the Elks’ first-ever All-America time.

Done and done.

In an exhilarating finish to the 100-yard butterfly here Friday night that left him pumping his fists and splashing water, Anderson raced out to a sizable lead and held off hard-charging Stephen Meyer of Shorewood and Brandon O’Donnell of McFarland in the lanes next to him to touch the wall in 50.69 seconds for a state title.

“I just saw them both coming and said, ‘I’m not losing,’” said Anderson, who entered the race as the top seed and finished the season unbeaten in the 100 butterfly. “No matter what, I couldn’t lose that race. I’ve won it all year and wanted to stay undefeated in it.”

And he was certainly aware of the history attached to becoming the Elks’ first state champ in boys swimming.

“Swimming in our school isn’t really a big thing. It’s our football program,” Anderson said. “So now, to have that as our title up there for swimming is really good for us.”

In addition, Anderson’s time was good enough to best the National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association’s standard for All-America status in the 100 butterfly.

“It was a great end to his senior year, to his (high school) career,” said Elkhorn coach Jamie Richardson, who added that she’s “90 percent sure” that Anderson will swim at UW-Green Bay next season.

Delavan-Darien junior Alex Riegert, meanwhile, joined Anderson as a state champion by winning the 100 breaststroke in 57.93 seconds. Riegert and senior teammate Nate Johnson—who earlier placed third for the second straight year in the 200 individual medley—were seeded 1-2 in the event and basically stayed that way the whole race, with Johnson placing second in 59.35.

“It was great racing my teammate,” said Riegert, who also placed fifth in the 100 freestyle. “We’ve been together for years. Going into it, no matter what happened, we were excited. It was our last race against each other.

“Boy, that was a great time.”

Racing with each other—and not against each other—in the meet’s first event, Johnson swam the lead and Riegert the anchor as the Comets placed second in the 200 medley relay. The relay team also included senior Tanner Schmaling and junior Kevin Schneider.

Milton captured no state titles but had a solid all-around performance, including three top-eight relay finishes.

Junior Jeff Maxwell served as the Red Hawks’ ironman, swimming the 200 medley relay, the 200 freestyle, the 500 freestyle and the 200 freestyle relay.

Maxwell exhibited an unselfish attitude by competing in the 200 medley relay immediately before the 200 freestyle, where he was seeded first. The fatigue showed in the 200 freestyle, as Maxwell started fast before fading and finishing fourth.

But Milton coach Tom Lieder had high praise for Maxwell’s attitude.

“He’s a really big team player,” Lieder said. “He wanted to do that. If he hadn’t been in that (200 medley) relay, those boys would not have won that medal.”

Maxwell came within a hair of repeating as 500 freestyle champion, touching the wall in 4:39.39, just shy of McFarland’s Graham Thoresen (4:39.16), for second place.

In the team standings, Delavan-Darien finished seventh out of 31 teams with 122 points. Milton was eighth with 121, and Elkhorn took 12th with 82. McFarland dusted the field for the team title with 332 points.

At UW Natatorium

TEAM SCORES

McFarland 332, Whitefish Bay 210, Ashwaubenon 169, Shorewood 167, Delavan-Darien 122, Milton 121, Fort Atkinson 104.5, Sturgeon Bay/Southern Door 103, Whitnall 95, Elkhorn 82, Plymouth 81, Monona Grove 67, River Falls 53, Brookfield Academy 48, Berlin/Green Lake 37, Waunakee 33, Rhinelander 32, Cudahy 25, Port Washington 22, Jefferson 19, Baraboo 17, Lakeland 15, Milwaukee Lutheran 15, West Bend West 13, Two Rivers 9, Rice Lake 7, Oregon 6, Stoughton 6, West Bend East 2.

INDIVIDUAL/RELAY RESULTS

(Area finishers in bold)

Diving—1. Will Mathee (Cedarburg), 413.15; 2. Mitchell Spaeth (Plymouth), 396.55; 3. Trevor Sisson (Monona Grove), 392.00; 4. Brandon White (Port Washington), 368.10; 5. Zach Schroeder (Plymouth), 345.25; 6. Ryan Citro (Cudahy), 332.80.

200 medley relay—1. McFarland (Ryan O’Donnell, Jake Mandli, Brandon O’Donnell, Peter Grenzow), 1:37.61; 2. Delavan-Darien (Nathaniel Johnson, Tanner Schmaling, Kevin Schneider, Alex Riegert), 1:39.10; Whitefish Bay, 1:39.17; 4. Shorewood, 1:40.15; 5. Milton (Jeff Maxwell, Erik Swanson, Adam Homan, Ian McSweeny), 1:40.62; 6. Ashwaubenon, 1:40.96; 7. Fort Atkinson (Evan Hill, Wyatt Paul, Anthony Nelson, Joe Athas), 1:41.48.

200 freestyle—1. Brian Heiser (McFarland), 1:42.90; 2. Graham Thoresen (McFarland), 1:43.10; 3. Chase Stephens (Edgewood), 1:43.21; 4. Jeff Maxwell (Milton), 1:43.83; 5. Karl Weisling (Shorewood), 1:44.71; 6. Jack Donovan (Brookfield Academy), 1:44.98.

200 individual medley—1. Brandon O’Donnell (McFarland), 1:52.94; 2. Ryan O’Donnell (McFarland), 1:54.29; 3. Nathaniel Johnson (Delavan-Darien), 1:55.74; 4. Jason Castillo (Whitefish Bay), 1:59.59; 5. Dalton Anderson (Elkhorn), 2:00.67; 6. Jonathan Marks (Brookfield Academy), 2:01.43; 12. 12. Kevin Schneider (Delavan-Darien), 2:07.05.

50 freestyle—1. Jake Pelishek (Ashwaubenon), 21.26; 2. Drew teDuits (Edgewood), 21.55; 3. Eric Emerson (River Falls), 21.59; 4. Ben Lonsdorf (Rhinelander), 21.94; 5. Peter Grenzow (McFarland), 22.20; 6. Chuckie Prestigiacomo (Whitefish Bay), 22.22; 7. Wyatt Paul (Fort Atkinson), 22.26; 12. Ethan Lockhart (Elkhorn), 22.56; 13. Doug Posorske, (Jefferson), 22.68; 14. Adam Homan (Milton), 22.72.

100 butterfly—1. Dalton Anderson (Elkhorn), 50.69; 2. Stephen Meyer (Shorewood), 50.82; 3. Brandon O’Donnell (McFarland), 50.87; 4. Jack Donovan (Brookfield Academy), 51.59; 5. Kevin Schneider (Delavan-Darien), 54.49; 6. Evan Hill (Fort Atkinson) and David Reitan (Ashwaubenon), 54.60; 8. Doug Posorske (Jefferson), 54.75; 10. Ethan Lockhart (Elkhorn), 56.82; 12. Anthony Nelson (Fort Atkinson), 56.93;.

100 freestyle—1. Eric Emerson (River Falls), 47.73; 2. Ben Lonsdorf (Rhinelander), 47.96; 3. Brian Heiser (McFarland), 48.13; 4. John Parent (Sturgeon Bay/Southern Door), 48.17; 5. Alex Riegert (Delavan-Darien), 48.27; 6. Chuckie Prestigiacomo (Whitefish Bay), 48.56; 7. Wyatt Paul (Fort Atkinson), 48.63.

500 freestyle—1. Graham Thoresen (McFarland), 4:39.16; 2. Jeff Maxwell (Milton), 4:39.39; 3. Chase Stephens (Edgewood), 4:43.14; 4. Karl Weisling (Shorewood), 4:51.00; 5. Jim Akkala (Cedarburg), 4:54.80; 6. Matt Parks (West Bend West), 4:55.80.

200 freestyle relay—1. McFarland (Collin Morgan, Graham Thoreson, Brian Heiser, Peter Grenzow), 1:27.96; Ashwaubenon, 1:28.94; 3. Edgewood, 1:29.36; 4. Milton (Jeff Maxwell, Ian McSweeny, Ryan Fischer, Adam Homan), 1:29.66; 5. Sturgeon Bay/Southern Door, 1:30.43; 6. Whitnall, 1:30.74; 7. Elkhorn (Cory Hoskins, Frank Rudar, Dalton Anderson, Ethan Lockhart), 1:31:22; 15. Jefferson 1(Doug Posorske, Lee Olson, Marcos Lares, Eric Beccue), 1:33.98.

100 backstroke—1. 1 Drew teDuits (Edgewood), 50.96; 2. Stephen Meyer (Shorewood), 50.98; 3. Ryan O’Donnell (McFarland), 51.13; 4. Carl Newenhouse (Cedarburg), 53.17; 5. Chris Fink (Whitefish Bay), 54.66; 6. Evan Hill (Fort Atkinson), 55.12.

100 breaststroke—1. Alex Riegert (Delavan-Darien), 57.93; 2. Nathaniel Johnson (Delavan-Darien), 59.35; 3. Jason Castillo (Whitefish Bay), 1:00.04; 4. Phillip Crum (Ashwaubenon), 1:00.57; 5. Jesse Gambrell (Plymouth), 1:00.87; 6. Levi Schneider (Sturgeon Bay/Southern Door), 1:01.14; 11. Erik Swanson (Milton), 1:03.41; 15. Tanner Schmaling (Delavan-Darien), 1:05.62.

400 freestyle relay—1. McFarland (Brandon O’Donnell, Brian Heiser, Ryan O’Donnell, Graham Thoresen), 3:07.84 (breaks record of 3:10.44 set by Sturgeon Bay/Southern Door in 2005); 2. Edgewood, 3:15.47; 3. Whitefish Bay, 3:17.84; 4. Shorewood, 3:18.36; 5. Whitnall, 3:19.71; 6. Fort Atkinson (Paul Wyatt, Spencer McCombs, Anthony Nelson, Evan Hill), 3:20.19; 8. Milton (Ian McSweeny, Ryan Fischer, Jim Anderson, Adam Homan), 3:20.19; 11. Elkhorn (Cory Hoskins, Zac Simon, Ethan Lockhart, Dalton Anderson), 3:23.39.