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Milton wins girls WIAA state swim title

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2010 Milton Swim Championship

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MADISON — Has a Milton High dynasty begun in WIAA Division 2 girls swim?

Judging by their roster and the fact that the Red Hawks dominated the state meet here Friday night at the UW Natatorium, the answer might be an emphatic YES.

Milton, buoyed by freshman Bridgette Alexander’s first-place finish in the 200-yard individual medley and numerous other top-10 finishes, won the school’s first state title with 238 points. Defending champion Sturgeon Bay/Sevastopol was a distant second with 184.

Milton took the lead for good in the meet’s eighth event when Chelsea Calhoon and Stacey Kincade finished fifth and sixth, respectively, in the 500 freestyle. The Red Hawks kept piling up the points in the last four events before ending the night in impressive fashion by winning the 400 freestyle relay.

Calhoon, Katelyn Holmquist, Abby Holmquist and Alexander won with a time of 3:34.16. The scary part for the competition is that the Holmquist twins are sophomores, and Alexander and Calhoon are only freshmen.

“It’s funny, because we didn’t really talk too much about winning state or what to expect at state,” said Milton first-year coach Kristin Lehman, who got the ceremonial shove into the pool afterward. “These girls have been to so many big meets before that they knew what to do. They handled the pressure like they always do.

“But it sure feels great now that we’ve won it. I was probably more nervous than them.”

Alexander got the party started for the Red Hawks by winning the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:05.59. She became the second straight Milton swimmer to win the event, following current University of Wisconsin swimmer Jennah Haney’s win a year ago. Haney was poolside Friday to cheer on her former school.

“I tried to all-out sprint the fly and the back to get a big enough lead for the breaststroke, because that’s my weakest stroke,” Alexander said. “Once I saw what my lead was, I just wanted to kick as fast as I could to win.”

The Red Hawks got their first significant points in the meet’s second swim event—the 200-yard freestyle. Abby Holmquist finished second in the event with a time of 1:54.78, while Calhoon was sixth at 1:57.22.

Elkhorn’s Rachel Johnson was fifth in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:56.31.

Katelyn Holmquist scored valuable points for Milton by finishing sixth in the 100 butterfly with a time of 59.2. Calhoon and Kincade added to Milton’s total by finishing fifth and sixth, respectively, in the 500 freestyle.

Milton’s 200 freestyle relay team of Katelyn Holmquist, Alexander, Calhoon and Abby Holmquit finished second after being the fourth seed. More importantly, the team finished one spot ahead of second-seeded Sturgeon Bay/Sevastopol.

Fort Atkinson freshman Emma Bare was fifth in the 50 freestyle, while the Blackhawks’ 200 medley relay team was fourth. Bare later finished third in the 100 breaststroke.

Katelyn Holmquist was second in the 100 backstroke, while Alexander was fourth. Katelyn also was sixth in the 100 backstroke.

So it was time to get fire truck ride ready in Milton. The city has another state champion.

WIAA girls

state swim

Division 2

TEAM SCORES

Milton 238, Stugeon Bay/Sevastopol 184, DeForest 182, Plymouth 162, Sauk Prairie 141, Fort Atkinson 124, Shorewood 122.5, New Berlin Eisenhower 100.5, Elkhorn 95, Monona Grove 91.

Whitefish Bay 75, River Valley 66, Brown Deer/Milwaukee University 65, Grafton 65, Baraboo 61, River Falls 44, Madison Edgewood 44, Whitnall 43, Brookfield Academy 40, Marinette 39, Waukesha Memorial 34, Ashwaubenon 33, Berlin/Green Lake 30, Monroe 28, New Berlin West 28, Kiel 26, New London 23, Platteville/Lancaster 19, Port Washington 18, Wauwatosa West 16, Pewaukee 16, Tomahawk 14, Ladysmith 14, Lodi 13, Colby/Abbotsford 11, Whitewater 8, McFarland 6, Delavan-Darien 3.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

Diving—1. Rachel Stave (Whitnall), 470.2 points; 2. Sierra Becker (River Falls), 370.3; 3. Sheridan Hearn (Madison Edgewood), 361.6; 4. Katelyn Zarem (Grafton), 346.85; 5. Hayley Seitz (Port Washington), 326.35; 6. Sigrid Stensvold (Ladysmith), 321.1.

200 medley relay—1. 1:48.72; 2. Sturgeon Bay/Sevastopol, 149.32; 3. Sauk Prairie, 1:49.56; 4. Fort Atkinson, 1:50.93; 5. Monona Grove, 1:51.07; 6. Shorewood, 1:52.66; 11. Milton, 1:55..97.

200 freestyle—1. Kelsey Hojan-Clark (Brookfield Academy), 1:49.4; 2. Abby Holmquist (Milton), 1:54.78; 3. Chelsea Statz (DeForest), 1:55.2; 4. Casey Wolter (DeForest), 1:56.2; 5. Rachel Johnson (Elkhorn), 1:56.31; 6. Chelsea Calhoon (Milton), 1:57.22; 7. Ashley Nelson (Elkhorn), 1:57.37; 12. Hannah Johnson (Fort Atkinson), 2:00.27; 14. Emily Mansfield (Delavan-Darien), 2:00.71.

200 individual medley—1. Bridgette Alexander (Milton), 2:05.98; 2. Anna Meinholz (Waukesha Memorial), 2:08.02; 3. Ellen Stello (Shorewood), 2:08.58; 4. Sierra Townsend (Sturgeon Bay/Sevastopol), 2:09.49; 5. Kelsey Millin (Monon Grove), 2:11.26; 6. Allison Teske (Ashwaubenon), 2:11.93; 12. Alexis Kent (Fort Atkinson), 2:16.75; 14. Leanna Schwartzlow (Monroe), 2:17.62; 15. Callie Hebert (Whitewater), 2:18.5.

50 freestyle—1. Alli Bellford (New Berlin Eisenhower), 23.55; 2. Savanna Townsend (Sturgeon Bay/Sevastopol), 23.68; 3. Kristin Malone (Shorewood), 24.2; 4. Kate Criter (Plymouth), 24.22; 5. Emma Bare (Fort Atkinson), 24.39; 6. Annelise Sprau (Whitefish Bay), 24.41.

100 butterfly—1. Alison Meng (Sauk Prairie), 55.94; 2. Kelsey Millin (Monona Grove), 56.36; 3. Annelise Sprau (Whitefish Bay), 57.02; 4. Leah Winckler (DeForest), 58.84; 5. Siri Smits (Berlin/Green Lake), 59.08; 6. Katelyn Holmquist (Milton), 59.2; 8. Stacey Kincade (Milton), 1:00.63; 12. Rachel Root (Monroe), 1:01.29; 14. Cori Johnson (Elkhorn), 1:02.01.

100 freestyle—1. Savanna Townsend (Sturgeon Bay/Sevastopol), 52.48; 2. Sierra Townsend (Sturgeon Bay/Sevastopol), 52.75; 3. Kelsey Kohlbeck (Sauk Prairie), 52.98; 4. Kristin Malone (Shorewood), 53.01, Alli Bellford (New Berlin Eisenhower), tied, 53.01; 6. Chelsea Statz (DeForest), 53.03; 7. Abby Holmquist (Milton), 53.13; 9. Rachel Johnson (Elkhorn), 53.61; 14. Hannah Johnson (Fort Atkinson), 55.3.

500 freestyle—1. Kelsey Hojan-Clark (Brookfield Academy), 4:48.8; 2. Ellen Stello (Shorewood), 5:04.78; 3. Casey Wolter (DeForest), 5:07.84; 4. Elizabeth Buchholz (Kiel), 5:08.72; 5. Chelsea Calhoon (Milton), 5:12.83 6. Stacey Kincade (Milton), 5:13.3; 9. Ashley Nelson (Elkhorn), 5:20.75.

200 freestyle relay—1. Plymouth, 1:38.61; 2. Milton (Katelyn Holmquist, Bridgette Alexanderm, Chelsea Calhoon, Abby Holmquist), 1:39.09; 3. Sturgeon Bay/Sevastopol, 1:39.53; 4. New Berlin Eisenhower, 1:40.56; 5. River Valley, 1:40.68; 6. DeForest, 1:40.81; 7. Elkhorn, 1:41.26; 8. Fort Atkinson, 1:41.43.

100 backstroke—1. Alison Mong (Sauk Prairie), 55.91; 2. Katelyn Holmquist (Milton), 56.05; 3. Siri Smits (Berlin/Green Lake), 57.24; 4. Bridgette Alexander (Milton), 57.8; 5. Emily O’Rourke (Baraboo), 57.88; 6. Kelsi Chesney (Grafton), 59.4; 8. Rachel Root (Monroe), 1:00.2; 16. Nicki Smiley (Fort Atkinson), 1:03.54.

100 breaststroke—1. Kate Criter (Plymouth), 1:03.28; 2. Anna Meinholz (Waukesha Memorial), 1:03.68; 3. Emma Bare (Fort Atkinson), 1:04.74; 4. Taylor Crain (New London), 1:07.24; 5. Marlee Kiander (Tomahawk), 1:08.12; 6. Lucienne VandePas (Plymouth), 1:08.33; 9. Leanna Schwartzlow (Monroe), 1:09.38; 10. Kate Kirk (Milton), 1:10.64; 11. Callie Hebert (Whitewater), 1:10.79.

400 freestyle relay—1. Milton (Chelsea Calhoon, Katelyn Holmquist, Abby Holmquist, Bridgette Alexander), 3:34.16; 2. DeForest, 3:36.33; 3. Sauk Prairie, 3:37.73; 4. Sturgeon Bay/Sevastopol, 3:39.14; 5. Fort Atkinson, 3:39.28; 6. Shorewood, 3:39.29; 7. Elkhorn, 3:39.91.