2014 WIAA Boys Swimming & Diving

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TABLE OF CONTENTS TOURNAMENT INFORMATION

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VENUE HISTORY

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TRIVIA

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SWIMMING & DIVING Venue: UW Natatorium Date: February 21-22, 2014

After countless hours of rigorous training, these strong and focused young men are ready to dive back

To the fans: after you cheer for your

into the water for the state title.

favorite swimmers, enjoy all the delicious food and entertainment

Good luck to all participants in these

Madison has to offer.

final games!

We are the Champions.

Waukesha (before it became North, South, and West) won 15 State 2013 CHAMPIONSHIPS Division 1: Madison Memorial Score: 316 points Division 2: Monona Grove Score: 258 points

championships to lead all schools.

Seven of those titles came in succession (1964-70). All but one came during a 17-year period from 1958-1974. Madison West has won 13 State team titles as has Madison Memorial along with 15 second-place finishes.

Did you know?

The two-division format was not adopted until 1993. Verona was the first Division 2 champion.

The Record Still Stands.

In the long, proud history of WIAA

four Division 2 victories; Alex DeLakis

swimming and diving, only three

of Eau Claire Memorial/North was the

competitors have won the same

2010-13 Division 1 100 breaststroke

event four times: Kyle Bubolz of

champion. Thirty-three competitors

Waukesha North/Kettle Moraine won

have had three wins in an individual event; four of those young

Welcome to the 2014 WIAA Boys Swimming & Diving State Championships!

men have been victorious three times in two different events.

the Division 1 50-yard freestyle from 2001-04; from 2003-06, Ryan Jefferson of Edgewood dove for his 14

Venue History: Natatorium Where Badgers Swim In the heart of

of Wisconsin in Madison. According

campus along the

to WIAA records, the meet was held

shores of beautiful Lake Mendota, the “Nat“ features an eight-

indoors because “the water on the lake was too rough.“

lane, 25-yard pool that is equipped Afterward the meet

The Natatorium has been the home of the WIAA Boys Swimming & Diving Championships since 1966.

was held at a variety of other sites until 1966.

Since then it has been held exclusively at the University of Wisconsin Madison.

with a Colorado Timing System and eight-lane digital readout score board.

The WIAA goes back to 1925 to determine the beginning of its Boys Swimming Tournament Program. The first meet was held at the University

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Why was the first WIAA swim meet held indoors?

What year did UW-Madison become the official home of the tournament?

Which two schools have each won 9 championships?

True or False: Waukesha won the first Division 2 tournament.

ANSWERS 1. Records indicate that the lake water was too rough.

2. 1966.

3. Wauwatosa and Shorewood.

4. False. Verona was the first Division 2 victor. Waukesha holds the record for most titles.

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