Well Done Gentlemen!!!

The road to success has many bumps in it...but our objectives were clear and resolve unwaivering.
Objectives;
1. To place 4th in the Varsity Conference Championship Meet
2. To WIN the JV Conference Championship
3. To set up the varsity for a great finish next week at Sectionals.

To obtain Objective #2, we had to have all our athletes healthy and physically ready. The physically ready part was up to me, since my job is to train these young men, and prepare them for this. As recently as 2 weeks ago, we lost our third JV swimmer, 2 of them to a lack of committment in the classroom. So we knew were going into the meet with fewer athletes than we wanted. When the beep sounded for the first event, our boys showed they were ready. With 24 swims in the JV relays, we achieved 19 season best performances...that's just on the relays. Out of 6 relays, we placed 4 in the top 4. Leading the way for the BD/USM Wildfalconcat JV Team were Dan Kass, Brian Roberts, Ryan Murphy, Michael Short and Zach Ferrell. All four had the meet of their lives in leading their team to a FIRST PLACE finish...a full 185 points ahead of 2nd place Cudahy.
Short---2PR's on 200 IM and 100 Back
Kass---4 PR's in 50 Free, 100 Free, and anchored a 1st and 2nd place relay
Murphy--- 4 PR's in 4 events. Medley Relay, 100 butterfly, 500, and 400 Free Relay
Ferrell---500, 200 Free Relay, 100 Back, 400 Free Relay
Roberts--- 4 PR's in 4 events; Medley Relay, 200 Free, 100 Butterfly, and 200 Free Relay

Objective #2---DONE!

On the Varsity side, it would be a tough road to 4th place. The right people in the right places, and they MUST perform. It was a see-saw battle with D1 Wauwatosa the whole meet, with each of us taking over the 4th place slot as each event passed. We were remembering the thrashing they gave us in a dual meet in their pool a few weeks ago, so we had a bad memory to erase. It all came down to the last event, the 400 Free Relay, and the BD/USM Wildfalconcats prevailed in outscoring Tosa in the last event to pass them in the final standings. While our varsity boys won't be fully rested until next week, they swam their hearts out and were quite impressive. Special kudos go out to;
Steven Grambow---PR in 200 Free
Rob Davis---PR in 50 Free and 200 Free Relay
Geoff Gilles--PR in 200 IM
Matt Daniels---PR in 400 Free relay
Steve Lillie---PR in 100 Butterfly and 400 Free Relay
Adam Brostowicz---PR in Medley Relay
Jack Ladd---PR in 100 Back

OBJECTIVE #1---DONE

I believe Objective #3 is done as well...but you will have to come watch us swim at Cudahy next Saturday to find out. This is a team ready to explode....On Thursday of this week I'll light the fuse...