Burlington High School, Catholic Central High School, Union Grove High School, Waterford High School

Swimming defending champs hope for repeat

The Burlington swim team won the SLC Relays in Aug. 23. (Submitted/SLN)

 

By Chris Bennett

Sports Correspondent

The Burlington Co-op girls high school swim team won one event Aug. 23 at the Southern Conference Relays at Whitewater High School, but the Demons went home with a bigger prize.

The squad won the meet by one point over rival Badger Co-op.

The Demons swim Saturday in an invitational at Shorewood High School.

Burlington Co-op is made up of swimmers from Burlington, Burlington Catholic Central, Union Grove and Waterford High Schools.

Badger Co-op is made up of swimmers from Lake Geneva Badger, Westosha Central, Wilmot, Union Grove, Big Foot and Williams Bay.

Burlington Co-op beat Badger Co-op 402-401.

Samantha Reesman, Ashley Maier, Keri Schildt and Megan Schultz won the 400-yard breaststroke relay (5:19.15) for Burlington Co-op.

Brianna Smith, Maier, Amanda Richards and Schultz finished second in the 400 individual medley relay (4:36.05) and Richards, Libby Slauson, Schultz and Smith finished second in the 1,000 freestyle crescendo relay (11:14.53).

Maier, Sydney Lueth, Emma Langley and Slauson finished second in the 200 butterfly relay (2:01.54) and Smith, Paige Tello, Langley and Richards finished second in the 400 backstroke relay (4:28.47).

Last season turned into a banner campaign for Burlington Co-op. The squad went undefeated in SLC dual meets (7-0), won the conference and a sectional title and sent three swimmers to state.

Seniors Langley from Burlington and Paige Betthauster (Union Grove); juniors Smith (Waterford), Slauson (Waterford), Lueth (Union Grove), Reesman (Waterford) and Izzy Craig (Catholic Central); and Richards, a sophomore from Waterford, are the Demons’ returning letter winners.

“This year will be a fun year, with a new set of faces,” Demons coach Denita Jones said. “I’m excited to see what they can add to the team.”

Jones is in her 10th season as the Burlington Co-op coach, and said the leadership and experience provided the team’s upperclassmen will be a strength.

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