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Page 8A • FREEMAN & ENTERPRISE LAKE COUNTRY FEBRUARY 2015 242666001 By Dave Boehler Freeman Correspondent WAUKESHA — The win- ning streak is back for the Warhawks. The Arrowhead High School boys swim team claimed its second straight Classic 8/Greater Metro Conference championship earlier this month at Waukesha South by total- ing 524 points. Brookfield was second with 388. Arrowhead had won 12 straight conference titles until 2013, when newcomer Muskego snapped the Warhawks' streak. "It seems like a long time ago, because we're back into our routine being very successful here," Arrowhead coach Bob Jenkyns said. "Two years ago we just hit a bump in the road: a team that was hungry to come into a con- ference. They were so inspired to come in and prove something that we just couldn't, no matter what we did, we couldn't rise to that." Arrowhead won the 200- yard freestyle relay, as Corbin Grimes, Tiger Fan, Nicholas Woida and Devin Post finished in 1 minute, 30.75 seconds. The Warhawks' Logan Roberts and Logan Kozlik also won races. Roberts won the 100 freestyle in 48.49. "I just felt like I had to achieve more because I was stacked against a lot of good people," Roberts said. "Some of the teams will be at our sec- tional as well, so I thought that I had to progress myself forward and pull out a win." Kozlik's 54.68 won the 100 backstroke. "I really haven't been doing 100 back that much this season," Kozlik said. "It was really interesting. I just tried to stay with the opposition in the begin- ning and then, hopefully, I had the energy at the end to win." Arrowhead was second in the 200 medley relay, as Brookfield's Tomer Kora- belnikov, Ben Attenberger, Connor Rumpit and Rein- hold Hoffman won in 1:38.47. Arrowhead was second in the 400 free relay, which was won in 3:15.93 by Jonathan Jaworski, Nathan Carlson, John Acevedo and Conrad Far- rell of Waukesha South/ Catholic Memorial. "The biggest difference is we have seven guys who pretty much have two events for sectionals," Jenkyns said. "We had five other varsity guys swim that were fighting for four spots, so those five guys swam lights out. They were so motivated to try to swim fast enough to earn a sectional spot. That snowballed into our other seven guys who aren't rest- ed for this meet to swim and push it harder. It was that working to get to that next level that was the inspiration." Brookfield featured the only multiple-event win- ners, beginning with Rumpit's 1:45.76 in the 200 free (a personal best) and his 4:47.92 in the 500 free. "In practice Friday, I was working a lot on long swimming with good reaches, long strokes, a lower stroke count for each 25," he said. "I was trying to make my stroke more efficient, and I think that paid off. I felt smooth, and my stroke felt long in each race. My goal was to go out in a reasonable time and make sure to hold it, keep ahead of the rest of the field. I think I did a pretty good job with that. That was mostly what I was try- ing to do. I was trying to see what I could do with a longer stroke." Attenberger won the 200 individual medley in 1:57.81 and also won the 100 breaststroke in a personal- best 59.24. "I like to warm up before every race and kind of get a feel for my stroke," Atten- berger said. "After that, I move my arms and jump around." Jaworski won the 50 free in 21.78 for South/Catholic Memorial, and Waukesha West/Mukwonago's Chris Miszewski won diving with 434.4 points. Arrowhead wins second straight league title CLASSIC 8/GREATER METRO CONFERENCE BOYS SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS CLASSIC 8/GREATER METRO RELAYS Warhawks winning again Depth pays off for Arrowhead Robert F. Borkowski/Special to The Freeman Arrowhead junior Logan Roberts swims the breaststroke leg of the 200-yard individual medley during the Classic 8/Greater Metro Conference Championships at Waukesha South.The Warhawks won the team title, the second straight year the team captured the conference championship after losing to Muskego in 2013. By Pat Neumuth Freeman Staff MENOMONEE FALLS — There's no 'I' in team or in Arrowhead. The Arrowhead High School boys swim team used that mantra to take the Classic 8/Greater Metro Conference Relays last month. "This whole meet wasn't about individuals. It was all about the team," Arrowhead coach Bob Jenkyns said. "Each relay was a mini team. All four guys had to step up, all four guys and to be the igniter on the relay and that's what we talked about. "If we lost this meet, it's because guys just go through the motions thinking someone else is going to take care of it. We put in on the shoulders of every guy." Jenkyns pushed many buttons to help Arrowhead pull out the victory. Brook- field was second and Waukesha South/Catholic Memorial third. The conference relays is always a much different meet than any other. There are the traditional relays such as the 200-yard med- ley relay and the 400 freestyle relay. But there are more untraditional events like the 300 butter- fly relay or the 400 individ- ual medley relay. Arrowhead senior Logan Kozlik was part of some of those untraditional events, but his focus was the same as any other meet. "In an individual event, if someone doesn't do their best, OK, so they don't get all the individual points. But it takes four guys to do all their best to get the top spot," Kozlik said. "For the most part, they are still the same races. I still swam the 100 back, the 100 free, so you can still use your own techniques, but you get the energy of a relay." Jenkyns also uses the meet as a learning curve for his younger swimmers. "We put some of the younger guys last to put a little more pressure on them," Jenkyns said. "We did some things within the relays that will help the team. We really wanted to put some seniors with some freshmen on a relay, so the seniors can pull the freshmen aside and say, 'It's up to you.'" The last motivator was Arrowhead was in second for most of the meet. Brookfield didn't have an entry in the 300 butterfly relay. Jenkyns knew that, but he kept playing up the fact his team was down. Like Jenkyns, Waukesha South/Catholic Memorial coach Blaine Carlson want- ed to spread out his talented swimmers to have consis- tency across the board. However, Conrad Farrell and Nathan Carlson were together for three relays. "It's a crapshoot because you never know what team puts who where, so that's why you try and put out a balanced team," Blaine Carlson said. "(Farrell and Nathan Carlson) are pretty versatile. They can sprint 50, 100 or 200 freestyle. Some kids had to go back-to-back- to-back on some relays. Some kids have to be put in certain spots, and you have to fill around them." Email: pneumuth@conleynet.com Team effort a winner for Warhawks

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