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Boys Swimming & Diving History

The WIAA goes back to 1925 to determine the beginning of its boys swimming tournament program. The first meet was held at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. The meet was held indoors, according to WIAA records, because "water on the lake was too rough.''

Milwaukee West won the first championship with West Allis runner-up. The meet was held at a variety of sites through the years, but since 1966, it had been held exclusively at the UW-Madison Natatorium. Since 2021, the State Championships have been conducted at Waukesha South High School. Boys swimming and diving was conducted in a single class until 1993 when a two-division format was adopted. Verona won the first Division 2 team championship.

Madison Memorial has won 16 team championships to lead all other programs. The Spartans also have 17 runner-up finishes. Madison West and Waukesha (before it became North, South, and West) have won 15 State championships. Seven of Waukesha's titles came in succession (1964-70). All but one came during a 17-year period from 1958-1974. Wauwatosa, before it became two schools with East and West, won nine titles. Seven of those came during an eight-year period from 1944-51. Shorewood also has nine titles, including five in a row from 1935-39 and all nine of them coming from 1933-1943. McFarland has seven titles, six of them coming consistently from 2007-12, and Arrowhead has won six team championships. Kenosha and Whitefish Bay have won five titles.

Only eight athletes have won the same individual event four times, and Ben McDade of Monona Grove is the only swimmer to win four titles in multiple events. He's a four-time champion in both the 200 and 500 freestyles (2015-18). Kyle Bubolz of Waukesha North/Kettle Moraine was the first to do it. He won the Division 1 50-yard freestyle from 2001-04. Ryan Jefferson of Edgewood accomplished the feat in the diving competition, winning the Division 2 titles from 2003-06. Alex DeLakis of Eau Claire Memorial/North was a four-time Division 1 champion in the 100 breaststroke from 2010-13. In 2015, Joe Kaszubowski of Whitefish Bay was the fourth individual to accomplish the feat, capturing his fourth title in the Division 2 diving competition. Paul DeLakis of Eau Claire Memorial/North joined the ranks of the group when he won his fourth straight 100 breaststroke title in Division 1 in 2017, and Ben Stitgen of Edgewood is the most recent four-time champion, winning the Division 2 diving titles from 2018-21. Most recently, Jack Sullivan of Nicolet won four straight Division 2 championships in the 200 freestyle from 2021-24.

There have been 44 three-time winners in the same individual event. Of those, only four individuals have won three titles in two different individual events. John Thuerer of Rhinelander won three titles in the 200 and 400 freestyles; both Edward Garst of Wauwatosa and Tom Wanezek of Brookfield East won three titles in the 50 and 100 freestyles; Tom Shane of New Berlin Eisenhower won three 200 individual medleys and 100 butterflies.

Ben McDade of Monona Grove has won the most titles, including relays, with 15. Ryan O'Donnell of McFarland has won 14, while Ben Anderson of Arrowhead, Jay Mortenson of Madison West, Tom Wanezek of Brookfield East and Paul DeLakis of Eau Claire Memorial/North have won 10. Chris Richard of Sturgeon Bay/Southern Door and Truman teDuits of Edgewood have won nine titles.

Madison Memorial has won the most State event titles with 90, and Madison West has captured 78 individual and relay championships. Waukesha, before it split into three schools, recorded 77 championships. Whitefish Bay has compiled 63 event crowns, and Wauwatosa, before forming separate programs, earned 61 titles.

Tournament Series Results

2023 Tournament Results

2023 State Boys Swimming & Diving Championships
Friday & Saturday, February 17-18, 2023
Waukesha South High School Natatorium

Results
Division 1 - Events | Team
Division 2 - Events | Team

2023 Sectional Dive/Swim Sectional Results

Division 1
Hudson Sectional
Neenah Sectional
Verona Sectional
Fond du Lac Sectional
Greenfield Sectional
Racine Case Sectional

Division 2
Ashwaubenon Sectional
Plymouth Sectional
Sauk Prairie Sectional
Whitefish Bay Sectional

2022 Tournament Results

2022 State Boys Swimming & Diving Championships
Friday & Saturday, February 18-19, 2022
Waukesha South High School Natatorium

Results
Division 1 - Events | Team
Division 2 - Events | Team

2022 State Boys Swimming & Diving Sectionals

Division 1
Hudson Sectional
Neenah Sectional
Verona Sectional
Waukesha South Sectional
Greenfield Sectional
Muskego Sectional

Division 2
Menomonie Sectional
Ashwaubenon Sectional
Baraboo Sectional
Whitefish Bay Sectional

2021 Tournament Results

2021 State Boys Swimming & Diving Championships
Friday & Saturday, Feb. 5-6, 2021
Waukesha South High School Natatorium

Final Results
Division 1
Division 2

2021 Sectional Swimming & Diving Results

Division 1
Hudson Sectional
Neenah Sectional
Middleton Sectional @ Waukesha South
Waukesha South Sectional
Greenfield/New Berlin Eisenhower Sectional
Muskego Sectional

Division 2
Rhinelander Sectional
Ashwaubenon/Plymouth Sectional
Baraboo/Fort Atkinson Sectional
Whitefish Bay/Nicolet Sectional

2020 Tournament Results

2020 State Boys Swimming & Diving Championships
Friday & Saturday, Feb. 21-22
UW Natatorium, Madison, Wis.

Division 1 Results
Event Results
Team Results

Division 2 Results
Event Results
Team Results

2020 Sectional Swimming and Diving Results

Division 1
Beloit Memorial Sectional
Greenfield Sectional
Hudson Sectional
Middleton Sectional
Neenah Sectional
Waukesha South Sectional

Division 2
Baraboo Sectional
Plymouth Sectional
Whitefish Bay Sectional
Wisconsin Rapids Sectional

2019 Tournament Results

2019 State Boys Swimming & Diving Championships
Friday & Saturday, Feb. 15-16
UW Natatorium, Madison, Wis.

Division 1 Results
Event Results
Team Results

Division 2 Results
Event Results
Team Results

2019 Sectional Swimming/Diving Results

Division 1
Greenfield Sectional
Homestead Sectional
Middleton Sectional
Neenah Sectional
Racine Park Sectional
Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln Sectional

Division 2 Sectionals
Ashwaubenon Sectional
Baraboo Sectional
Rhinelander at UW-SP Sectional
Whitefish Bay Sectional

2018 Tournament Results

2018 State Boys Swimming & Diving Championships
Friday & Saturday, Feb. 16-17
UW Natatorium, Madison, Wis.

Division 1 Results
Event Results
Team Results

Division 2 Results
Event Results
Team Results

2018 Sectional Swimming & Diving Results

Division 1
Beloit Memorial Sectional
Homestead Sectional
Kenosha Tremper Sectional
Neenah Sectional
Waukesha South Sectional
Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln Sectional

Division 2
Baraboo Sectional
Cedarburg Sectional
Nicolet Sectional
River Falls Sectional

2017 Tournament Results

2017 State Boys Swimming & Diving Championships
Friday & Saturday, Feb. 17-18
UW Natatorium, Madison, Wis.

Division 1 Championships
Event Results
Team Results

Division 2 Championships
Event Results
Team Results

2017 Sectional Swimming & Diving Results

Division 1 Sectionals
Homestead Sectional
Hudson Sectional
Kenosha Tremper Sectional
Middleton Sectional
Neenah Sectional
Waukesha South Sectional

Division 2 Sectionals
Ashwaubenon Sectional
Stevens Point Sectional
Stoughton Sectional
Whitefish Bay Sectional

2016 Tournament Results

2016 State Boys Swimming & Diving Championships

Friday & Saturday, Feb. 19-20

UW Natatorium, Madison, Wis.

Saturday, Feb. 20 - Division 1 Championships

Event Results

Team Results

Friday, Feb. 19 - Division 2 Championships

Event Results
Team Results

2016 Sectional Swimming/Diving Sectional Results

Division 1 Sectionals

Arrowhead & Homestead Sectional (Diving at Brookfield Central HS)

Greenfield Co-op Sectional

Hudson Sectional

Kenosha Bradford/Reuther Sectional

Middleton Sectional

Neenah Sectional

Division 2 Sectionals

Baraboo Sectional

Plymouth Sectional

Stevens Point Sectional

Whitefish Bay Sectional

2015 Tournament Results

2015 State Boys Swimming & Diving Championships

Friday & Saturday, Feb. 20-21

UW Natatorium, Madison, Wis.

Division 1 Results

Event Results

Team Results

Division 2 Results

Event Results

Team Results

2015 Sectional Swimming/Diving Results

Division 1 Sectionals

Cedarburg Sectional

Hudson Sectional

Kenosha Bradford Sectional

Middleton Sectional

Neenah Sectional

Waukesha South/Catholic Memorial Sectional

Division 2 Sectionals

Baraboo Sectional

Plymouth Sectional

Stevens Point Sectional

Whitefish Bay Sectional

2014 Tournament Results

2014 State Swimming & Diving Championships
Friday & Saturday, Feb. 21-22
UW Natatorium, Madison, Wis.

Division 1 Results
Event Results
Team Results

Division 2 Results
Event Results
Team Results

2014 Sectional Swimming & Diving Results

Division 1 Sectionals

Cedarburg Sectional Results

Greenfield/Greendale Sectional Results

Hudson Sectional Results

Middleton Sectional Results

Neenah Sectional Results

Racine Case Sectional Results

Division 2 Sectionals

Baraboo Sectional Results

Cudahy Sectional Results

Plymouth Sectional Results

Stevens Point Sectional Results

2013 Tournament Results

2013 Boys State Swimming & Diving Results
Friday & Saturday, Feb. 15-16
UW Natatorium, Madison, Wis.

Division 1 Results

Division 1 Event Results
Division 1 Team Results

Division 2 Results
Division 2 Event Results
Division 2 Team Results

2013 Sectional Swimming/Diving Results

Division 1 Sectionals

Greenfield/Greendale Swimming/Diving Results

Hudson Swimming/Diving Results

Middleton Swimming/Diving Results

Neenah Swimming/Diving Results

Nicolet Swimming/Diving Results

Waukesha South/Cath Mem Swimming/Diving Results

Division 2 Sectionals

Baraboo Swimming/Diving Results

Cudahy Swimming/Diving Results

Plymouth Swimming/Diving Results

Stevens Point Swimming/Diving Results

2012 Tournament Results

2012 Boys State Swimming & Diving Results
Friday & Saturday, Feb. 17-18
UW Natatorium, Madison, Wis.

Division 1 Results
Division 1 Event Results
Division 1 Team Results

Division 2 Results
Division 2 Event Results
Division 2 Team Results

2012 Boys Swimming & Diving Sectional Results
Division 1 Sectional Results
Greenfield/Greendale Sectional
Hudson Sectional
Middleton Sectional
Neenah Sectional
Nicolet Sectional
Waukesha South/Catholic Memorial Sectional

Division 2 Sectional Results
Baraboo Sectional
Cedarburg Sectional
Cudahy Sectional
Stevens Point Sectional

2011 Tournament Results

2011 Boys Swimming & Diving Championship Results
Friday & Saturday, Feb. 18-19
UW Natatorium, Madison, Wis.

Division 1 Results
Division 1 Event Results
Division 1 Team Results

Division 2 Results
Division 2 Event Results
Division 2 Team Results

2011 Boys Swimming & Diving Sectional Results
Division 1 Sectional Results
Greenfield/Greendale Sectional Results
Hudson Sectional Results
Middleton Sectional Results
Neenah Sectional Results
Nicolet Sectional Results
Waukesha South Sectional Results

Division 2 Sectional Results
Baraboo Sectional Results
Cudahy Sectional Results
Plymouth Sectional Results
Stevens Point Sectional Results