By Jason Arndt
Staff Writer
Claire Koeppel has had a banner senior season for the Lake Geneva Badger co-op swim team.
Entering the WIAA Division 1 sectional swimming and diving competition Nov. 3 at Greenfield, Koeppel already produced a stellar season in the Southern Lakes Conference, where she notched more than a dozen individual victories along with a title in the 200-yard freestyle event.
Koeppel, who finished second in the 500-yard freestyle at the conference meet, also was a member of the conference champion 400-meter freestyle relay team.
Like her SLC appearance, she captured two titles at the Nov. 3 sectional, this time in the 200- and 500-yard freestyle events to punch her ticket to the state meet held Saturday at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Natatorium.
With her sectional titles, Koeppel, of Westosha Central, became the second Badger co-op swimmer to win an individual event in as many seasons.
Last year, Big Foot representative Grace Gillingham advanced to the state meet in the 100 breaststroke.
Read more about Koeppel and other swim team members that contributed in the Nov. 8 Lake Geneva Times.
