From a few blocks away Saturday, the Tomah Aquatic Center sounded like E.J. McKean Field during a track & field meet or football game.

There’s nothing like competition to pump up the noise.

The Aquatic Center was in full competitive mode during the Tomah Torpedoes annual swim invitational. Mauston, Sparta and La Crescent joined Tomah for the four-team event.

It was the last meet of the 2008 season.

“We have a really good crowd here, and they’ve been really supportive,” coach Izzy Neitzel said. Neitzel coaches the team along with Sarah Saunders and Ross Grover. “It’s great to have everyone cheering around the pool.”

The crowd had plenty of opportunities to cheer. The meet featured 82 events for swimmers ages eight to 18.

Twenty-five athletes are members of this year’s Tomah team. Neitzel said it’s a hard-working and enthusiastic group.

“They just love the water,” she said. “We have some eight-year-olds who are such hard workers. They go at it as hard as any of the older ones.”

The team gets support from the Tomah Parks & Recreation Department, which runs the Aquatic Center. The department assisted the team with supplies and provided manpower for the meet.

Neitzel said the program has an encouraging future.

“We have a lot of returners from last year, but we’re still a young team,” she said. “A lot of them should be back next year.”

Results of the meet are as follows:

8-under 100 meter relay: team of Kyle Burkhalter, Cassie Carney, Natalie Fleming, and Claudia Neve 2nd.

9-10 100 meter relay: team of Olivia Waddell, Sadie Paulino, Ellie Fischer, and Kenzie Linenberg 2nd.

11-12 100 meter relay: team of Mikala Renda, Cole Burkhalter, Mallory Hemmersbach and Sarah Honish 2nd.

8-under 25m freestyle girls: Cassie Carney 8th, Natalie Fleming 9th, boys: Jake Bauer 1st.

9-10 25m freestyle girls: Sadie Paulino 12th, Olivia Waddell 14th, Ellie Fischer 15th, Claudia Neve 16th, Kenzie Linenberg 17th. Boys: Kyle Burkhalter 5th.

11-12 50m freestyle girls: Sarah Honish 3rd, Mikala Renda 7th, Mallory Hemmersbach 9th, Cole Burkhalter 11th, Maddy Neve 14th. Boys: Matt Mueller 3rd, Isaac Neve 4th.

13-14 50m freestyle girls: Brittany Westerman 9th, boys: Kevin Dwyer 3rd,

Open 50m freestyle: Kirsten Anderson 3rd, 9-10.

25m butterfly girls: Kenzie Linenberg 4th, Sadie Paulino 5th. Boys: Kyle Burkhalter 4th.

11-12 50m butterfly girls: Sarah Honish 2nd, Mallory Hemmersbach 3rd. Boys: Isaac Neve 3rd.

14-under 50m butterfly: Kevin Dwyer 3rd.

8-under 25m backstroke girls: Cassie Carney 7th. Boys: Jake Bauer 1st.

9-10 25m backstroke: Olivia Waddell 6th, Claudia Neve 10th, Ellie Fischer 11th.

11-12 50m backstroke girls: Maddy Neve 6th, Mikala Renda 7th, Cole Burkhalter 8th. Boys: Matt Mueller 6th.

13-14 50m backstroke girls: Brittany Westerman 7th.

Open 50m backstroke girls: Kirsten Anderson 2nd.

8-under 25m breaststroke girls: Cassie Carney 4th. Boys: Jake Bauer 1st.

9-10 25m breaststroke girls: Ellie Fischer 1st, Olivia Waddell 4th, Kenzie Linenberg 5th, Sadie Paulino 6th, Claudia Neve 11th. Boys: Kyle Burkhalter 4th,

11-12 50m breaststroke girls: Sarah Honish 3rd, Mallory Hemmersbach 4th, Maddy Neve 5th, Cole Burkhalter 8th, Mikala Renda 11th. Boys: Isaac Neve 1st, Matt Mueller 2nd.

13-14 50m breaststroke girls: Brittany Westerman 8th. Boys: Kevin Dwyer 2nd.

Open 50m breaststroke girls: Kirsten Anderson 3rd.