Submitted Photo Vulcan native Dan Lindstrom (back row, second from left) celebrates with his Madison Edgewood High School swim team after winning the Division 2 state championship.

The Lindstrom family turns out championship swimmers.

Jim Lindstrom has coached Kingsford and Norway high school swim teams to much success over the years.

Jim’s son Dan reached the pinnacle of coaching recently when Madison (Wis.) Edgewood won the WIAA Division 2 state swim title.

“The number one lesson that I learned from my father is to make sure the team is having fun while also training hard,” Lindstrom said. “Swimming is a grueling sport to train and if you are not having fun you will not be able to enjoy the season and compete at the highest level.”

Dan Lindstrom, 34, has spent 16 years in the water with the Flivvers and Knights swim teams along with the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. He’s been on the deck coaching for nine seasons — five at De Pere and four at Edgewood.

“Hard to be believe how fast time goes by,” said Lindstrom, a three-time All-UP selection in high school.

Th 2003 Norway High School graduate, son of Mary and Jim Lindstrom of Vulcan, was a one-boy team for the Knights in 2001 and 2002.

As a sophomore in his first season, Lindstrom captured every event. He broke two MPC records in 200 IM and 100 breaststroke and also won UP titles in those events.

Lindstrom scored 32 points in the 2002 UP Finals, winning the 200 IM and 100 breast again to place Norway ninth in the team standings.

He joined the Kingsford High School co-op in 2003, taking first in four UP events — 100 breaststroke, 200 medley relay, 200 individual medley and 200 freestyle relay. Lindstrom teamed up with Chad Susott, Luke Adams and John Nelson to erase the UP 200 freestyle relay record with a time of 1:33.83.

The only disappointment was Kingsford finishing second to Sault Ste. Marie in the team standings, 312-278. Third-place Marquette had a 12-year UP title streak end.

Edgewood halted Monona Grove’s four-year title reign, 289-184, in the Division 2 state meet at the University of Wisconsin Natatorium. The Crusaders won their second state title and first since 2014.

“The Edgewood coaching staff has been fortunate enough to be coaching a great group of boys,” Lindstrom said. “With a core group of swimmers in each class we were able to rely on the individual talents to set some fairly lofty season goals.

“We knew we had a chance to win the WIAA state title this year, but it was not going to be easy with a loaded field of teams from all over the state. As the season progressed we were able to taper several of the boys for the state tournament, whereas other teams elect to taper most of their team for the sectional qualifiers.”

Edgewood entered the state championship without a single top seed.

“But the boys used that as motivation,”‘ said Lindstrom, noting the 105-point victory margin over Monona Grove and taking six firsts out of the 12 events including the first four to start the meet. “I think the guys did not realize how good they could be coming into the year, but they wanted the title and so they put quality hours in the weight room and in the pool and it paid off.”

Junior Truman teDuits led Edgewood with four firsts in 200 individual medley, 100 breaststroke, 200 medley relay and 400 freestyle relay.

“You try to educate these young men to not only be quality swimmers but also quality individuals,” Lindstrom told Madison.com. “And to do that you have to challenge them and try to press them where they don’t think they can go, and watch them succeed. Truman is the lead example of that.”