All dynasties have a beginning, and one just happened to start in 2003 with the Sturgeon Bay/Southern Door swimming team.

It started a streak of four straight state championships for the program. In 2003, the squad captured the title with 266 points, beating second place McFarland by 40 points and third-place Whitefish Bay by 90 points. Winning state titles was the 200 medley relay team of Mitch Dyer, Colin Adelmeyer, Jake Mauermann, Jack Pomprowitz with a time of 1:40.61, 200 freestyle relay team of Kevin Campbell, Luke Cummings, Sam Parent, Chris Richard with a time of 1:29.79, and the 400 yard freestyle relay team of Adam Buhalog, Tim Kolk, Derrick O'Donnell, Patrick Croak with a time of 3:16.75.

Shane Eliason led the individuals participating in the state meet by winning the 100 yard back stroke in just over 54 seconds.

Click here to see the full results from the state meet in 2003