Winona JV Does well at Big 9.

The Winona Winhawks Girls' Swimming Team took their JV swimmers to Owatonna to strut their stuff and they did just that. Typically overshadowed by the varsity events in the dual meets, this was the JV swimmers chance to shine.

When I get the official results I will be able to elaborate on the relays, the contestants and their splits.


Notable performances included:

8th gr. Razil Campbell and FR Sami Johnson went into the 200IM seeded 5 & 6 respectively. They were in lanes 3 & 4, started side-by-side and stayed that way through out the entire race. They pushed each other to where they both shaved 4+ seconds off their seed times. Razil ended up touching out Sami but more importantly they moved up to finish 3-4 in the event.


In the 50FR the Winhawks had their highest contingent of swimmers, as did most of the teams. Winhawk SO Katie Taylor swam neck and neck with a Faribault swimmer the entire way and managed to touch her out shaving nearly 3 seconds off her seed time. Elizabeth Stretcher and 7th gr Sarah Hunsicker both improved on the seed times in the next heat. 8th grader Morgan Crowson had a big race in the 8th heat. Bettering her seed time by 1.3 second that deep in the event meant she moved up 7 places in the final standings. In eth second to last heat, SR. Denni Cisewski, FR Ashlen Haines, & FR Emily Krause were seeded 7th, 9th& 10th respectively. They finished 1-2-3 in their heat and Denni & Ashlen moved up to 4th & 5th place overall.

In Diving Megan Seely finished 5th overall with a four dive program that included a Forward 1ss ½ tw that went for 3’s and a 3.5, an Inward dive pike that scored 3.5 and 4’s, a well performed Inward 1ss tuck that went for straight 5’s, and a Forward 1 ½ ss tuck that netted 4.5’s and a 5.

In the 100FL FR Sami Johnson swam her seed time and picked up a solid second place.


The 100 FR saw SO Katie Taylor, 7th Gr Sarah Hunsicker and Elizabeth Strecher all in the initial heat together and ALL saw significant drops from their seed times! FR Samantha Berg cut 5+ seconds off her seed time and moved up a full 4 places in the standings. SO Kayla Berg was the 19th seed swimming in the 5th heat. She dropped 3 full seconds and moved from 19th to 6th overall!

In the 200Fr Relay the Winona C relay was seeded 16th. The other two were seeded 1st & 5th. In the end, they finished 3-4-5, with the ”C” relay moving up 11 spots!

The 100BK had FR Emily Krause seeded 4th and swimming her seed time to bring home a 3rd place!

The 100BR had Greer Kosidowski and Razil Campbell seeded 2nd & 5th respectively and that is exactly how they finished.

All in all it was a very exciting and enjoyable meet. When I get more details and scores I will pass them on.