Winona Winfins December Home Meet

December 19th, the Winona YMCA Winfins hosted a meet and the NE YMCA (White Bear Lake) came a calling.

There were some great swims for early in the season and a number of swimmers got their qualifying for Regions out of the way.

The Results of the Winfins were:

Event 1 Girls 12 & Under 200 Yard Freestyle

Winfin Morgan Whyte won swimming a Regions qualifying 2:23.78 followed by Nutter, Alex in 2nd in 2:58.57 and Larsen, Kimberly in 3rd at 3:03.04

Event 2 Boys 12 & Under 200 Yard Freestyle
Tyler Suman took second place swimming a 3:03.22 followed by Piper, Corey at 3:22.35

Event 3 Girls 14 & Under 200 Yard Freestyle
Kailey Kronebusch tool 3rd in 2:40.29 followed by Lemire, Lasha in 4th at 3:07.55 and Schossow, Megan in 5th in 3:20.48

Event 4 Boys 14 & Under 200 Yard Freestyle
Hodd Gorman placed 2nd in 2:23.70 and Aaron Whyte was 3rd in 2:28.99.

Event 5 Girls 18 & Under 200 Yard Freestyle
Mackenzie Brosnahan swam a regions qualifying time of 2:02.24 for the win. Grace Ell placed 3rd in 2:29.32 and Kayla Berg swam 4th in 2:33.60

Event 7 Girls 8 & Under 100 Yard Medley Relay
Won by the Winona team of 1) Lemire, Moriah J 8 2) Marg, Natalie 8 3) Drazkowski, Morgan 8 4) May, Thea 8 in 1:28.80

Event 8 Boys 8 & Under 100 Yard Medley Relay
Won by the Winona team in 1:41.22 swum by 1) Pellegrino, Aidan 7 2) Shanahan, Brendan 7 3) Coudron, Tony 8 4) Lozenski, Tanner 8

Event 9 Girls 10 & Under 200 Yard Medley Relay
Won by Winona in 3:03.24 with the team of 1) Broghammer, Sarah 10 2) Dretske, Carina 10 3) Whyte, Lauren 9 4) O'Neill, Harper 9. Winona also took 2 in 3:33.04 with the team of 1) Lemire, Azrielle 10 2) Morescki, Alexa 10 3) Kohner, Jessica 10 4) Lawson, Piper 9

Event 10 Boys 10 & Under 200 Yard Medley Relay
The Winona Team took second in 3:15.27 consisting of 1) Gresham, Sam 10 2) Gould, Drew 10 3) Arnold, Andrew 10 4) Conway, Jack 9

Event 11 Girls 12 & Under 200 Yard Medley Relay
Winona took 1st in 2:19.34 with the team of 1) Whyte, Morgan 12 2) Sugaya, Nina 113) O'Neill, Hanna 11 4) Arnold, Alexandria 11 and 2nd in 2:45.98 with the team of 1) Beseler, Brianna R 11 2) Kronebusch, Jenna 11 3) Nutter, Alex 11 4) Lemire, Shiloh 11 and also third in 3:25.55 using 1) Larsen, Kimberly 11 2) Konkel, Kylie 11 3) Pozanc, Kaza 11 4) Jerawski, Aspen 9

Event 12 Boys 12 & Under 200 Yard Medley Relay
The Winona entry was DQ’ed for an early leave from the blocks. 1) Piper, Corey 11 2) Shanahan, Aidan 11 3) Suman, Tyler 11 4) Halleck, Marshall 11

Event 13 Girls 14 & Under 200 Yard Medley Relay
Winona wins first in 2:14.58 with the team of 1) Porter, McKenzie 13 2) Thurow, Emily 13 3) Zuelke, Alexandra 14 4) O'Neill, Haley 13 and 3rd in 2:38.03 with 1) Berg, Samantha 14 2) Campbell, Raizl 14 3) Kronebusch, Kailey 13 4) Lemire, Lasha 14

Event 15 Girls 18 & Under 200 Yard Medley Relay
Winona takes both 1st and 2nd WIN A 2:20.04 1) Brosnahan, Mackenzie 15 2) Jones-McMillan, Melanie 16 3) Porter, Mallory 16 4) Ell, Grace 15 and 2 WIN B 2:49.81 1) Lemire, Lael 15 2) Bautista, Valeria 133) Berg, Kayla 16 4) Konkel, Katrina 15

Event 16 Boys 18 & Under 200 Yard Medley Relay
Winona takes 2nd in 2:16.88 with 1) Whyte, Aaron 13 2) Gorman, Hodd 13 3) Schneider, Kyle 13 4) Gendreau, Zach 18

Event 17 Girls 8 & Under 25 Yard Freestyle
Winona takes 2nd and 3rd and both were Regions qualifying tomes. 2 Lemire, Moriah 8 in 17.89 and Marg, Natalie 8 in 17.91 REG. followed by 4th May, Thea 8 WIN 18.14 5th Wisniewski, Lilly 8 WIN 22.89 6th Schewe, Francesca 7 WIN 23.92 7th Hoffman, Mary 7 WIN 24.42 8th Reilly, Ella 8 WIN 25.20 9th Ping, Grace 6 WIN 31.87

Event 18 Boys 8 & Under 25 Yard Freestyle
Winona places 2nd Coudron, Tony 8 WIN 19.06 3rd Pellegrino, Aidan 7 WIN 19.84 4th Lozenski, Tanner 8 WIN 22.27 5th Herczeg, Jack 8 WIN 22.34 6th Morescki, Evan 7 WIN 23.60 7th Shanahan, Brendan 7 WIN 25.49 8th Satka, Matt 8 WIN 26.61 and 11th Broghammer, Luke 8 WIN 32.64

Event 19 Girls 10 & Under 50 Yard Freestyle
Winona brings home 2nd through 6th with 2nd Dretske, Carina 10 WIN 39.38 3rd Lemire, Azrielle 10 WIN 41.45 4th Lawson, Piper 9 WIN 46.81 5th Morescki, Alexa 10 WIN 47.46 and 6th Jerawski, Aspen 9 WIN 51.08

Event 20 Boys 10 & Under 50 Yard Freestyle
Andrew Arnold brought home a come from behind win in this exciting race. Results were 1st Arnold, Andrew 10 WIN 38.53 3rd Gould, Drew 10 WIN 40.88 4th Gresham, Sam 10 WIN 41.04 5th Conway, Jack 9 WIN 41.12

Event 21 Girls 12 & Under 50 Yard Freestyle
Coming in at 2nd, Alexa Arnold swims a Regions qualifying time, 2nd Arnold, Alexandria 11 WIN 31.19 REG. 3rd Lemire, Shiloh 11 WIN 36.49 4th Kronebusch, Jenna 11 WIN 37.38 5th Konkel, Kylie 11 WIN 40.28 6th Wolfe, Daniela 11 WIN 40.56

Event 22 Boys 12 & Under 50 Yard Freestyle
Winona swimmers finish 1-2. 1st Shanahan, Aidan 11 WIN 39.20 2nd Halleck, Marshall 11 WIN 1:08.72

Event 23 Girls 14 & Under 50 Yard Freestyle
Four Winfins swimming Regions qualifying times. Finishing 1st Zuelke, Alexandra 14 WIN 26.12 REG. 2nd O’Neill, Haley 13 WIN 27.42 REG. 4th Thurow, Emily 13 WIN 30.66 REG. and 5th Porter, McKenzie 13 WIN 30.96 REG. Also swimming for the Winona Winfins were 6th Zobitz, Hannah 14 NEY-MN 31.54 7th Kronebusch, Kailey 13 WIN 32.21 8th Campbell, Raizl 14 WIN 32.84 9th Berg, Samantha 14 WIN 34.75 and 10th Lemire, Lasha 14 WIN 37.57

Event 24 Boys 14 & Under 50 Yard Freestyle
Winfins took 3rd Whyte, Aaron 13 WIN 31.50 and 4th Johnson, Jordan 14 NEY-MN 34.67

Event 25 Girls 18 & Under 50 Yard Freestyle
Winona placed 1-2-3 with Grace qualifying for Regions and Mallory just outside of the qualifying time. 1st Ell, Grace 15 WIN 30.02 REG. 2nd Porter, Mallory 16 WIN 31.69 and 3rd Konkel, Katrina 15 WIN 39.76

Event 26 Boys 18 & Under 50 Yard Freestyle
Placing 1st Gendreau, Zach 18 WIN 27.92

Event 29 Girls 18 & Under 100 Yard IM
Winfins placed 1st Berg, Kayla 16 WIN 1:21.08 and 2nd Jones-McMillan, Melanie 16 WIN 1:23.09 followed by 4th Lemire, Lael 15 WIN 1:36.10

Event 30 Boys 18 & Under 100 Yard IM
Winfins placed 2nd Gendreau, Zach 18 WIN 1:14.95

Event 31 Girls 8 & Under 100 Yard IM
Qualifying with a Regions time, 1st was Winfin Drazkowski, Morgan 8 WIN 1:44.08 REG. 4th was Arnold, Madelyn 8 WIN 2:10.49

Event 33 Girls 10 & Under 100 Yard IM
In a very close all Winona heat, taking 1st O'Neill, Harper 9 WIN 1:44.38 followed closely by 2nd Whyte, Lauren 9 WIN 1:47.15, 3rd Kohner, Jessica 10 WIN 2:00.40 4th Morescki, Alexa 10 WIN 2:15.99

Event 34 Boys 10 & Under 100 Yard IM
Winfin 2nd place finisher Gresham, Sam 10 WIN 1:41.23

Event 35 Girls 12 & Under 100 Yard IM
Winfins take 2nd Nutter, Alex 11 WIN 1:37.07 and 3rd Pozanc, Kaza 11 WIN 1:54.75

Event 37 Girls 14 & Under 200 Yard IM
Winfins go 1-2 in this event with 1st from Arnold, Alexandria 11 WIN 3:01.01 and 2nd Berg, Samantha 14 WIN 3:18.46

Event 38 Boys 14 & Under 200 Yard IM
Winfin win with 1st Schneider, Kyle 13 WIN 2:47.66

Event 43 Girls 8 & Under 25 Yard Backstroke
A Regions qualifying time with a 1st from Winfin May, Thea 8 WIN 20.33 REG. followed by 2nd Marg, Natalie 8 WIN 22.14 3rd Hoffman, Mary 7 WIN 25.51 4th Ping, Grace 6 WIN 32.47 5th Wisniewski, Lilly 8 WIN 33.05 6th Schewe, Francesca 7 WIN 34.41

Event 44 Boys 8 & Under 25 Yard Backstroke
Winfins finish 1-2 with 1st Coudron, Tony 8 WIN 23.23 2nd Herczeg, Jack 8 WIN 26.78 followed by 4th Satka, Matt 8 WIN 33.05 5th Broghammer, Luke 8 WIN 34.46

Event 45 Girls 10 & Under 50 Yard Backstroke
Winfins win 2nd Broghammer, Sarah 10 WIN 47.73 3rd Whyte, Lauren 9 WIN 48.09 4th Lemire, Azrielle 10 WIN 51.53 and 5th Lawson, Piper 9 WIN 53.62

Event 47 Girls 12 & Under 50 Yard Backstroke
Swimming a Winning Regions qualifying time is 1st Whyte, Morgan 12 WIN 33.50 REG. followed by 2nd O'Neill, Hanna 11 WIN 37.34 3rd Larsen, Kimberly 11 WIN 45.42 4th Kronebusch, Jenna 11 WIN 45.72 and 5th Lemire, Shiloh 11 WIN 47.40

Event 48 Boys 12 & Under 50 Yard Backstroke
Winfins win with 1st Piper, Corey 11 WIN 48.36 and 2nd Halleck, Marshall 11 WIN 1:09.33

Event 49 Girls 14 & Under 100 Yard Backstroke
Winfins win with a Regions qualifying time as well, 1st O'Neill, Haley 13 WIN 1:13.07 REG 2nd Beseler, Brianna R 11 WIN 1:28.79 3rd Berg, Samantha 14 WIN 1:32.72 4th Bautista, Valeria 13 WIN 1:33.50, 5th Lemire, Lasha 14 WIN 1:37.39

Event 50 Boys 14 & Under 100 Yard Backstroke
Winfins get a win with a 1st Whyte, Aaron 13 WIN 1:14.09

Event 51 Girls 18 & Under 100 Yard Backstroke
Getting her 2nd Regions qualifying time of the day, 1st Brosnahan, Mackenzie 15 WIN 1:06.80 REG. 2nd Berg, Kayla 16 WIN 1:29.17 3rd Lemire, Lael 15 WIN 1:43.14

Event 54 Boys 12 & Under 500 Yard Freestyle
A Winfin win with 1st Suman, Tyler 11 WIN 8:01.03

Event 55 Girls 14 & Under 500 Yard Freestyle
A Winfin 1-2 with a 1st by Porter, McKenzie 13 WIN 6:51.11 2nd Thurow, Emily 13 WIN 7:23.14

Event 57 Girls 18 & Under 500 Yard Freestyle
Another Winfin win with a 1st by Jones-McMillan, Melanie 16 WIN 7:26.52

Event 59 Girls 8 & Under 100 Yard Freestyle Relay
2nd Place for Winfins in 1:40.83 by 1) Miller, Grace 8 2) Ping, Grace 6 3) Wisniewski, Lilly 8 4) Marg, Natalie 8  And 3rd in 1:47.13 1) Arnold, Madelyn 8 2) Hoffman, Mary 7 3) Reilly, Ella 8 4) Schewe, Francesca 7

Event 60 Boys 8 & Under 100 Yard Freestyle Relay
A Winfin win with 1st in 1:29.40 1) Lozenski, Tanner 8 2) Pellegrino, Aidan 7 3) Morescki, Evan 7 4) Coudron, Tony 8

Event 61 Girls 10 & Under 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
First for Winfins 1st 3:26.70 1) Morescki, Alexa 10 2) Jerawski, Aspen 9 3) Lawson, Piper 9 4) Broghammer, Sarah 10

Event 62 Boys 10 & Under 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
1st Winfins in 2:40.85 1) Conway, Jack 9 2) Gould, Drew 10 3) Gresham, Sam 10 4) Arnold, Andrew 10

Event 63 Girls 12 & Under 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
1st WIN A 2:27.61 1) Larsen, Kimberly 11 2) Sugaya, Nina 11 3) Kronebusch, Jenna 11 4) Nutter, Alex 11  3rd WIN B 2:43.70 1) Dretske, Carina 10 2) Pozanc, Kaza 11 3) Lemire, Shiloh 11 4) Konkel, Kylie 11

Event 64 Boys 12 & Under 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
1st Winfins A 3:09.86 1) Shanahan, Aidan 11 2) Halleck, Marshall 11 3) Piper, Corey 11 4) Suman, Tyler 11

Event 65 Girls 14 & Under 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
1st Winfins A 1:56.01 1) O'Neill, Haley 13 2) Kronebusch, Kailey 13 3) Thurow, Emily 13 4) Zuelke, Alexandra 14 3rd WIN B 2:22.94 1) Porter, McKenzie 13 2) Lemire, Lasha 14 3) Schossow, Megan 14 4) Bautista, Valeria 13

Event 67 Girls 18 & Under 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
1st WIN A 2:02.18 1) Ell, Grace 15 2) Jones-McMillan, Melanie 16 3) Porter, Mallory 16 4) Brosnahan, Mackenzie 15

Event 68 Boys 18 & Under 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
2nd WIN A 2:00.56 1) Schneider, Kyle 13 2) Gorman, Hodd 13 3) Whyte, Aaron 13 4) Gendreau, Zach 18

Event 71 Girls 8 & Under 25 Yard Butterfly
Winning with a Regions Qualifying time in 1st Drazkowski, Morgan 8 WIN 20.67 REG. 2 Lemire, Moriah J 8 WIN 21.63
5th Miller, Grace 8 WIN 23.54 6th Arnold, Madelyn 8 WIN 29.48

Event 72 Boys 8 & Under 25 Yard Butterfly
1st Lozenski, Tanner 8 WIN 29.07

Event 73 Girls 10 & Under 50 Yard Butterfly
1 O'Neill, Harper 9 WIN 44.86 2nd Kohner, Jessica 10 WIN 55.52 3rd Lawson, Piper 9 WIN 1:06.59

Event 74 Boys 10 & Under 50 Yard Butterfly
2nd Conway, Jack 9 WIN 59.77

Event 75 Girls 12 & Under 50 Yard Butterfly
Winning with a Regions qualifier, 1st O'Neill, Hanna 11 WIN 32.72 REG. 4th Sugaya, Nina 11 WIN 49.31 5th Konkel, Kylie 11 WIN 49.41

Event 77 Girls 14 & Under 100 Yard Butterfly
Winning with a Regions Qualifier 1st Zuelke, Alexandra 14 WIN 1:07.08 REG.

Event 79 Girls 18 & Under 100 Yard Butterfly
1st Porter, Mallory 16 WIN 1:21.41

Event 81 Girls 8 & Under 50 Yard Freestyle
Winning in Regions Qualifying time, 1st May, Thea 8 WIN 42.29 REG. 2nd Miller, Grace 8 WIN 45.93 4th Reilly, Ella 8 WIN 55.75 5th Hoffman, Mary 7 WIN 1:00.71 6th Wisniewski, Lilly 8 WIN 1:05.33

Event 82 Boys 8 & Under 50 Yard Freestyle
Winning in Regions Qualifying time, 1st Coudron, Tony 8 WIN 42.04 REG.3rd Pellegrino, Aidan 7 WIN 48.66 4th Herczeg, Jack 8 WIN 56.22 5 Shanahan, Brendan 7 WIN 57.45 7th Satka, Matt 8 WIN 1:02.26

Event 83 Girls 10 & Under 100 Yard Freestyle
3rd Whyte, Lauren 9 WIN 1:36.58 4th Kohner, Jessica 10 WIN 1:39.66 5th Broghammer, Sarah 10 WIN 1:50.50 6th Jerawski, Aspen 9 WIN 2:01.15

Event 84 Boys 10 & Under 100 Yard Freestyle
1st Arnold, Andrew 10 WIN 1:25.12

Event 85 Girls 12 & Under 100 Yard Freestyle
Taking 1-2 in Regions Qualifying times, 1st Whyte, Morgan 12 WIN 1:04.99 REG. 2nd O'Neill, Hanna 11 WIN 1:07.46 REG. 3rd Beseler, Brianna R 11 WIN 1:14.05 4th Lemire, Shiloh 11 WIN 1:24.06 5th Nutter, Alex 11 WIN 1:25.7 6th Sugaya, Nina 11 WIN 1:26.68 7th Pozanc, Kaza 11 WIN 1:38.23

Event 86 Boys 12 & Under 100 Yard Freestyle
1st Suman, Tyler 11 WIN 1:21.99 2nd Piper, Corey 11 WIN 1:35.88

Event 87 Girls 14 & Under 100 Yard Freestyle
Winning in Regions Qualifying time 1st O'Neill, Haley 13 WIN 59.97 REG. 2nd Kronebusch, Kailey 13 WIN 1:12.88 3rd Thurow, Emily 13 WIN 1:13.52 4th Bautista, Valeria 13 WIN 1:23.21 5th Schossow, Megan 14 WIN 1:27.15

Event 88 Boys 14 & Under 100 Yard Freestyle
2nd Schneider, Kyle 13 WIN 1:06.16 3rd Gorman, Hodd 13 WIN 1:06.53

Event 89 Girls 18 & Under 100 Yard Freestyle
1st Lemire, Lael 15 WIN 1:17.55 2nd Konkel, Katrina 15 WIN 1:39.26

Event 90 Boys 18 & Under 100 Yard Freestyle
1st Gendreau, Zach 18 WIN 1:01.95

Event 93 Girls 8 & Under 25 Yard Breaststroke
1st Marg, Natalie 8 WIN 27.13 2nd Miller, Grace 8 WIN 27.53 3rd Drazkowski, Morgan 8 WIN 27.58 4th Arnold, Madelyn 8 WIN 32.31 5th Reilly, Ella 8 WIN 36.41

Event 94 Boys 8 & Under 25 Yard Breaststroke
1st Lozenski, Tanner 8 WIN 32.14 2nd Morescki, Evan 7 WIN 33.73 3rd Shanahan, Brendan 7 WIN 35.13 4th Broghammer, Luke 8 WIN 42.59

Event 95 Girls 10 & Under 50 Yard Breaststroke
Swimming in Regions Qualifying time 2nd Dretske, Carina 10 WIN 47.70 REG. 3rd O'Neill, Harper 9 WIN 53.12 4th Broghammer, Sarah 10 WIN 59.45 5th Morescki, Alexa 10 WIN 1:06.04 6th Lemire, Azrielle 10 WIN 1:07.51

Event 96 Boys 10 & Under 50 Yard Breaststroke
3rd Gresham, Sam 10 WIN 53.75 4th Arnold, Andrew 10 WIN 56.57 5th Conway, Jack 9 WIN 1:03.81

Event 97 Girls 12 & Under 50 Yard Breaststroke
2nd Sugaya, Nina 11 WIN 43.54 4th Beseler, Brianna R 11 WIN 45.11 5th Kronebusch, Jenna 11 WIN 47.66 6th Konkel, Kylie 11 WIN 51.16

Event 99 Girls 14 & Under 100 Yard Breaststroke
Winning in Regions Qualifying time 1st Zuelke, Alexandra 14 WIN 1:14.13 REG. 3rd Porter, McKenzie 13 WIN 1:33.67

(Event 99 Girls 14 & Under 100 Yard Breaststroke)
4th Arnold, Alexandria 11 WIN 1:34.83 5th Pozanc, Kaza 11 WIN 2:20.07

Event 100 Boys 14 & Under 100 Yard Breaststroke
1st Gorman, Hodd 13 WIN 1:26.66 3rd Schneider, Kyle 13 WIN 1:33.60

Event 101 Girls 18 & Under 100 Yard Breaststroke
Winning in Regions Qualifying time 1st Brosnahan, Mackenzie 15 WIN 1:18.51 REG. 2nd Ell, Grace 15 WIN 1:31.56 3rd Jones-McMillan, Melanie 16 WIN 1:31.75

Event 103 Girls 8 & Under 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
1st Winfins A 3:01.76 1) Arnold, Madelyn 8 2) Lemire, Moriah J 8 3) May, Thea 8 4) Drazkowski, Morgan 8

Event 104 Boys 8 & Under 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
1st WIN A 4:18.47 1) Satka, Matt 8 2) Broghammer, Luke 8 3) Herczeg, Jack 8 4) Morescki, Evan 7

Event 105 Girls 10 & Under 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
1st WIN A 6:42.93 1) Whyte, Lauren 9 2) Kohner, Jessica 10 3) O'Neill, Harper 9 4) Lemire, Azrielle 10

Event 107 Girls 12 & Under 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
1st WIN A 4:55.00 1) Arnold, Alexandria 11 2) Beseler, Brianna R 11 3) O'Neill, Hanna 11 4) Whyte, Morgan 12

Event 111 Girls 18 & Under 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
1st WIN A 5:16.32 1) Berg, Samantha 14 2) Lemire, Lael 15 3) Schossow, Megan 14 4) Berg, Kayla 16

Duel in the Pool on Sunday at 1PM

Don't forget to watch the Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool on Sunday Dec 27th at 1 PM CST.

The top swimmers from three European nations gathered to take on Team USA in the Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool, December 18-19 in Manchester, England. The bi-annual Duel in the Pool is a made-for-TV event, designed to showcase the sport’s most exciting swimmers in non-Olympic years. This year’s Duel took on a new format with Team USA facing a team comprised of the top swimmers from Great Britain, Germany and Italy. The event will be held at the Manchester Aquatic Centre and a two-hour broadcast of the event will air on NBC.

http://www.duelinthepool.com/

Winhawks swimmers learn early in the season what they are up against

The Winona Winhawk boys went to Rochester Thursday to see how they stacked up against one of the Conference’s best, Rochester Century.

When the water had smoothed out, the Winhawks had a good idea of the amount of work that lies ahead between now and February. The Winhawks saw just three wins on the Meet. Sr. Captain Ryan Whalen swam to victory in both the 50 yard Freestyle and 100 Backstroke; Diver Stan Petkov took first in the One Meter diving event.

The 200 Medley Relay was a great battle going neck and neck all the way through. Led off by Sr. Captain Ryan Whalen, his backstroke leg had Sr. Santino LaPorta starting his breastroke in the lead. The next exchange saw 8th gr. Roger Brosnahan going head to head the Jr. Flyer from Century and battled him well. Jr. Louie LaPorta anchored swimming his fastest 50 split yet of the season, and eth Winhawks finished a solid 2nd, only 0.5 seconds behind Century.

The 200 Freestyle saw Winhawk Sr. Josh Danzinger finish 3rd followed by Sophomores Joey Kleinow and Avery Prondzinski.

The 200 IM was the same, Century swimming 1-2 with Winhawk Sr. Matt Bagshaw swimming his season best followed by 8th gr. Cal Dretske.

The 50 Freestyle was a win for Sr. Captain Ryan Whalen swimming a very fast 23.80. 8th gr Roger Brosnahan swam his best 50 event of the season, at 24.68 followed by Jr. Gio Borsari at 27.17 with So. Alex Kline swimming a season’s best in the JV Heat at 29.05 followed by Mic Borsari in 39.35.

The Diving was won by Jr. Stan Petkov with a season high 137.20 behind the strength of his Forward 2 ½ ss T and Forward 1ss with 1 Twist.

The 100 Butterfly is a strength event and this season to date has been owned by Winhawk Sr. Matt Bagshaw. He improved his season high by a full 2+ seconds touching in 1:10.79

The 100 Freestyle was as predicted pitting Century’s Jr. Speedster Chris Freeman against the young Winhawk 8th gr. Roger Brosnahan. Roger stayed close through the 50, and also saw Winhawk Jr. Louie LaPorta rising to the occasion staying right with Brosnahan. As they neared the 75 Century pulled away with Roger taking 3rd but dropping over a second and a half. Louie followed up with a great 57.26.

The Winhawk 200 Free Relay of Danzinger, L. LaPorta, Brosnahan and Whalen was outgunned but swam a solid 2nd in 1:41.17.

The 100 Back was a showcase for Winhawk Sr. Ryan Whalen and he coasted to a 1st place win in 1:00. 70. So. Avery Prondzinski had a good outing himself as the second highest placing Winhawk touching in 1:09.42.

The 100 Breaststroke saw Winhawk Sr. Santino LaPorta finish 3rd in 1:10.33 followed by up and coming Winhawk 8th grader Cal Dretske in 1:13.91 for fourth.

Rochester Century swam the BK BR and Free Relay Exhibition which brought the final score to Rochester Century 89 Winona Winhawks 71 and puts the Winhawks at 1-1 on the season for dual meets.

Winhawks travel to Rochester to test Century

The Winona Winhawks hit the road today for an away swim meet vs Rochester Century at the Rochester Mayo pool.

Rochester Century is said to be one of the teams to watch in the Big 9 Title race. That being said, it appears on paper that the Winhawks can test them in a number of events. Starting right with the 200 Medley Relay, it could shape up to be a good race if the team of Sr. Ryan Whalen, Sr. Santino LaPorta, 8th grader Roger Brosnahan and Jr. Louie LaPorta are on their game right out of the chute.

Century’s Alan Cox swims a 1:50 200 Free and it will be interesting to see who gets to try and upset him.

The 200IM will hopefully feature Century’s John Cima vs Ryan Whalen and will be a great race to watch! They should seed within tenths of seconds of each other.

The 50 Freestyle will showcase the current speed and potential of Winhawk 8th grader Roger Brosnahan. It will be fun to watch who Century throws at him as a counter.

One of the GREAT things about going to away meets is getting to watch diving as the pool at Mayo HAS diving boards! Divers Justin Bublitz, Stan Petkov and Dan Karnick actualy get to dive in front of a real crowd! Under first year coach Josh Bublitz the guys are making good progress, firming up current dives and throwing some new ones in practice working to up their list DD (degree of difficulty). Look for Justin to score big points on his Forward 1 1/2 ss in the Pike position and his Forward 1 1/2 ss with one twist in the Free position. Stan will be looking to his Forward 2 1/2 ss in the Tuck position and Forward 1 ss 1 twist in Free to place him high in the results. Dan has been consistant in his diving and will continue down that path as he ups his DD as we get closer to the 11 dive part of the season.

Century’s Cox will most likely return to swim the 100Fly sub 1 minute challenging the Winhawk chosen to chase him down.

The 100 Free will showcase Century’s Chris Freeman who swims a 50 second freestyle. Winhawk Roger Brosnahan will have his hands full.

The 500 Freestyle will have Winhawk Senior Josh Danzinger looking to step up against Century’s Chris Tri who swims a 5 minute plus.

The 200 Free Relay will be a tough one, many of the aforementioned Century swimmers are quick in the 50.

The 100 Back will be a chance for Winhawk Senior Ryan Whalen to showcase his speed in a non-freestyle event and a possible win for the Winhawks.

The 100 Breaststroke will push Winhawk Sr. Louie LaPorta. LaPorta has shown great improvement thus far in the season and another step up the ladder will be required in tonight’s meet against Century’s Andrew Grosbach.

The 400 Free Relay will also be a showcase of Century’s depth and a major challenge for the Winhawks.

Winhawks swimmers start out season strong.

The Winona High Winhawks were too much for the young Albert Lea Tigers to handle tonight at the Winona SHS Pool. Winning their debut meet of the season, the Winhawks took 1st and 2nd in every event they had two or more entries in except the 50 Free & 100 Back.


The opening 200 yard Medley Relay saw the Winhawks “A” relay of Sr. Ryan Whalen, Sr. Santino LaPorta, 8th grader Roger Brosnahan and Jr. Louie LaPorta win 1st handily in 1:49.49. The Winhawk “B” Relay of So. Avery Prondzinski, 8th gr. Cal Dretske, Jr. Matt Bagshaw and Jr. Gio Borsari touch in 2nd place in 2:02..06, well ahead of the Albert Lea “A” Relay.

Score, Albert Lea 2, Winona Winhawks 12

The 200 Freestyle was a Winhawk 1-2 event with Sr. Josh Danzinger swimming in clean water the entire way and touching in 2:03.04. So. Joey Kleinow drove hard with no AL Tigers in sight to a clean 2nd at 2:13.52.

Score, Albert Lea 8, Winona Winhawks 22

The 200 IM was a Winhawk 1-2-4 finish. Winhawk Sr. Ryan Whalen swam a winning 2:13.74, followed by newcomer 8th gr Cal Dretske taking 2nd with a 2:30.75. Jr. Matt Bagshaw brought home the brought home 4th place points in 2:45.80.

Score, Albert Lea 12, Winona Winhawks 34

The 50 yard Freestyle saw Winhawk 1st year swimmer 8th grader Roger Brosnahan announce his presence with a first place finish in 25.02 seconds. The LaPorta brothers, Jr. Louie and Sr. Santino brought home a solid 3rd & 4th in 25.86 and 26.47 respectively.

Score, Albert Lea 17, Winona Winhawks 45

Although the Diving was miles away at the Winona Middle School, they seemed to be clued into the theme of the night as they too finished 1-2-3. Jr. Justin Bublitz finished 1st scoring big points on his Forward 1 ½ ss Pike scoring 5 1/2 , 5 ½ , 6, and his Forward 1 ½ ss with 1 Twist scoring 6 ½, 5, 5 ½. Jr. Stan Petkov brought home 2nd place scoring on his Forward 2 ½ ss Tuck and a Forward 1 ss with 1 Twist going for 5,4,5. So Dan Karnick finished the Winhawk sweep scoring straight 5’s on both his Inward Dive and Forward dive.

Score, Albert Lea 19, Winona Winhawks 58

The100 Yard Fly was won by the Winhawk’s only entry, Jr. Matt Bagshaw in 1:122.83.

Score, Albert Lea 28, Winona Winhawks 64

The 100 Yard Freestyle was a 1-2-3 for the Winona Winhawks. Building on his 50 free win, the 8th grader touched in 56.09 seconds for his second individual win and third win of the evening. Winhawk So. Joey Kleinow took 2nd and joined the Minuteman Club winning in 58.79 seconds. Winona So. Avery Prondzinski maxed out the Winhawks possible points taking 3rd in 1:00.66.

Score, Albert Lea 31, Winona Winhawks 77

The 500 yard Freestyle featured one lone Winhawk competitor, Sr. Josh Danzinger. Josh finished in 1st place in 5:39.29, four lengths ahead of the Tigers bracketing him.

Score, Albert Lea 38, Winona Winhawks 83

The 200 Freestyle Relay saw the Winona “A” relay of 8th grader Roger Brosnahan, 8th grader Cal Dretske, So. Joey Kleinow, and Sr. Josh Danzinger finish 1st in 1:47.87. The “B” Relay would have finished 2nd but was DQ’ed for two early take-offs.

Score, Albert Lea 44, Winona Winhawks 91

The 100 Backstroke saw Winhawk Sr. Ryan Whalen swim to 1st in a 57.71, only 1.8 seconds off of the State qualifying time in this the first meet of the season. Winhawk Jr. Louie LaPorta finished a solid 3rd in 1:09.72.

Score, Albert Lea 57, Winona Winhawks 91

The 100 Breaststroke was a Winona 1-2-3 finish. Winhawk Sr. Santino LaPorta swimming like a guy making up for lost time finished first in a quick 1:08.55. 8th Grader Cal Dretske swam his all time best taking 2nd in 1:12.62 and Jr. Gio Borsari finished the WInhawk sweep with a 1:36.38 and 3rd place.

Score, Albert Lea 70, Winona Winhawks 91

The 400 Freestyle Relay had the Winhawk “A” Relay of Danzinger, Kleinow, L. LaPorta and Whalen put the final stamp of approval on the meet finishing 1st in 3:53.61. The Winhawk “B” Relay or more accurately the Diver relay took second. Led off by Sr. Swimmer Santino LaPorta, the Divers, Jr. Stan Petkov, So. Dan Karnick, and Jr. Justin Bublitz swam their way to a 3rd place finish in 4:53.54.

Final Score, Albert Lea 82, Winona Winhawks 91

Winhawk Boys hit the blocks for the 2009 Season

This week marks the final point of the Winhawk Girls’ season with their season end party, and the kick-off of the Boys’ Swim Season with their first meet on Thursday against Albert Lea followed by the Tiger Relays in Albert Lea on Saturday.




There are 22 swimmers and divers on the Boys’ roster, more would be nice but it is great to see them all out. Head Coach Amy Schulz in her 2nd season at the helm of the Boys’ Team is looking to make a second straight trip to State. She will be backed up by Asst Coach Steve Burt (a role reversal from their work on the girls’ program) and first year Diving Coach Josh Bublitz.


The roster is comprised of 6 Seniors, 6 Juniors, 6 Sophomores, 1 Freshman and 3 8th graders.


Alex Kline 10
Alex Vaslow 8
Avery Prondzinski 10
Cal Dretzke 8
Dakota Carlson 12
Daniel Karnick 10
Dong Zhao 10
Eric Mueller 11
Gio Borsari 11
Joey Kleinow 10
Jonathan Birdsall 12
Joshua Danzinger 12
Justin Bublitz 11
Louie LaPorta 11
Lun Li 10
Matthew Bagshaw 12
Mic Borsari 9
Nathan Graetz 11
Roger Brosnahan 8
Ryan Whalen 12
Santino LaPorta 12
Stan Petkov 11

Look for traditional strength in the Freestyle events out of Senior Ryan Whalen. Also watch for newcomer 8th Grader Roger Brosnahan to make his presence known early. After this first week the Big 9 conference will find out who he is in a big way. With Travis Bernardy graduating last year the Winhawks will be looking for someone to fill the opening in the IM and Breaststroke. Look for Newcomer 8th grader Cal Dretske to make noise in the IM right away. Veteran Juniors Nathan Graetz and Louie LaPorta Should also provide some scoring in the Breaststroke and Backstroke respectively. Diving should be fun to watch, Junior Justin Bublitz will be working hard to make the trip to State this year and Junior Stan Petkoy should be providing some decent points this season as well. Returning Senior swimmers Joshua Danzinger (Distance), Mathew Bagshaw and Jonathan Birdsall will help to provide leadership as the newer Winhawks start to learn the ropes.

Winona Swim Club performs well at the Northfield December Dazzler

Last weekend the Wolner brothers were representing the Winona Swim Club in the 2009 NORTHFIELD December Dazzler BC OPEN and they did not disappoint.


The meet was at the Northfield Middle School, and the swim club from Northfield puts on a great meet. Shannon Wolner was raving about how pleasant and helpful they were. The pool is 8 lanes and there is a nice grandstand for parents to watch from. Shannon though was on deck as the coaching representative for the WSC.


Grant Wolner swam the 100Free, the 50 Breast and the 50 Fly. His 100 Freestyle saw him swim a 1:45.46 good for 4th place and an awesome 5 ½ second improvement over his previous best time. Next up he swam the 50 Breaststroke in a new personal best of 1:01.19 and placing 2nd overall, which is his first medal event since he started training. Congratulations Grant!


Griffin swam the 50 Backstroke in 41.44 seconds, good for 5th place and a new personal best time by 1.3 seconds. Next up was his 50 Breaststroke in which his 44.96 seconds was also a 5th place finish and another personal best with a 3+ second drop. Grif finished out the day with a 100 Freestyle swim of 1:14.72 seconds. This was not only good for a 4th place finish, but he pulled the Trifecta improving another personal best on his third and final swim by nearly 2 seconds.

Congratulations Grant and Griffin. Thanks for representing the Winona Swim Club so well at the Northfield December Dazzler!!

Interviews of all the Big Swimming Names

In case you were busy focusing on the up comingThanksgiving meal & break, but USA Swimming held its anual Golden Goggle Awards.

Ryan Lochte beat out superstars to be named Male swimmer of the year Sunday at USA Swimming's Golden Goggles awards.


Rebecca Soni nabbed female swimmer of the year honors, while Michael Phelps, who earned a leading six nominations, was honored for delivering the men's race of the year and for a world championship relay performance.

Lochte ended MichaelPhelps' two-year reign as male swimmer of the year, thanks to world record-setting triumphs in the 200m individual medley and 4x200m freestyle relay at the world championships in Rome.

In a true testament that competition drives development, Lochte said. "Aaron Peirsol and Michael Phelps, you guys have pushed me to limits I didn't even know, and I wouldn't be here without you."

Lochte also shared the relay performance of the year award, for the 4x100m free relay in Rome in which he, Phelps, Matt Grevers and Nathan Adrian defeated Russia as favorites France flopped.

Phelps was honored for his 100m butterfly triumph in Rome. He passed right through the 50-second barrier with a time of 49.82sec and handed Milorad Cavic a bigger defeat than the Beijing Olympics.

If you want to see or share with friends or your kids what som eof teh USA swimming stars look like in something other than suits and goggles, watch their interviews on the red carpet. Go to   http://www.swimnetwork.com/event/detail/20091027/2009_golden_goggles-2375.html

Winona alumni go to visit the Buckeye State

The Minnesota Gopher Swimming & Diving Teams traveled to Ohio for the OSU Invitational swimming against Ohio State, Penn State, Notre Dame, West Virginia, Miami University (Women only), and University of Pittsburgh.


The Final scores of the Men’s meet saw the Gopher Men finish 2nd to Ohio State but well ahead of 3rd place West Virginia.

Final Men Team Scores: 1. Ohio State 1346; 2. Minnesota 784; 3. West Virginia 447; 4. Notre Dame 414; 5. Penn State 343; 6. Purdue 129




The Gopher Women dominated their meet, winning overall with Ohio State in Second and West Virginia a distant third.

Final Women Team Scores: 1. Minnesota 1,125; 2. Ohio State 784; 3. West Virginia 529.5; 4. Penn State 458; 5. Miami (Fla.) 302; 6. Pittsburgh 234.5.


Winona alumni notable times and info included:


Gopher Sophomore Matt Papenfuss:

200 Free Relay:
15th University of Minnesota-MN 'C' 1:27.11 x1:25.60
1) Papenfuss, Matt J SO 2) r:0.38 Gutesa, Ivan JR
3) r:0.36 Schaefer, Rob SR 4) r:0.13 Kochavi, Nadav JR
r:+0.80 10.62 21.60 10.03 20.99 10.66 21.99 9.85 21.02


500 Freestyle
45th Papenfuss, Matt J SO Minnesota-MN 4:43.81


50 Freestyle
44th Papenfuss, Matt J SO Minnesota-MN 21.72


400 Medley Relay
16th University of Minnesota-MN 'C' 3:28.11 x3:28.08
1) Nesheim, Sean J FR 2) r:0.33 Anderson, Jared FR
3) r:0.28 Papenfuss, Matt SO 4) r:0.29 Griggs, Ben FR
25.82 53.26 25.90 56.49 23.43 51.61 22.23 46.72


200 Freestyle
13th Papenfuss, Matt J SO Minnesota-MN 1:41.14 1:40.52 4


800 Freestyle Relay
5th University of Minnesota-MN 'B' 6:51.41 6:45.06 28
1) Solfelt, Mark J SR 2) r:0.26 Bolin, Zach SO
3) r:0.32 Papenfuss, Matt SO 4) r:0.34 Schaefer, Rob SR
r:+0.73 22.78 48.09 1:14.01 1:41.43 22.36 48.12 1:14.73 1:40.82
23.17 49.04 1:15.08 1:40.45 23.56 49.85 1:16.42 1:42.36


100 Freestyle
35th Papenfuss, Matt J SO Minnesota-MN 47.12

400 Freestyle Relay
8th University of Minnesota-MN 'C' 3:09.11 x3:03.97
1) Burdis, Karl J SO 2) r:0.39 Papenfuss, Matt SO
3) r:0.34 Griggs, Ben FR 4) r:0.34 Gutesa, Ivan JR
r:+0.80 10.66 22.17 33.99 45.57 10.21 21.86 33.97 46.15
10.24 21.97 34.03 46.14 10.03 21.72 33.97 46.11


Gopher Freshman Abbey Staats results:

100 Freestyle
11th Staats, Abigail E FR Minnesota-MN 51.51 51.43 6
r:+0.76 11.84 12.92 13.37 13.30






200 Medley Relay
7th University of Minnesota-MN 'D' 1:47.69 x1:45.90
1) Nelson, Melissa M SO 2) r:0.40 Jackson, Emma FR
3) r:0.09 Colton, Annalise FR 4) r:0.32 Staats, Abigail FR
13.85 27.35 13.43 29.60 11.54 25.33 11.37 23.62


200 Freestyle
22nd Staats, Abigail E FR Minnesota-MN 1:52.99 1:53.07
r:+0.74 12.27 13.92 14.37 14.58 14.35 14.56 29.02


400 Free Relay
6th University of Minnesota-MN 'C' 7:41.13 x7:31.06
1) Belk, Molly E JR 2) r:0.17 Staats, Abigail FR
3) r:0.40 Weiss, Meghan FR 4) r:0.36 Tommerdahl, Lissa SO
r:+0.72 12.37 26.11 54.42 1:23.25 1:52.05 2:17.70 2:46.93 3:16.44
29.44 55.71 1:24.24 1:53.98 2:23.52 2:49.47 3:17.66 3:46.31 28.31




200 Free Relay
4th University of Minnesota-MN 'B' 1:37.46 1:34.20 30
1) Staats, Abigail E FR 2) r:0.24 Nelson, Melissa SO
3) r:0.34 Wabeke, Castina SR 4) r:0.21 Braun, Megan JR
r:+0.73 11.76 23.82 11.26 23.43 11.48 23.76 11.12 23.19


50 Freestyle
12th Staats, Abigail E FR Minnesota-MN 23.70 23.76 5

400 Medley Relay
6th University of Minnesota-MN 'D' 3:52.67 x3:47.62
1) Nelson, Melissa M SO 2) r:0.48 Jackson, Emma FR
3) r:0.25 Colton, Annalise FR 4) r:0.19 Staats, Abigail FR
28.25 57.39 29.88 1:03.49 25.80 55.15 24.47 51.59




Noteable swim meet highlights:


Gopher Women
200 Medley Relay – The Gophers entered four relays and the four placed in the top seven places, 1,4,5, & 7th.
400 Free Relay – The Gophers entered three relays and they placed 1,4,& 6th out of 15 total entries from the six teams entered.
They went 1,2,3,5,6, and 9th in the 100 Butterfly.
They took three of the top four finishes in the 200 Freestyle, 2nd and a tie for 3rd between two Gophers.
100 Breaststroke they went 1,2,4 & 6th.
100 Backstroke, Finished 1st & 2nd.
500 Freestyle swept 1,2,3,5,& 8th
200 IM swept 1,2,4,7, & 8th
1650 Freestyle Swept the top four spots 1,2,3,& 4th.
200 Breaststroke went 1,2,4,& 7th
200 Butterfly 5 spots in the Championship final. 1,2,4,7,& 8th


Gopher Men
Placed 1st & 2nd in the 50 Freestyle
Placed 1st & 5th in the 80 Freestyle Relay
Placed 1,4,5, & 6th in the 1650 Freestyle.
Placed 1,2, & 5th in the 100 Freestyle.
Placed 1,4,& 8th in the 400 Freestyle Relay.

Back at it after the Thanksgiving Week Slowdown

So I took a few weeks off. It was Thanksgiving and I got caught up on some other stuff going on. It is typically slow around a holiday for swim teams, we usually just work out during the Thanksgiving and Christmas Breaks unlike other sports.


The Winhawk Girls’ season is over, the Boy’s just started practicing. Area colleges are still in the throws of their long season and there are major meets going on with USA Swimming. The Local Clubs are at it as well, The USA Wizards and the YMCA Winfins.

This past weekend, The Winona USA Wizards team was in action at the Northfield December Dazzler meet. Grif and Grant Wolner were in attendance. I will report on results shortly, but I was informed that Grant medaled in the meet for the first time in his short career, congratulations Grant!

In the colleges, The University of MN Men & Women traveled to Ohio to swin an Invite against Big Ten rivals Ohio State University, and Penn State University, as well as West Virginia University, University of Miami, the University OF Pittsburgh.


The rest of the local colleges including Mankato, UW-La Crosse, UW-Eau Claire were ALL converged on the University of MN Aquatic Center for the UW River Falls – River Falls Invite.


Former Winona swimmer performances included:

200Free Relay White Division
12th Minnesota State University B 1:43.48 10
1) Bastian, Mary FR 2) Stanton, Jessy SO 3) Bergman, Claire JR 4) Edwards, Stefanie SO 25.99 25.79 25.89 25.81

50 Free Prelims White Division
22nd Bastian, Mary FR Minnesota State University 25.56

100 Free Prelims White Division
34th Bastian, Mary FR Minnesota State University 57.10
26.98 30.12

200Free Relay Red Division
9th Uw-Eau Claire C 1:45.10 18
1) Hintz, Abby 2) Matula, Bethany 3) Trainor, Alyssa 4) Eggebrecht, Sara
26.06 25.77 26.32 26.95

100Back Red Division
12th Trainor, Alyssa Uw-Eau Claire 1:04.66 1:04.38 5
31.34 33.04

400 Medley Relay Red Division
10th Uw-Eau Claire C 4:20.60 14
1) Trainor, Alyssa 2) Matula, Bethany 3) Ramquist, Hannah 4) Kraft, Kia
31.20 1:05.19 33.32 1:13.66 29.01 1:03.83 27.70 57.92

200Medley Relay Red Division
8th Uw-Eau Claire C 1:57.41 22
1) Trainor, Alyssa 2) Kraft, Kia 3) Schenck, Siera 4) Fair, Grace
29.81 33.70 28.98 24.92


200 Back Red Division
8th Trainor, Alyssa Uw-Eau Claire 2:18.49 2:19.31 11
33.07 34.95 35.60 35.69

End Results of the River Falls Invite
2009 Falcon Invite 12/4/2009 to 12/5/2009

Results - Saturday Finals White Division
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 34
1. Uw-Milwaukee 789.5
2. University of Minnesota 705
3. Saint Cloud State University 688.5
4. University of South Dakota 329
5. Minnesota State University 312
6. Univ of Wisc La Crosse 226
7. Minnesota State Univ Moorhead 194

Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 34
1. Uw-Milwaukee 843.5
2. Saint Cloud State University 670
3. University of Minnesota 582
4. University of South Dakota 498
5. Minnesota State University 417.5
6. Univ of Wisc La Crosse 137


2009 Falcon Invite Red Division - 12/4/2009
Results - Saturday Finals Red Division
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 34
1. Uw-Eau Claire 937
2. Gustavus 665.5
3. Luther College 397
4. University of St. Thomas 377
5. Univ of Wisc La Crosse 224
6. College of St. Benedict 197
7. St. Catherine University 195.5
8. Uw-Oshkosh 145
9. Northern State University 96
10. Uw-River Falls 21

Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 34
1. Gustavus 995
2. University of St. Thomas 515.5
3. St. John's University 476
4. Luther College 463.5
5. Uw-Eau Claire 399
6. Uw-Oshkosh 174
7. Univ of Wisc La Crosse 159
8. Uw-River Falls 73