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.