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.