Thursday night the Winona Winhawk (2-4) Boy’s Swimming & Diving Team hosts the Rochester John Marshall Rockets (1-6).
Rochester JM finished 10th at last year’s State AA Swimming & Diving Championships so they know what success tastes like. Coach Bachman will be looking to hone his team as they approach season end so the Winhawks will have a good meet on their hands.
The sole returning state qualifier for JM, now Sophomore Tanner Nimke is versatile and Winhawks Head Coach Amy Schulz will have to anticipate where JM Coach Paul Bachman will enter him so she counter or make the most of his off events.
Look for the Winhawks to score well in the 200 Medley Relay, the 100 Butterfly and the 100 Breaststroke if Jr. Santino LaPorta and 8th Gr Cal Dretske have a good night.
The 50 Free and 100 Free should be great races to watch if Winhawks Sr. Captain Ryan Whalen is pitted against the Rockets’ Chris Bram.
The diving will be hotly contested and a great event to watch. Oh that’s right, we still dive at the Middle School so we won’t get to watch a great battle take place. At any rate, the Winhawks can’s count on the 1-2-3 max points they have received the last two meets to keep them in the meet.
The 500 Free should be another close one for Sr. Josh Danzinger who just broke the 5:30 mark at the last meet. JM matches up well with Nick Cox who swims a 5:26.
The 200 Free Relay could be a tough race as well depending on what relays are put together by both squads. They have swum best times this season within a second of each other.
The 100 Back has been a weak point for the Winhawks this season and JM may look to load up and score some points in this event.
If JM needs to, they can put together one heck of a fast 400 Free Relay. The Winhawks have to have either it put away before that or hope JM has depleted their roster. If that is the case, it could be a nail biter finish.
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