Prelims at the MN State Boys Swimming & Diving Championships

Day one is over and some surprises made up part of the action for the Winona Winhawks.

In the 200 Medley Relay, the Winhawks were disqualified for a stroke violation.

The 50 Freestyle saw Sr. Co-Captain Ryan Whalen actually swim a hair slower than his seed time to qualify 4th

Event 4 Boys 50 Yard Freestyle
1 Elliot Wilcox 12 Hastings 21.59 21.11 AAA
2 Ben Henrickson 12 Chaska Chan 21.50 21.37 AAC
3 Devon Meeks 12 Rosemount 21.48 21.41 AAC
4 Ryan Whalen 12 WinonaWinhawk 21.52 21.58


The 100 Freestyle was surprise as Ryan again swam under over his seed time and ended up in the Consolation Round.

Event 7 Boys 100 Yard Freestyle
1 Elliot Wilcox 12 Hastings 47.50 46.96 AAC
22.48 24.48
2 Drew Johnson 12 Edina 46.31 46.99
22.59 24.40
3 Kurt Youngdahl 11 Minnetonka 47.92 47.46
23.12 24.34
4 Max Hubbard 12 Rosemount 48.02 47.75
22.94 24.81
5 Mike Gratz 11 Edina 47.65 47.93
23.00 24.93
6 Ben Henrickson 12 Chaska Chan 48.08 48.00
22.88 25.12
7 Nick Dailey-Arndt 10 Cre-Der Hall 49.22 48.05
23.19 24.86
8 Erick Sood 12 Lakeville No 48.69 48.13
23.10 25.03
9 Ryan Whalen 12 WinonaWinhawk 48.16 48.30
23.16 25.14

The 200 Freestyle Relay swam to a 12 place finish for a spot in Saturday’s Consolation Final. Louie LaPorta led of wit ha 23.70, Sr. Jonathan Birdsall followed up with a 23.24. Sr. Ryan Whalen posted a 21.16 and Roger Brosnahan finished up with a sizzling 21.89.

Event 9 Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
12 Winona Winhawks 1:30.07 1:29.99
1) Louie LaPorta 11 2) Jonathan Birdsall 12
3) Ryan Whalen 12 4) Roger Brosnahan 8
23.70 23.24 21.16 21.89