2010 Big 9 Conference Girls’ Swimming & Diving Championships

Back at the Rochester Rec Center this year, the Winona Winhawks were looking to move themselves up the respect meter. Their 5^th place finish last year was somewhat predictable, having fallen prey to the usual Rochester JM & Century teams, Faribault and Owatonna in the dual meet season. As the saying goes, this was a whole new season.

The Winhawks have a couple more seniors this year, but are more experienced in general. Aside from the trip up at Austin, the season went very well. Taking a 7-3 record into the Big 9 Conference Meet equates to a ton of possibility for the meet.

The 200 Medley Relay was the first indicator that 2010 was going to be a whole different meet. Last year’s seeding was the 8^th spot and the Winhawks were happy to maintain it. This year the Winhawks found themselves both expecting and wanting more from the first event. The Winhawk B Relay set the tone. They were seeded 3^rd of the non-scoring relays. Led out by the unbelievably calm looking Cotter 7^th Grade Backstroker Morgan Whyte, the Winhawks stayed right with Century & Faribault. Senior Taylor Johnson took to the water next and her breaststroke established a lead for the Winhawks. Bluffview 7^th Grader Hanna O’Neill left off the blocks swimming a fly leg that looked like a girl well beyond her years. By the time Cotter Freshman Emily Thurow began her freestyle leg the relay was in command. The Winhawk B Relay moves up to win the non-scoring relays. The Winhawk A Relay of Senior Co-Captain Samantha Quandahl, Cotter Junior Alexandra Zuelke, Freshman Reese Galewski and Junior Lalita Charungchainanon were up next, seeded 4^th. They race is close and Winona ends up just as it was seeded with 4^th place. More importantly, the girls dropped a 1 ½ seconds off their previous best and took their place as the 2^nd fastest Winhawk Medley relay of all time! Yes, this was going to be an entirely different meet.

The 200 Freestyle is still a work in progress for the Winhawks. Head Coach Steve Burt has his eyes set on the future for this race. It was the only race where he didn’t use all four of his entry slots and he had youth entered to have them start to forge their future turf. First up in the 2nd heat was Cotter Freshman McKenna Marg. McKenna improves on her seed time by almost 5 seconds, swimming a personal best and moving up seven spots in the standings. Cotter 7^th Grader Morgan Whyte finishes right behind her in 21^st showing she will be a force to recon with in the future.  Lastly Winhawk Freshman Haley O’Neill improves from her 12 seed to take 10^th place. The second that she dropped earned her a place on the all time fastest Winhawks list at # 12!

The 200 IM was a point void while Cotter Sophomore Alexandra Zuelke was healing up. Now that she is back the Winhawks have swimmers in each heat of the 200IM. Notable swims included Cotter 7^th Grader Alexandra Arnold dropping 3 ½ seconds off her seed to move up 6 places. Freshman Reese Galewski dropped nearly 4 seconds to move up 3 spots to earn points and Cotter Sophomore Alexandra Zuelke still getting into form trimmed 2 ½ seconds to move from 14^th seed to 10^th place in the meet and also claimed herself the 10^th fastest Winhawk IM swim ever!

The 50 Freestyle has long been a Winhawk event. This year was no exception. The Winhawk fans had to wait through the first two heats to even see their first Winhawk swim. Winhawk Sr. Taylor Johnson won her heat handily and the 1 second drop from her seed moves her up to 14^th overall. Next up was the Winhawks’ Foreign Exchange student Junior Lalita Charungchainanon. It was fun listening to Announcer Tim Firstbrook introduce Lalita, as not only did he pronounce it correct, he did it with a lot of style. That smile I saw her crack may have indicated she was ready to do something special in honor of hearing her name announced right. Leaving the blocks out in Lane 1 she came from nowhere swimming a new personal best on the season, leapfrogged from the 15^th seed to take a tie for 9^th overall. The Final heat saw both Sr., Co-Captain Bridget Bawek seeded 7^th in Lane 1 and Cotter Junior MacKenzie Brosnahan seeded 2^nd step up onto the blocks. It was a quick up and back with all the swimmers separated by only a few feet. When the water settled Bridget has swum her fastest 50 of the year and moved up to 6^th. MacKenzie saw a 3 tenths drop and took home a solid 2^nd.

One Meter diving was a bit of a let down. With Sophomore Crystal Franzwa still out with her head injury, the rest of the Winhawk diving contingent seemed to struggle without their points leader. Only Freshman Janelle Mueller was able to advance and that went as far as the Semi-Finals.

The 100 Yard Butterfly was Winhawk Freshman Reese Galewski’s announcement to the Big 9 that she was serious business. Before that happened her three team mates laid the groundwork to communicate that Winona is not just known for freestylers. Winhawk Sr. Erin Bernardy led the way with a personal best time in the opening heat. Next, young Bluffview 7^th Grader Hanna O’Neill excited the Winhawk fans bettering her seed time by 2 ½ seconds which is also a personal best swim and moving up 3 spots in the standings. Sr. Co-Captain Samantha Quandahl came next and she too bettered her seed to score more points. In the last heat Reese stepped up in Lane 6 as the fourth overall seed. On her right was last year’s Section 1AA Champion, two lanes over, the 3^rd place finisher. She hit the water with a great start and moved right into 3^rd place. Reese stayed with the leaders and pulled away from the others finishing in overall 3^rd place, a new personal best time by 1 ½ seconds and claim to the 3^rd fastest 100 Butterfly in Winhawk history.

The Winhawk Fans got a bit of a break in the 100 Freestyle. Not for a lack of entries to cheer for, just that they were all bunched in the final two Heats and represented 4 of the top 9 seeds. First off was Freshman Haley O’Neill, she drops a ½ a second to score 7 points. IN the final heat Sr. Co-Captain Bridget Bawek is in Lane 8, Junior Lalita Charungchainanon is in Lane 6 and Cotter Junior MacKenzie Brosnahan owns the top seed and Lane 4. Kenzie has a GREAT start and is over a half second ahead at the 50. Bridget is a tie for 4th. In finishing MacKenzie yields just a hare but wins handily by almost half a second. Lalita gains ground in the second 50 passing four people to finish 3^rd and Bridget finishes 9th overall. The 52 points scored in just the 100 Free represent almost 20 percent of the Winhawk final team score!

The 500 Freestyle is also a work in progress for the Winhawks and one that needs more work. The 4 Winhawk seeds were in the First 3 heats of the race and were not a factor in the scoring.

The 200 Freestyle Relay saw the Winhawks, Cotter Sophomore Alexandra Zuelke, Sr., Co-Captain Bridget Bawek, Freshman Haley O’Neill and Cotter Junior MacKenzie Brosnahan standing behind Lane 4’s block with a target on their back. They had the fastest seed coming in and were defeated but once all season, by Rochester JM by 5 one hundredths. Leading off Alexandra delivers her teammates the lead. Bridget swims her fastest split of the season but relinquishes a hair of the lead back to JM. Haley too delivers her fastest split of the season and still they give up a little more ground. The anchors hit the water and it is a rematch of the Winhawk/JM dual meet race last month. MacKenzie and the same JM anchor head to head. MacKenzie refuses to have history repeat itself and makes up the 2 tenths of a second deficit to win. Mankato West and Century both have strong anchors and JM slides back to the 4^th   they were seeded in. The four girls also lay claim to the 4^th fastest 200 Freestyle relay in Winhawk History.

The 100 Backstroke was another good example of the Winhawk future spread out in front of themselves. Distributed over heats 2-4 are two seventh graders and a Freshman, anchored by Sr. Co-Captain Sam Quandahl in the final 5^th heat. Cotter 7^th Grader Alexandra Arnold moves herself up from 31^st seed to 25^th place swimming her personal best. Cotter Freshman McKenna Marg drops a half second to swim her personal best for 18^th place. Not to be outdone Cotter 7^th Grader Morgan Whyte swims a personal best and scores points in 11^th place. Swimming in the final heat Samantha swims her best race of the year to move up one from her seed and place 7^th overall.

The 100 Breaststroke also sees the entries spread out through the heats. Winhawk Sr. Melanie Jones-McMillan swims her final Big 9 race. Although she professes to have a difficulty counting to 8 and wished she had a counter like the 500, improves on her seed time moving up 4 places in the standings. Sr. Taylor Johnson, who has no desire to count at all, scores points for 10^th dropping nearly a second. Cotter Sophomore Alexandra Zuelke improves on her seed swimming her fastest time of the season and places 3^rd overall.

The 400 Freestyle Relay was previewed at the True Team, is always hotly contested and served a second preview for Sections. The Winhawk A Relay of Lalita Charungchainanon., Bridget Bawek, Haley O’Neill, and MacKenzie Brosnahan enter seeded 2^nd.  In the first leg Lalita delivers her teammates a 2^nd place spot by 3 tenths. Bridget goes hard and lengthens the position in her first 50 but slides back to keep things where they were at by the exchange. Haley lengthens the lead over Mankato West by a second. MacKenzie hits the water and has the talented Freshman from Mankato chasing her. MacKenzie yields 3 tenths in the first 50 and Danielle Nack ends up swimming an amazing 52.23 split to just touch out MacKenzie by 9 one hundredths. The Winhawks end up in 3^rd place.

Final Scores

Rochester JM                        434

Rochester Century                329

Winona                                   275

Mankato West                       206

Faribault                                 205

Owatonna                              189

Albert Lea                              176

Austin                                     161

Rochester Mayo                   145

Mankato East                          79

The Big 9 Coaches reward Winhawk Head Coach Steve Burt with the Big 9 Coach of the Year Award!

Next up – Section 1AA Championships

Big 9 JV Conference Meet

Thursday evening last was the night of the Annual Big 9 JV Swim Meet. It is held annually two days before the Big 9 Conference Championships. As the Varsity Big 9 limits teams to 4 entries per event, many swimmers would be done with their season after the final dual meet, hence the Big 9 JV. One last wet hurrah of the season for many of the swimmers as after this they will be cheering on their teammates in dry clothes.

I was offered the pleasure to officiate the meet. When I arrived at Owatonna Junior High the pool had an overwhelming hype in the air. These girls were here to do their thing; they weren’t the “preliminary heat” or swimming alone or with a half full pool. They were going to be racing and diving against their peers and had every intention of making the most of it.

Winona’s A 200 Medley Relay was seeded 2^nd behind Austin. The Medley is a back and forth affair due to the different strokes. When the water stilled Winona A had dropped 3 seconds off their seed and finished in 1^st by two body lengths. Winona B in the prior heat had held their seed and also won their heat moving them up to 6 place overall.

The 200 Freestyle had all the makings of a Varsity Big 9 event; it was competitive, dramatic and just plain fun to watch. In the 3^rd of 4 heats, Winhawk Jr. Kayla Berg and Freshman Morgan Crowson were seeded 7^th and 9^th respectively which also meant they were swimming side-by-side in lanes 3-4. Kayla took the heat out strong, distancing herself from her teammate and the rest of the pack, daring them to follow. Morgan, after falling back nearly 3 body lengths decided to not surrender. She chased after Kayla with a vengeance slowly catching her over the next 4 pool lengths. With 25 yards to go she was just off Kayla’s waist and with one last push pulled up to her as they approached the end. Kayla reacted trying to preserve the win but Megan’s momentum was too much to fend off and Morgan touched out Kayla by 18 one hundredths of a second for her fastest 200 Free ever. It was an AWESOME race and their efforts vaulted them all the way up the standings to 3^rd & 4^th respectively!

The 200 IM has been a tough event for Winona all season, having to give up an entry elsewhere to plug someone competitive in. Thursday night gave Winona fans a reason to look to the future. Winhawk Sophomore Samantha Johnson and Freshman Razil Campbell finished 1-2 with Cotter Freshman Valeria Bautista-Ruis coming in 8^th.

The 50 Freestyle was Winhawk Sophomore Ashlen Haines’ coming out party. Seeded 7^th, she went under 30 for the first time and leapfrogged up to 4^th in a personal best 29.74. Samantha Berg also swam a personal best moving up five spots from her seed.

The Divers for brevity sake, as there were over 20 of them entered, were only allowed 4 dives. Sophomore Shelby Hengel made the most of her selected 4 finishing in a solid 4^th place. Winhawk Senior Mallory Porter had switched from a lifetime of swimming to diving for her final year. Learning a Forward 1 ½ ss Tuck just the day before the meet, Mallory dove to the screams and cheers of her long time teammates and a much deserved 11^th  place.

The 100 Butterfly was the second chapter of Winhawk Sophomore Ashlen Haines’ highlight reel Thursday night. She was dominating as she stroked to a two body length lead for the convincing win. It was a personal best time and the 5^th butterfly in a row that she had improved her time.  Winhawk Sophomore Samantha Johnson was right behind her swimming to 3^rd in her fastest time in two weeks.

The 100 Freestyle had 13 heats of girls trying to finish off their season on the right note. We watched heat after heat of girls dropping 3 and even 4 seconds off their seed times. As we approached the final heats, the girls were having a harder time shaving off that kind of time, until the last heat. Winhawk Freshman Greer Kosidowski was having fun behind the blocks and looked relaxed. She was seeded 3^rd so was next to the low seed in 4 from Faribault. Greer went out with her hard and it was neck and neck the four lengths. They out distanced the field and finish two body lengths ahead. Greer drops over 2 seconds off her seed and, swimming it for the first time, finishes 2^nd just touched out by 16 one hundredths.

The 500 Freestyle is the un-liked cousin of a swim meet entry. When the coach looks for volunteers, swimmers look down and turn their heads. Thursday night was no exception as Winhawk Freshman Razil Campbell, who has swum it ten times this season was the only Winona entry. She was seeded 3^rd, which, like her teammates before her, puts her next to the top seed from Faribault whose entry is 8 seconds faster. They go off the blocks and Razil sticks to her like that same annoying cousin that won’t go away. Through the first 10 lengths, Razil stays close clawing to maintain with the Faribault Sophomore. Razil finishes up a mere 4 seconds behind swimming a personal best and placing 2^nd overall. 

The 200 Free Relay was Winona’s from the start. The only team seeded less than 2 minutes, they improved on that and finished two body lengths ahead of Austin.

The 100 Back was also thin in Black and Orange with Jr. Kayla Berg the only entrant. She swam to a solid 5^th place finish.

The 100 Breaststroke, the last individual event of a meet always has that “we’re almost done” edginess to it. Not so much this evening, the girls were savoring this. The top seed, Winhawk Sophomore Greer Kosidowski is behind the blocks and looking relaxed and having fun, again. She had a 7 second edge in seed time and from when she left the blocks she showed that it was not a typo. She led wire-to-wire and finished with nearly 20 feet to spare. Winhawk Jr. Samantha Berg finished in 4^th to round out the Winhawk scoring.

Winona did not have a 400 Free Relay entry. Head Coach Steve Burt had elected to make 3 entries in both the 200 Medley and 200 Free Relays. With no bodies left the Winhawks celebrated some great swims, took group photos and reveled in a well swum AND last meet of a very fun season while the rest of the teams swam away!

This Weekend for Winona Swimming

Ok, It is late and I am sick, really sick. But many of you are logging on to check what happened so here is a quick synopsis. More details to follow tomorrow.

Winona Swimming & Diving had an GREAT and active weekend. That goes for the FUTURE stars, PRESENT stars and PAST stars.

Start with Thursday Night. The WSHS JV swimmers were at the Big 9 JV Meet in Owatonna. These stars of the future got their chance to shine. Because there were unlimited event entries, there was not a team score kept. If there had been scoring, Winona would have been at or near the top.  The A Relay won the 400 Free Relay and the B relay bested 3 of the A relays entered. The 200IM saw Winona go 1-2.  We placed 3-4 in the 200 Free, won the 100 Fly, the 200 Free Relay, and 100 Breast. Winona took 2^nd in the 100 Free and 500 Free. The girls did awesome and had a lot of fun doing it. I will provide more details later.

Friday night and Saturday Winona Alumni were in action. Matt Papenfuss and Abbey Staats helped their U of MN squads defeat Wisconsin at the U of MN Aquatic Center Friday night. Saturday, Aimee Peterson swam against Alyssa Trainor in a Triple dual meet between SCSU, UW Eau Claire and UW Steven Point. Lastly Ryan Whalen was scheduled to take part in the Tommie Relays swimming for St. Thomas where St. Mary's University was also in attendance.

The topper was the Present stars putting together impressive swims to earn a 3^rd place Big 9 Conference finish behind power houses Rochester JM and Century. Their high finish was never in question as their point total of 275 was way ahead of late charging Mankato West at 206, Faribault at 205 and Owatonna at 189 at 4, 5, 6 respectively. Winona won the 100 Freestyle and the 200 Freestyle Relay, accompanied by high finishes in the 50 Free (2^nd), 100 Fly (3^rd), 100 Free (3^rd, 9^th, and 10^th), 100 Breast (3^rd).  His swimmers’ performances earned Head Coach Steve Burt the recognition of the other head coaches and won the 2010 Big 9 Coach of the Year Award to put the ultimate cap on the weekend!

More details later after I rest up a bit!

Final Big 9 Dual Meet Standings

The dual meet seasopn is done and we go into Conference, Sections and State.

How they shaped up in the Big 9 according to my records:

Big Nine Standings		Overall			Big 9
Teams	W	L	T	W	L	T
Rochester JM	10	0	0	9	0	0
Rochester Century	9	1	0	8	1	0
Faribault	7	4	0	6	3	0
Winona H.S.	7	3	0	5	3	0
Owatonna	6	5	0	5	4	0
Austin High School	5	7	0	5	4	0
Mankato East/Loy	2	5	0	2	6	0
Mankato West	2	7	0	2	7	0
Rochester Mayo	1	7	0	1	7	0
Albert Lea	1	7	0	1	7	0

I shoudl be close but some results are hard to dig up.

Swimming this week in Winona and beyond

Last Weekend the Winona Swim Club had their first swim meet of the year, the 2010 MN HASA October Monster Splash ABC Open in Hudson Wisconsin. Winona was well represented, the swimmers that went came out stroking hard and bettered times in 12 events.

Big swims included:

 Brianna Beseler dropped over 11 seconds in her 200 Freestyle for a solid B Time.

Tanner Lozenski dropped over 8 seconds on his 100 Freestyle and swam the 100 Butterfly for the first time securing a B Time for future seedings in both events!

Grant Wolner came ready to make his mark. He swam a Champ time in his 50 Freestyle dropping 2 full seconds. He dropped 11 ½ seconds in his 50 backstroke just missing a champ time and also dropped 12+ seconds on his 100IM for his second Champ time of the day!

Griffin Wolner aged up this year and came out determined to remain competitive. He dropped 8 seconds on his 100 IM to obtain a B seeding for his next meet. Ditto on the B time for his 50 Backstroke and 50 Freestyle.

Well done Wizards – Next up, Northfield

College Swimming

This weekend, if you have Friday afternoon and evening free, head to the Aquatic Center at the University of MN. The Minnesota Gophers are hosting a “Pack the Pool” party for their Mens & Womens meets with Wisconsin. Admission is free. The first 200 fans will receive free Gopher swimming and diving t-shirts, and fans will have the opportunity to win other prizes throughout the meet.

http://www.gophersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=8400&ATCLID=205015769

Stay over for Saturday and watch St. Mary’s University at St. Thomas for the Tommie Relays.

St. Cloud State will be swimming at UW Stevens Point against the Pointers AND UW Eau Claire in a meeting of the former Winona swimmers SR. Alyssa Trainer (Bluegold) and FR. Aimee Peterson (Huskies)

There are a host of other colleges in action and I will post scores after they are done.

Lastly,

The Winona Winhawks have the Big 9 Conference Championships this week.

Kicking things off is the JV Championships in Owatonna Thursday night. The Winhawk JV is 8-2 in dual meets and looks to score well against their Big 9 rivals. The squad has shown much more depth than the majority of the other conference teams. This is always a great meet with the girls having fun and swimming well supported by a number of the Varsity swimmers who tag along to cheer them on. Naturally, a big plus is we get to watch DIVING!

Saturday, the Varsity jumps into the pool in Rochester for Varsity Big 9. Always an electrifying meet, the result scan be unpredictable as many races are based on who is tapering for Conference, Sections or State. Everyone will be gunning for Rochester JM. I suspect JM will be saving themselves for Sections and possibly looking beyond Sections at finishing higher at State. With State still 3 ½ weeks away, there will be tired swimmers and fresh tapered swimmers in the pool on Saturday. It is an exciting day that INCLUDES DIVING. I’ll be there, so should you!

Midwest College Swimming this weekend

Friday Oct 22

North Dakota shows who’s boss in battle of the Dakotas.

Men 

  1. University Of North Dakota        141   2. University of South Dakota         95

Women 

  1. University Of North Dakota        141   2. University of South Dakota         96

Univ of WI – Milwaukee defends the Home Pool against Boston College

Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 26                    

  1. Uw-Milwaukee    156   2. Boston College      86

Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 26                     

  1. Uw-Milwaukee   161   2. Boston College      81

U of WI Whitewater beats up on Carroll University

Women 

  1. UW-Whitewater                       153   2. Carroll University                   58

Men 

  1. UW-Whitewater                       148   2. Carroll University                   68

Saturday Oct 23

St. Mary's competes at the Augsburg Pentathalon

http://www.saintmaryssports.com/news/2010/10/23/MSWIM_1023104454.aspx?path=mswim

Scores - Women

1. St. Catherine University 2123

2. Saint Mary's University of Min 460

3. Hamline University 353

4. Augsburg College 152

Scores - Men

1. Hamline University 605

2. Saint Mary's University of Min 94

St. Cloud State makes the most of Parents Day and Senior Day

Women -                 

1. St. Cloud State University          165   2. Minnesota State University, Ma       78

 Men - 

1. St. Cloud State University          141   2. Minnesota State University, Ma      100

Winona Grad Aimee Peterson swimming for the Huskies

Event 1  Women 200 Yard Medley Relay

5th St. Cloud State University-MN  'C'           NT   x1:59.53  

     1) Hines, Katie 19                 2) Pillsbury, Makenzie 19         

     3) Barbee, Liz 21                  4) Peterson, Aimee 18             

       31.14    32.34    29.16    26.89                              

Event 7  Women 50 Yard Freestyle

14th Peterson, Aimee        18 Huskies-MN            NT     x27.25  

Event 15  Women 100 Yard Freestyle

13th  Peterson, Aimee        18 Huskies-MN            NT   x1:00.49  

      29.13   31.36                                  

UW-Eau Claire Women handle Northern Michigan

Women

1. UW-Eau Claire 141       2. Northern Michigan University 101

Winona Grad Alyssa Trainor swimming for the Blugold

Event 1 Women 400 Yard Medley Relay

Team Relay Seed Time Finals Time Points

4 Uw-Eau Claire C NT x4:29.95

1) Trainor, Alyssa 2) Klein, Heidi 3) Schenck, Siera 4) Ring, Mariah

31.78 1:05.58           36.01 1:18.01        31.77 1:08.18      27.55 58.18

Event 3 Women 200 Yard Freestyle

Name Age School Seed Time Finals Time Points

7th Trainor, Alyssa Uw-Eau Claire NT x2:09.38

29.74 32.46 33.49 33.69

Event 9 Women 200 Yard Backstroke

Name Age School Seed Time Finals Time Points

4th Trainor, Alyssa Uw-Eau Claire NT 2:22.74 2

33.52 36.10 36.74 36.38

U of WI-Whitewater makes the weekend 2 for 2, dominates UW-Oshkosh

Men

1. UW-Whitewater 157,     2.  UW-Oshkosh 81

U of WI-Green Bay Drops close Women’s meet to Cleveland State

Women 

1. Cleveland State University      126   2. Uw-Green Bay                        117

Men 

1. Cleveland State University          147   2. Uw-Green Bay                         96

Iowa State Cyclones Win 9 of 11 Events in dominating Nebraska-Omaha

Women

1. Iowa State University   101        2. University of Nebraska at Omaha     64

Univ of Northern Iowa drops one to Illinois State

Women 

1. Illinois State University 198      2. University of Northern Iowa      100

2010 State True Team Results

The State True Team Meets are over and the results in. Class AA rads lkike a who's who of HS swimming is a lot of the same teams as last year, just in a different order. The big item is Stillwater having its six year reign brought to a close by the slimmest of margins.  Class A is full of new names, as might be expected for the outstate programs. The Big 9 is well represented with Austin and Mankato West placing 5 & 6 respectively.  

I included last year’s results to show the change over in programs.

From the MSHSL Website and the True Team Website:

A Sea Change In 2A Girls’ True Team Swimming and Diving Posted by John Millea (jmillea@mshsl.org) - Updated 10/22/2010 12:40:03 AM

Before this year, six Class 2A state True Team girls’ swimming and diving meets had been held. Stillwater had won them all and the Ponies almost ran their streak to seven on Thursday night at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center.

But Wayzata, which had finished second twice and third twice, surged in the late events to claim the state title. Wayzata had 2,339 points, followed in the top five among 12 teams by Stillwater at 2,310, Edina at 1,915.5, Maple Grove at 1,661 and Mounds View at 1,428.

Hannah Bowen had the only first-place finishes for Stillwater, capturing the 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle. Wayzata won four events, including the 200 freestyle relay and 400 freestyle relay. Edina also won four events.

Wayzata and Stillwater both broke the meet record for most points. The Ponies had held the previous record of 2,270, set last year.

2010

1. Wayzata                              2339

2. Stillwater Area                     2310

3. Edina                                   1915.5

4. Maple Grove                       1661

5. Mounds View                      1428

6. Prior Lake                           1394.5

7. Woodbury                           1374.5

8. Eastridge                             1164.5

9. Lakeville North                    1155

10. Eastview Apple Valley      1130.5

11. Farmington                        955.5

12. Duluth East                         803

2009

1. Stillwater Area         2270

2. Wayzata                  2117.5

3. Edina                       1958

4. Maple Grove           1881.5

5. Woodbury               1535

6. Lakeville North        1464

7. Rochester JM         1375

8. Mounds View          1221

9. Prior Lake               1175

10.Cretin-Derham Hall 1075

11. Coon Rapids           901

12. Rosemount             621

Monticello Girls Capture 1A True Team Swim & Dive Title Posted by John Millea (jmillea@mshsl.org)- Updated 10/23/2010 12:57:22 AM

Monticello set a new team scoring record in winning the Class 1A True Team girls’ state swimming and diving championship Friday night at the U of M Aquatic Center.

The Magic (pictured) had 2,149 points, eclipsing the record of 2,071 set by (who else?) Monticello in 2008, the only previous title for the Magic. Hutchinson was second Friday with 2,061 points, followed by Visitation at 1,952.5, Northfield at 1,609 and Blake at 1,451.

Monticello won the 200 medley relay and 400 freestyle relay, and other winners for the Magic were Caley Oquist in the 200 IM and 100 backstroke and Amanda Paulson in the 50 and 100 freestyle.

2010

1. Monticello                2149

2. Hutchinson             2061

3. Visitation                  1952.5

4. Blake School           1451

5. Austin                      1307

6. Mankato West         1253

7. Park Rapids Area   1178.5

8. St. Louis Park         1087

9. Breck School          1016.5

10. Northfield              1609

11. Melrose Area        1391.5

12. Hibbing                  1080

 

2009

1. Hutchinson             1948

2. Monticello                1899.5

3. Breck School          1862

4. Hill-Murray School 1802

5. Visitation                  1722.5

6. Northfield                1712.5

7. Melrose Area          1656.5

8. Hibbing                    1294

9. Bemidji                    1209.5

10. Saint Peter            1075.5

11. Marshall                1056

MN State Girls HS Rankings

Saw this published in the St. Paul Pioneer Press. 

Girls High School Swimming 

COACHES ASSOCIATION STATE RANKINGS

October 19, 2010

Class AA

1. Stillwater

2. Edina

3. Wayzata

4. Eden Prairie

5. Rochester John Marshall

6. Minnetonka

7. Woodbury

8. Lakeville North

9. Maple Grove

10. Mounds View

Class A

1. Hutchinson

2. Monticello

3. Northfield

4. Breck

5. Visitation

6. Orono

7. Marshall

8. Melrose

9. Sartell

10. Hill-Murray

Honor roll

50 freestyle

Rachel Bootsma, Eden Prairie, 23.30; Hannah Bowen, Stillwater, 23.32; Nikki Larson, Edina, 23.98; Heather Arseth, Wayzata, 23.99; Amanda Paulson, Monticello, 24.07; Emma Paulson, Wayzata, 24.19; Chandra Yueh, Breck, 24.43; Britta Sortland, Woodbury, 24.54; Solveig Viren, Grand Rapids, 24.60; Danielle Nack, Mankato West, 24.61

100 freestyle

Hannah Bowen, Stillwater, 51.23; Nikki Larson, Edina, 51.67; Heather Arseth, Wayzata, 52.20; Danielle Nack, Mankato West, 53.02; Emma Paulson, Wayzata, 53.58; Amanda Paulson, Monticello, 53.67; Abbey Schnaith, Red Wing, 53.75; Chandra Yueh, Breck, 53.76; Kiera Janzen, Cretin-Derham Hall, 53.77; Britta Sortland, Woodbury, 53.85

200 freestyle

Nikki Larson, Edina, 1:52.92; Kiera Janzen, Cretin-Derham Hall, 1:53.22; Heather Arseth, Wayzata, 1:54.82; Danielle Nack, Mankato West, 1:55.40; Courtney Evensen, Armstrong, 1:55.49; Sarah Deis, Wayzata, 1:57.31; Marisa Wood, Sartell-St. Stephen, 1:55.96; Elizabeth Kleiner, Lakeville North, 1:57.81; Carolyn Kane, Minnetonka, 1:57.86; Madeleine Eden, Edina, 1:58.15

500 freestyle

Kiera Janzen, Cretin-Derham Hall, 5:00.86; Marisa Wood, SartellSt. Stephen, 5:04.50; Nikki Larson, Edina, 5:05.37; Sarah Deis, Wayzata, 5:10.99; Elaine Boosalis, Maple Grove 5:12.86; Thomi Lee, Chisago Lakes, 5:14.51; Kathyrn Wrobel, Mounds View, 5:15.00; Emily Jacobs, Stillwater, 5:15.19; Elizabeth Kleiner, Lakeville North, 5:15.63

100 backstroke

Emma Paulson, Wayzata, 58,84; Caley Oquist, Monticello, 59.95; Katie Bootsma, Eden Prairie, 1:00.64; Kayla Hutsell, Eastview, 1:00.81; Claire Rutscher, Stillwater, 1:00.92; Breanna Loeschke, Irondale, 1:00.98; Spencer Rodriguez, Blaine, 1:01.20; Brooke Evensen, Armstrong, 1:01.31; Kaitlyn O'Reilly, Farmington, 1:01.37; CeciliaHake, Faribault, 1:01.92

100 breaststroke

Olivia Anderson, Edina, 1:05.74; Heather Laedtke, Edina, 1:07.03; Madeleine Eden, Edina, 1:07.39; Samantha Fox, Cretin-Derham Hall, 1:07.77; Naja Harvey, Orono, 1:08.33; Kathryn Ostrom, St. Louis Park, 1:08.34; Heather Arseth, Wayzata, 1:08.74; Mady Gockowski, Stillwater, 1:08.79; Rae Bullinger, Hopkins, 1:08.82; Paige Haller, Edina, 1:09.32

100 butterfly

Rachel Bootsma, Eden Prairie, 55.63; Nikki Larson, Edina, 57.11; Audrey Kumm, Hutchinson, 58.25; Alexandra Yaeger, Prior Lake, 58.58; Marcela Sanchez-Aizcorbe, Marshall, 58.99; Danielle Nack, Mankato West, 59.13; Madeleine Eden, Edina, 59.18; Katie Nadeau, Shakopee, 59.43; Paige Haller, Edina, 59.69; Anna Elling, Burnsville, 1:00.19

200 individual medley

Nikki Larson, Edina, 2:07.34; Sarah Deis, Wayzata, 2:07.48; Madeleine Eden, Edina, 2:10.49; Caley Oquist, Monticello, 2:10.97; Paige Haller, Edina, 2:11.43; Samantha Fox, Cretin-Derham Hall, 2:12.43; Audrey Kumm, Hutchinson, 2:12.68; Delaney McDonald, Apple Valley, 2:13.08; Brianna Alexander, Lakeville South, 2:13.33; Alexandra Yaeger, Prior Lake, 2:13.66

1-meter diving (six dives)

Jenna Karrow, East Ridge, 268.80; Tori Raihle, Spring Park Park, 256.8; Emily Bonfig, Woodbury, 255.25; Erin Kohlbeck, Woodbury, 230.30; Lexi Tenenbaum, Maple Grove, 224.50; Summer Getty, Maple Grove, 219.80; Bailee Meyer, East Ridge, 219.15; Yasmeen Almog, Edina, 216.85; Olivia Evanson, Maple Grove, 209.50; Kelsey Metz, Richfield, 203.55; Lauren Puglisi, Woodbury, 198.30

 1-meter diving (11 dives)

Michole Timm, Sauk Rapids, 454, Olivia Evanson, Maple Grove, 442; Katy Etterman, Brainerd, 438; Tori Raihle, Spring Lake Park, 428.40; Lexi Tenenbaum, Maple Grove, 420.65; Jenna Karrow, East Ridge, 420; Summer Getty, Maple Grove, 392.70; Emily Bonfig, Woodbury, 388.30; Erin Kohlbeck, Woodbury, 386.50

200 freestyle relay

Wayzata 1:38.84; Edina 1:40.70; Stillwater 1:40.73; Lakeville North 1:41.44; Minnetonka 1:41.58; Woodbury 1:41.91; Hutchinson 1:41.99; Prior Lake 1:42.84; East Ridge 1:43.24; Mounds View 1:43.53

400 freestyle relay

Wayzata 3:35.61; Eden Prairie 3:38.88; Cretin-Derham Hall 3:38.90; Stillwater 3:39.06; Monticello 3:40.45; Minnetonka 3:41.50; Apple Valley 3:41.52; Lakeville North 3:41.54; Woodbury 3:42.65; Hutchinson 3:43.66

200 medley relay

Edina 1:49.30; Wayzata 1:51.18; Monticello 1:51.79; Eden Prairie 1:52.19; Hutchinson 1:52.57; Stillwater 1:53.30; Breck 1:54.08; Prior Lake 1:54.39; Minnetonka 1:55.04; Maple Grove 1:55.17

Section 1AA True Team Winona Results

Section 1AA True Team Winona Results

Results

Event 1 Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay

Place     Team     Relay Seed Time      Finals Time       Points

5 Winona A 1:56.45 1:59.45 32

1) Morgan Whyte 7 2) Alexandra Zuelke 10 3) Reese Galewski 9 4) Bridget Bawek 12

            32.58                            32.42                                  28.29                             26.16

11 Winona B 2:09.36 2:12.19 20

1) McKenna Marg 9 2) Greer Kosidowski 9 3) Erin Bernardy 12 4) Taylor Johnson 12

                 33.46                          38.22                             33.15                              27.36

15 Winona C 2:13.33 2:17.12 12

1) Kayla Berg 11 2) Razil Campbell 9 3) Samantha Johnson 10 4) Emily Thurow 9

            36.85                       38.19                             33.84                                   28.24

16 Winona D 2:17.99 2:18.68 10

1) Morgan Crowson 9 2) Melanie Jones-McMillan 12 3) Ashlen Haines 10 4) Alex Arnold 7

28.27 1:50.41

Event 2 Girls 200 Yard Freestyle

Place  Name Yr School Seed Time Finals Time Points

11 Reese Galewski 9 Winona 2:14.11 2:16.15 10

       31.07       34.56        35.52         35.00

13 McKenna Marg 9 Winona 2:19.64 2:18.22 8

30.77           34.51          36.96         35.98

14 Grace Ell 10 Winona 2:22.80 2:19.90 7

31.53         36.41            36.70        35.26

17 Greer Kosidowski 9 Winona 2:19.91 2:20.66 4

 32.97           35.62          36.54          35.53

Event 3 Girls 200 Yard IM

Name Yr School Seed Time Finals Time Points

5 Alexandra Zuelke 10 Winona 2:30.00 2:28.09 16

30.43             38.53         43.41          35.72

15 Erin Bernardy 12 Winona 2:42.77 2:43.34 6

34.68            42.75           47.16           38.75

16 Samantha Johnson 10 Winona 2:44.08 2:45.47 5

35.87              42.10           48.26           39.24

18 Razil Campbell 9 Winona 2:48.26 2:46.27 3

37.47            43.10            47.97             37.73

Event 4 Girls 50 Yard Freestyle

Place  Name Yr School Seed Time Finals Time Points

2 MacKenzie Brosnahan 11 Winona 24.87 25.20 19

5 Bridget Bawek 12 Winona 26.00 26.40 16

8 Lalita Charungchainanon 11 Winona 26.80 26.70 13

13 Taylor Johnson 12 Winona 27.83 27.33 8

Event 5 Girls 1 mtr Diving

Place  Name Yr School Finals Score Points

10 Sarah Scherbring 8 Winona NT 200.30 11

11 Janelle Mueller 9 Winona NT 194.70 10

14 Megan Seeley 10 Winona NT 168.75 7

Event 6 Girls 100 Yard Butterfly

Place  Name Yr School Seed Time Finals Time Points

3 Reese Galewski 9 Winona 1:02.43 1:04.09 18

29.68 34.41

13 Ashlen Haines 10 Winona NT 1:14.15 8

33.82 40.33

17 Erin Bernardy 12 Winona 1:19.63 1:18.58 4

35.74 42.84

18 Samantha Johnson 10 Winona 1:20.78 1:20.78 3

36.83 43.95

Event 7 Girls 100 Yard Freestyle

Place  Name Yr School Seed Time Finals Time Points

2 MacKenzie Brosnahan 11 Winona 53.87 54.87 19

25.97 28.90

4 Lalita Charungchainanon 11 Winona 58.65 57.10 17

28.33 28.77

8 Bridget Bawek 12 Winona 58.40 58.29 13

27.72 30.57

11 Morgan Whyte 7 Winona 1:02.41 1:01.34 10

29.44 31.90

Event 8 Girls 500 Yard Freestyle

Place  Name Yr School Seed Time Finals Time Points

10 Grace Ell 10 Winona 6:21.28 6:11.33 11

34.02 38.41 38.23 38.87 38.33 37.70 37.78 34.60

37.31 36.08

15 Emily Thurow 9 Winona 6:31.79 6:27.28 6

34.55 38.82 38.39 39.16 39.21 39.30 39.70 39.68

40.42 38.05

17 Razil Campbell 9 Winona 6:43.47 6:37.97 4

34.35 38.91 39.67 40.47 40.87 41.54 41.24 41.16

40.97 38.79

20 Valeria Bautista-Ruiz 9 Winona NT 7:23.85 1

37.71 43.71 44.26 45.08 46.82 45.10 45.82 46.95

46.88 41.52

Event 9 Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay

Place  Team Relay Seed Time Finals Time Points

1 Winona A 1:45.15 1:44.67 40

1) Bridget Bawek 12 2) Samantha Quandahl 12 3) Lalita Charungchainanon 11 4) MacKenzie Brosnahan 11

26.68                                            27.20                                             26.08                                                 24.71

9 Winona B 1:54.99 1:56.59 24

1) Grace Ell 10 2) Ashlen Haines 10 3) Alex Arnold 7 4) Emily Thurow 9

29.53                              29.26                        29.14                          28.66

16 Winona C 2:02.38 2:06.29 10

1) Erin Bernardy 12 2) Razil Campbell 9 3) Morgan Crowson 9 4) Melanie Jones-McMillan 12

31.29                                          32.39                         30.01                                       32.60

18 Winona D 2:08.00 2:12.37 6

1) Kayla Berg 11 2) Valeria Bautista-Ruiz 9 3) Sam Berg 11 4) Katie Taylor 11

31.30                                       32.05                                   32.37                      36.65

Event 10 Girls 100 Yard Backstroke

Place  Name Yr School Seed Time Finals Time Points

8 Morgan Whyte 7 Winona 1:08.88 1:08.49 13

32.87 35.62

9 McKenna Marg 9 Winona 1:11.34 1:11.36 12

33.84 37.52

11 Alex Arnold 7 Winona NT 1:15.14 10

36.64 38.50

20 Kayla Berg 11 Winona NT 1:22.52 1

39.16 43.36

Event 11 Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke

Place  Name Yr School Seed Time Finals Time Points

2 Alexandra Zuelke 10 Winona 1:11.75 1:12.99 19

33.48 39.51

7 Taylor Johnson 12 Winona 1:15.06 1:16.28 14

36.23 40.05

12 Greer Kosidowski 9 Winona 1:21.01 1:21.70 9

38.49 43.21

13 Kelsey Grill 12 Rochester John Marshall 1:21.29 1:21.92 8

38.51 43.41

17 Melanie Jones-McMillan 12 Winona 1:26.51 1:26.16 4

40.13 46.03

Event 12 Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay

Place  Team Relay          Seed Time            Finals Time          Points

3 Winona A          3:50.93             3:49.95             36

1) Lalita Charungchainanon 11 2) Reese Galewski 9 3) MacKenzie Brosnahan 11 4) Alexandra Zuelke 10

27.58 56.81                                            28.16 1:00.12                      25.53 54.77                           27.53 58.25

9 Winona B          4:22.00             4:19.13             24

1) Alex Arnold 7 2) Samantha Johnson 10 3) McKenna Marg 9 4) Morgan Whyte 7

31.72 1:05.95                     31.97 1:06.92                30.63 1:05.54            29.35 1:00.72

13 Winona C       4:34.00             4:24.69             16

1) Ashlen Haines 10 2) Greer Kosidowski 9 3) Emily Thurow 9 4) Grace Ell 10

32.75 1:07.33                       31.57 1:06.20                  31.41 1:05.97          30.86 1:05.19

20 Winona D       4:54.00             4:59.85               2

1) Valeria Bautista-Ruiz 9 2) Kayla Berg 11 3) Sam Berg 11 4) Morgan Crowson 9

37.64 1:20.84                  34.73 1:13.44                  36.02 1:16.07           33.81 1:09.50

Combined Team Scores

Combined Team Scores - Through Event 12

1. Farmington 722 

2. Rochester John Marshall 688

3. Faribault 648 

4. Winona 571

5. Owatonna 510