This week in swimming

Today marked the first day of official practice for the Winona/Winona Cotter Boys Swimming & Diving season. Their first dual meet is Thursday December 16^th at Albert Lea. I will post more on the team and a preseason report later on.

This Saturday, the YMCA Winfins travel to Austin to compete against the Aqua Pack.

LOTS OF COLLEGE SWIMMING THIS WEEKEND.

St. Mary’s University will be competing at Hamline on Friday night and then at the Concordia Triangular with Concordia, and Hamline on Saturday.

The # 12 ranked University of Minnesota Men’s Swimming & Diving Team is traveling to compete in the Georgia Invitational. Other teams competing will be # 11 Virginia, #7 Auburn, Kansas, and fellow Big 10 member Penn State (ranked just outside the Top 25). It is a 3 day meet (Fri – Sun with morning and evening sessions. I will try to report on progress. Considering the teams that are entered, it should be a great test of where the Gophers are at in their conditioning.

The # 14 ranked University of Minnesota Women’s Swimming & Divng Team is training until after the Christmas holiday. Although some of the women’s team members will be in Ohio this weekend competing in the USA Swimming 2010 AT&T SHORT COURSE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS at The Ohio State University in Columbus. Gophers Ashley Steenvoorden (competing in the 500 Free, 200 Free, 1650 Free, and 500 Free, Megan Braun (50 Free, 100 Fly, and 200 Fly) and Jillian Tyler (100 Breast, 200 Breast) will be there.

With the Gophers out of town UW River Falls will host the  Falcon Invitational at the U of MN Aquatic Center. Mankato, St. Cloud, Eau Claire, La Crosse, and a host of other squads will be in attendance.

The Iowa Invite will be this weekend in Iowa City. The University of Iowa will host Denver, Notre Dame, South Dakota State, Green Bay, and Milwaukee. Ohio State will be competing in diving only. The meet is a morning prelims evening finals format.

St. Thomas will be hosting the St. Thomas Invite in St. Paul on Saturday and Sunday.

UW Whitewater and UW Stevens Point will be at the Wheaton Invite.

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Also swimming in this weekend’s USA Swimming 2010 AT&T SHORT COURSE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS from Minnesota this weekend will be Rachel Bootsma just off her National HS Record performance at the MN State HS Championships. She is swimming for her Aquajets squad in the 200IM, 50 Free, 100 Fly, 100 Back, 100 Free, and 200 Fly.  Adding some drama to the meet she will be competing in the 100 Back directly against Cindy Tran, the California swimmer that she took the National Title away from. Several additional swimmers from MN will be in attendance from the Edina, Minnetonka, and Foxjet squads. Many other names will be in attendance like Ryan Lochte, Matt Grevers, Nathan Adrian, Julia Smit, Elaine Breeden, Missy Franklin, Jessica Hardy, and many others.

Winona Water Wizards swim hard at Hastings Invite

The Winona Water Wizards were in Hastings last Sunday competing in the 19^th Annual Hastings Invite.

Attending for the Water Wizards were:

Brianna Beseler,  Alexa Lofgren , Tanner Lozenski, MaKenna Vetsch, Grant Wolner, and Griffin Wolner .

Leading off the day’s events, Tanner Lozenski Grant Wolner, Alexa Lofgren, and Griffin Wolner swam a Mixed 12 & Under 200 Free Relay to get their competitive juices flowing.

Tanner Lozinski lead off the relay. It was the first 50 Free he has swam since last summer. Swimming lead-off agreed with him and he swam his best 50 Free ever shaving a second and a half off of his previous best. He also competed in the 100 Freestyle where he finished 1^st in his group swimming a very low “C” time.

Alexa Lofgren set personal best times in two of her events. She finished nearly a full second faster in her 100 Breaststroke and shaved off 13 hundredths in her 100 Freestyle.

MaKenna Vetsch swam in her first ever USA Swimming meet. She swam a “C” time 50 Butterfly and in her first time out in a 100 Freestyle just missed a “B” time by under a half a second!

Grant Wolner continues to flex his muscles in the pool following his brother’s 8 and Under winning ways. Grant finished 1^st in the 8 & Under 50 Breaststroke shaving off just over 6 seconds from his previous best on his way to swimming a Champ Time! Grant also dropped a second and a quarter off of his 100 Freestyle time to swim a very low “A” time!

Griffin Wolner also continues to improve after aging up this year. His 50 Breast stroke was a solid “B” time. He shaved a full second off of his 50 Fly best time and he dropped four and a quarter seconds off of his 200 Freestyle time for a new personal best and another good “B” time.

Biggest kudos of the day go to Brianna Beseler setting personal bests in all 3 of her events which were all very strong “B” times. Brianna led off the day swimming the 100 Breaststroke in a personal best 1:31.45.  She followed that with a 100 Freestyle that was a 5 ½ second improvement on her best. Brianna saved the best for last swimming the 500 Freestyle and improving over 33 seconds on her last year’s time. Her 6:50.24 is a very good “B" time as well.

Next up for the Wizards is an “A” meet in the Twin Cities, the Barracuda Aquatics Club’s Holiday Classic “A” Swim Meet. The rest of the club will work out through the holidays and swim on January 8^th at the A/B/C meet in Red Wing.

Winona Winfins swim well at home

Winona vs Blaisdell - 11/20/2010

Results

The Winona YMCA Winfins hosted their first home meet of the season last Saturday and the home pool produced some quality swims.

Times/swims of note included:

McKenna Marg fresh off her Winona High School taper rips off a Regions qualifying time 9 seconds under the standard for the 200 Free!

Event 3 Girls 14 & Under 200 Yard Freestyle

1st Marg, McKenna 14 WIN 2:16.61st REG.

The Winona Relays dominated the meet all day long. Here are all the relay results and their places. There are no qualifying times for relays for Regions, teams put together Regions relays are based on who qualifies and is there for a team.

Event 7 Girls 8 & Under 100 Yard Medley Relay

1st WIN B 1:47.84

1) Ziegeweid, Tara 8 2) Schewe, Francesca 8

3) Ernst, Kyler 7 4) Ping, Grace 7

2^nd WIN A 2:06.93

1) Arnold, Morgan 7 2) Skillicorn, Anni 8

3) Slinkman, Kailee 8 4) Stango, Sophia 7

Event 9 Girls 10 & Under 200 Yard Medley Relay

1st WIN B 3:09.11

1) May, Thea 9 2) Marg, Natalie 9

3) Arnold, Madelyn 9 4) Miller, Grace 9

2ndWIN A 3:12.91

1) Reilly, Ella 9 2) Lawson, Piper 10

3) Whyte, Lauren 10 4) Drazkowski, Morgan 9

Event 10 Boys 10 & Under 200 Yard Medley Relay

Team Relay Finals Time

1st WIN A 3:56.33

1) Herczeg, Jack 9 2) Broghammer, Luke 9

3) Coudron, Tony 9 4) Satka, Matt 9

Event 11 Girls 12 & Under 200 Yard Medley Relay

1st WIN A 2:37.66

1) Arnold, Alexandria 12 2) Sugaya, Nina 12

3) Lemire, Azrielle 11 4) Lemire, Shiloh 12

3rdWIN B 2:42.72

1) Broghammer, Sarah 11 2) Nutter, Alex 12

3) O'Neill, Hanna 12 4) Kohner, Jessica 11

Event 13 Girls 14 & Under 200 Yard Medley Relay

1st WIN A 2:26.96

1) Marg, McKenna 14 2) Thurow, Emily 14

3) Bautista, Valeria 14 4) Cox, Stephanie 13

The Winfins team of  Aaron Whyte, Calvin Dretske, Kyle Schneider, and Hodd Gorman, set a NEW Winfins record in the 200 Medley Relay

Event 14 Boys 14 & Under 200 Yard Medley Relay

(New Winfins record)

1st WIN A 2:06.46

1) Whyte, Aaron 14 2) Dretske, Calvin 14

3) Schneider, Kyle 14 4) Gorman, Hodd 14

Event 15 Girls 18 & Under 200 Yard Medley Relay

1st WIN A 2:28.56

1) Berg, Kayla 17 2) Campbell, Raizl 15

3) Haines, Ashlen 16 4) Konkel, Katrina 16

2ndWIN B 2:30.99

1) Lemire, Lasha 15 2) Berg, Samantha 15

3) Whyte, Morgan 13 4) Lemire, Lael 16

Event 59 Girls 8 & Under 100 Yard Freestyle Relay

1st WIN A 1:34.26

1) Ernst, Kyler 7 2) Skillicorn, Anni 8

3) Schewe, Francesca 8 4) Hoffman, Mary 8

2ndWIN B 1:51.33

1) Evans, McKenna 7 2) Morgan, Anna 8

3) Slinkman, Kailee 8 4) Ping, Grace 7

Event 60 Boys 8 & Under 100 Yard Freestyle Relay

1st WIN A 1:52.04

1) Livingston, Nolan 7 2) King-Henke, Austin 8

3) Prodzinski, Ethan 8 4) Arnold, Morgan 8

Event 61st Girls 10 & Under 200 Yard Freestyle Relay

1st WIN B 2:50.35

1) Reilly, Ella 9 2) Arnold, Madelyn 9

3) Lawson, Piper 10 4) Drazkowski, Morgan 9

2ndWIN A 2:54.89

1) Leaf, McCarthy 9 2) Jerawski, Aspen 10

3) Lemire, Moriah J 9 4) Whyte, Lauren 10

Event 62 Boys 10 & Under 200 Yard Freestyle Relay

1st WIN A 3:27.71

1) Herczeg, Jack 9 2) Broghammer, Luke 9

3) Satka, Matt 9 4) Coudron, Tony 9

Event 63 Girls 12 & Under 200 Yard Freestyle Relay

1st WIN B 2:30.10

1) Pozanc, Kaza 12 2) Broghammer, Sarah 11

3) Lemire, Shiloh 12 4) Arnold, Alexandria 12

2ndWIN A 2:30.25

1) Konkel, Kylie 12 2) Kohner, Jessica 11

3) Lemire, Azrielle 11 4) Nutter, Alex 12

Event 64 Boys 12 & Under 200 Yard Freestyle Relay

1st WIN A 2:39.78

1) Klein, Brady 11 t 2) Stoppelmoor, Kaleb 12

3) Reilly, Henry 11 t 4) Arnold, Andrew 11

Event 65 Girls 14 & Under 200 Yard Freestyle Relay

Team Relay Finals Time

1st WIN A 1:52.75

1) Whyte, Morgan 13 2) Marg, McKenna 14

3) O'Neill, Hanna 12 4) Thurow, Emily 14

The Winfins team of  Aaron Whyte, Calvin Dretske, Kyle Schneider, and Hodd Gorman, set another NEW Winfins record in the 200 Freestyle Relay

Event 66 Boys 14 & Under 200 Yard Freestyle Relay

(New Winfins Record)

1st WIN A 1:53.39

1) Schneider, Kyle 14 2) Whyte, Aaron 14

3) Gorman, Hodd 14 4) Dretske, Calvin 14

Event 67 Girls 18 & Under 200 Yard Freestyle Relay

1st WIN A 2:11.38

1) Berg, Samantha 15 2) Bautista, Valeria 14

3) Haines, Ashlen 16 4) Lemire, Lael 16

2ndWIN B 2:15.64

1) Berg, Kayla 17 2) Campbell, Raizl 15

3) Cox, Stephanie 13 4) Lemire, Lasha 15

Event 103 Girls 8 & Under 200 Yard Freestyle Relay

1st WIN A 3:56.72

1) Ziegeweid, Tara 8 2) Morgan, Anna 8

3) Evans, McKenna 7 4) Hoffman, Mary 8

Event 105 Girls 10 & Under 400 Yard Freestyle Relay

1st WIN A 6:33.41

1) Miller, Grace 9 2) Jerawski, Aspen 10

3) Marg, Natalie 9 4) Lemire, Moriah J 9

Winfins 8 year old Mary Hoffman is just 22 hundredths off a Regions qualifying time in Winning the 25 Freestyle!

Event 17 Girls 8 & Under 25 Yard Freestyle

1st Hoffman, Mary 8 WIN 18.22

2^nd Ping, Grace 7 WIN 22.92

3^rd Ernst, Kyler 7 WIN 23.11

4 Skillicorn, Anni 8 WIN 23.81

5 Ziegeweid, Tara 8 WIN 25.20

6 Slinkman, Kailee 8 WIN 25.35

8 Morgan, Anna 8 WIN 26.53

9 Evans, McKenna 7 WIN 27.92

10 Arnold, Morgan 7 WIN 29.15

12 Stango, Sophia 7 WIN 31.13

Winfins Morgan Drazkowski and Moriah Lemire swim Regions qualifying times in going 1-2 in the 50 Freestyle!

Event 19 Girls 10 & Under 50 Yard Freestyle

1^st Drazkowski, Morgan 9 WIN 34.77 REG.

2^nd Lemire, Moriah J 9 WIN 35.50 REG.

3rdWhyte, Lauren 10 WIN 39.03

5 Miller, Grace 9 WIN 41.36

6 Leaf, McCarthy 9 WIN 45.22

Winfins Hanna O’Neill fresh from a rest after the Winona Senior High season rips off a 50 Free almost 3 seconds under the Regions qualifying time. Right behind her in 2^nd place Alex Nutter also qualifies for Regions.

Event 21st Girls 12 & Under 50 Yard Freestyle

1^st O'Neill, Hanna 12 WIN 29.00 REG.

2^nd Nutter, Alex 12 WIN 31.14 REG.

3^rd Lemire, Shiloh 12 WIN 35.97

4 Kohner, Jessica 11 WIN 37.89

5 Lemire, Azrielle 11 WIN 40.54

Winfins Emily Thurow, after gaining some conditioning and confidence swimming with the Winona Senior High team, qualifies for Regions with plenty of room to spare while winning the 50 Free.

Event 23 Girls 14 & Under 50 Yard Freestyle

1^st  Thurow, Emily 14 WIN 28.16 REG.

4 Bautista, Valeria 14 WIN 32.48

Event 24 Boys 14 & Under 50 Yard Freestyle

1st Whyte, Aaron 14 WIN 30.21

How exciting to see Angel Pingry back in the water again after a prolonged injury! Angel leads Winhawks Razil Campbell and Ashlen Haines to the wall and all qualify for regions.  Future Co-Captains for the 2011 Winona High Winhawks Kayla and Samantha Berg follow right behind them in 4^th & 5^th.

Event 25 Girls 18 & Under 50 Yard Freestyle

1^st Pingry, Angel 18 WIN 28.13 REG.

2^nd Campbell, Raizl 15 WIN 29.42 REG.

3^rd Haines, Ashlen 16 WIN 29.46 REG.

4 Berg, Kayla 17 WIN 30.91

5 Berg, Samantha 15 WIN 32.55

6 Lemire, Lasha 15 WIN 34.74

7 Konkel, Katrina 16 WIN 38.99

Winfins Morgan Drazkowski qualifies for another Regions event winning the 100 IM.

Event 33 Girls 10 & Under 100 Yard IM

1^st  Drazkowski, Morgan 9 WIN 1:32.93 REG.

2^nd Whyte, Lauren 10 WIN 1:35.86

3rdLemire, Moriah J 9 WIN 1:37.54

4 Marg, Natalie 9 WIN 1:42.88

6 Lawson, Piper 10 WIN 1:51.90

7 Miller, Grace 9 WIN 1:52.45

8 Arnold, Madelyn 9 WIN 1:57.46

10 Reilly, Ella 9 WIN 2:01.72

Another Winona SHS/Cotter swimmer rested after Big 9 & Sections, Alex Arnold qualifies for Regions in the 200 IM.

Event 37 Girls 14 & Under 200 Yard IM

1st Arnold, Alexandria 12 WIN 2:42.80 REG.

4 Cox, Stephanie 13 WIN 3:34.98

Winfins Anni Skillicorn wins the 25 yard Backstroke while Winona goes 1 – 7^th place!

Event 43 Girls 8 & Under 25 Yard Backstroke

1st Skillicorn, Anni 8 WIN 23.06

2ndHoffman, Mary 8 WIN 24.02

3rdZiegeweid, Tara 8 WIN 24.11

5 Slinkman, Kailee 8 WIN 26.46

6 Arnold, Morgan 7 WIN 27.27

7 Schewe, Francesca 8 WIN 28.09

9 Ping, Grace 7 WIN 31.62

10 Stango, Sophia 7 WIN 32.53

11 Morgan, Anna 8 WIN 33.07

13 Evans, McKenna 7 WIN 35.08

Winfins Thea May qualifies for Regions with plenty of room to spare winning the 50 backstroke. While Winona takes 1^st – 6^th.

Event 45 Girls 10 & Under 50 Yard Backstroke

1st May, Thea 9 WIN 41.04 REG.

2ndMarg, Natalie 9 WIN 47.05

3rdLawson, Piper 10 WIN 50.89

4 Leaf, McCarthy 9 WIN 53.03

5 Arnold, Madelyn 9 WIN 53.58

6 Jerawski, Aspen 10 WIN 55.02

Winfins swimmers Morgan Whyte and McKenna Marg, fresh off their completed WSHS season go 1-2 with McKenna improving her high school team season best!

Event 49 Girls 14 & Under 100 Yard Backstroke

1st Whyte, Morgan 13 WIN 1:09.67 REG.

2ndMarg, McKenna 14 WIN 1:09.99 REG.

The Winfins' Mary Hoffman wins the 50 Free easily qualifying for Regions!

Event 81st Girls 8 & Under 50 Yard Freestyle

1st Hoffman, Mary 8 WIN 42.53 REG.

2ndErnst, Kyler 7 WIN 51.27

4 Ziegeweid, Tara 8 WIN 59.58

5 Morgan, Anna 8 WIN 1:01.88

Winfin Morgan Drazkowski wins the 100 Free just qualifying for Regions and looking to better it!

Event 83 Girls 10 & Under 100 Yard Freestyle

1st Drazkowski, Morgan 9 WIN 1:21.41st REG.

2ndJerawski, Aspen 10 WIN 1:46.38

3rdReilly, Ella 9 WIN 1:49.13

Winfins Morgan Whyte in shape after the WSHS season easily qualifies for Regions by 5 seconds and wins the 100 Freestyle with HS teammate Emily Thurow right behind her doing the same.

Event 87 Girls 14 & Under 100 Yard Freestyle

1st Whyte, Morgan 13 WIN 1:02.87 REG.

2ndThurow, Emily 14 WIN 1:04.06 REG.

Winfins Cal Dretske and Hodd Gorman warming up for the WSHS Boy’s swim season get qualifying times for Regions 100 Free out of the way.

Event 88 Boys 14 & Under 100 Yard Freestyle

1st Dretske, Calvin 14 WIN 59.25 REG.

2ndGorman, Hodd 14 WIN 1:01.22 REG.

3rdSchneider, Kyle 14 WIN 1:03.01

5 Whyte, Aaron 14 WIN 1:11.90

Winfins Alex Arnold, Nina Sugaya and Hanna O’Neill qualify for Regions going 1-2-3 in the 50 Breaststroke.

Event 97 Girls 12 & Under 50 Yard Breaststroke

1st Arnold, Alexandria 12 WIN 39.61st REG.

2ndSugaya, Nina 12 WIN 40.08 REG.

3rdO'Neill, Hanna 12 WIN 40.69 REG.

5 Konkel, Kylie 12 WIN 48.00

6 Kohner, Jessica 11 WIN 54.34

7 Pozanc, Kaza 12 WIN 1:02.77

Video of the 100 Back National Record

If any of you missed or would like to see it again, my old teammate is the Webmaster at Swimmingword and he let me know a video is posted there.

http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/25756.asp

Winhawk End of Year Awards Celebration

The Winona Winhawk Girls Swimming & Diving Team had their End-Of-Year awards celebration this evening. Certificates of participation were handed out along with scholastic achievement certificates and varsity letters to those that met lettering standards.

Yes, I believe the Parents do enjoy the stories about each of the swimmers & divers and appreciate hearing about some of the antics that go on at practice and meets.

There was a great deal of maturing on the Winhawks this year. The older girls recognized the responsibilities intrinsic to their tenure, accepted it and took the team forward. As a result, many of the younger swimmers got stronger, gained confidence, perhaps learned more about what they were capable of, and formed new or strengthened the bonds that makes them teammates. 

As Coach Burt pointed out when talking about the 200 Medley Relay girls and their team record, it takes 4 of them to succeed at that level. Individual performance can carry you only so far. When you start swimming for your teammates as much as you are swimming for yourself, you come to realize what life is about. You console together, you celebrate together, but in the end, teamwork toward a positive goal is what matters.

Congratulations to Sam & Kayla Berg, Winhawk Captains for 2011.  Remember the path laid for you by the Captains before you and the slide show you watched tonight. After all the dual meets, invitationals and the big end of season meets are done, what you'll reflect back on will be the memories of what happened along the way, in the pool of course but a good deal of it of the pool too.

Lastly, thanks for the card, it touched me very much. You girls work hard and deserve recognition for the work and sacrifice. It's been a pleasure watching you grow as a team and being able to tell others about your accomplishments.

Last Weekend's Midwest College Swimming

Last Weekend’s College Swimming Action

St. Mary’s takes on Macalester in a dual meet Friday

Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 26                   

  1. Macalester College  132   2. Saint Mary's University of Min       95

  Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 26                    

  1. Macalester College  111   2. Saint Mary's University of Min       82

Saturday's Macalester Invitational Results

Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 34                   

1. University of St. Thomas MN         546  

2. St. Catherine University                 439.5

3. Concordia College                          252  

4. Macalester College                        171.5

5. Saint Mary's University of Min        121  

6. Hamline University                            54

7. Augsburg                                             4                                            

                    Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 34                    

1. University of St. Thomas MN         898  

2. Macalester College                        217

3. Saint Mary's University of Min       115  

4. Hamline University                           81

5. St. Olaf College                                25                                            

Winona Alumus Ryan Whalen was swimming for the St. Thomas Tommies

Event 6  Men 200 Yard Medley Relay

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    School                                                                 Seed     Finals            Points 

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2nd University of St. Thomas MN-MN  'B'                    NT    X1:43.90  

     1) Nielsen, Alec R 20              2) Keenan, Max H 18               

     3) Nimens, Ethan C 19              4) Whalen, Ryan 18        

Event 10  Men 50 Yard Freestyle

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    Name                            Age School                  Seed     Finals      Points 

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10th  Whalen, Ryan              18 St. Thomas-MN          22.87      23.79    2.5

Event 18  Men 100 Yard Freestyle

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    Name                                Age School                  Seed     Finals           Points 

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20th  Whalen, Ryan              18 St. Thomas-MN          50.96      56.98  

Friday Night UW Eau Claire has an easy time with UW River Falls in Eau Claire

Women 

1. Uw-Eau Claire 120       2. University of Wisconsin -rf 27

Men 

1. Uw-Eau Claire 106       2. University of Wisconsin -rf 28

Winona Alumnus Alyssa Trainor was in the pool for UW Eau Claire

Event 3 Women 200 Yard Medley Relay

             Team Relay                 Seed Time                   Finals Time Points

2nd  Uw-Eau Claire C                         NT                           1:56.78        4

1) Trainor, Alyssa 2) Lickel, Kirsten 3) Lindner, Megan 4) Fair, Grace

30.60 32.84 27.86 25.48

Event 19 Women 200 Yard Backstroke

           Name            Age School            Seed Time Finals Time Points

2nd  Trainor, Alyssa Uw-Eau Claire             NT               X2:18.94

32.75 35.00 35.79 35.40

The La Crosse Relays took place on Saturday in La Crosse WI

Combined Team Scores - Through Event 26                    

1. UW Stevens Point           292   

2. Uw-La Crosse                  234

3. St. Olaf                            182   

4. Uw-Eau Claire                 166

5. Uw-Whitewater                154   

6. Uw-Oshkosh                      86

                   Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 26                    

1. UW Stevens Point            150   

2. Uw-La Crosse                   136

3. Uw-Eau Claire                  104   

4. St. Olaf                               74

5. Uw-Whitewater                   64   

6. Uw-Oshkosh                       34

                    Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 26                     

1. UW Stevens Point            142   

2. St. Olaf                             108

3. Uw-La Crosse                     98   

4. Uw-Whitewater                    90

5. Uw-Eau Claire                     62   

6. Uw-Oshkosh                        52

Winona Alumnus Alyssa Trainor was in the pool for UW Eau Claire

Event 1  Women 400 Yard Medley Relay

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    School                                                              Finals Points 

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-- Uw-Eau Claire  'C'                                         x4:27.99  

     1) Trainor, Alyssa                 2) Schenck, Siera                 

     3) Smith, Maddy                    4) Freeman, Nicole                

       30.85  1:04.94    34.66  1:14.18    30.75  1:09.46    28.26    59.41

Event 9  Women 1500 Yard Freestyle 3x500 Relay

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    School                                                                Finals Points 

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4th  Uw-Eau Claire  'A'                                         16:25.95    6  

     1) Lickel, Kirsten                 2) Trainor, Alyssa                

     3) Dorvinen, Nicole                4)                                

       29.44    32.73    33.58    33.92    33.97    34.49    35.01    35.25

       34.75    33.86    29.06    33.25    33.71    33.82    34.05    34.11

       34.24    34.52    33.99    33.71    28.26    31.19    31.46    31.99

       32.07    32.15    32.30    32.23    31.93    30.91                  

Event 11  Women 200 Yard Medley Relay

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School                                                                   Finals Points 

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 -- Uw-Eau Claire  'C'                                         x2:01.75  

     1) Trainor, Alyssa                 2) Klein, Heidi                   

     3) Freeman, Nicole                 4) Peters, Kristin                

       30.40    34.48    31.45    25.42                          

Event 15  Women 300 Yard Backstroke 3x100 back Relay

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    School                                                        Finals Points 

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3rd  Uw-Eau Claire  'A'                                          3:06.75    8  

     1) Finley, Megan                   2) Hinz, Abby                     

     3) Trainor, Alyssa                 4)                                

       30.69    32.45    29.05    31.84    29.33    33.39               

Minnesota State University – Mankato Women TIE Nebraska –Omaha

Scores - Women

Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 17

1. Minn. State University-Mankato 147

1. University of Nebraska - Omaha 147

South Dakota State Women Loses to Nebraska 

but prevails over rival University of South Dakota

Women

Nebraska        175                  South Dakota State 95          

South Dakota State 183        University of South Dakota  111

South Dakota State Men prevail over University of South Dakota

Men

South Dakota State 183.5     University of South Dakota  110.5

St. John’s Invite at Collegeville, MN

Women - Team Scores                              
Place School                                                              Points
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1 Gustavus Adolphus College          GAC-MN         1431.5
2 College of Saint Benedict          CSB-MN                993  
3 Luther College                     LUTH-IA                      721.5

 

                               

Men - Team Scores                               
Place School                                                          Points
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1 Gustavus Adolphus College          GAC-MN         1252  
2 St. John's University (Mn)         SJU-MN               1042  
3 Luther College                     LUTH-IA                     566       

Northwestern TYR Invitational at Evanston, Ill.

3 day meet Nov 19 – 21 at Northwestern University

Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 47

1. Northwestern                              1495

2. Iowa State University                   803

3. Cleveland State University          562.5

4. University of North Dakota          463

5. Kenyon College                            356

6. University of IL at Chicago           215.5

Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 48

1. Northwestern                              1155

2. Cleveland State University          807

3. Kenyon College                            665.5

4. University of IL at Chicago           505

5. University Of North Dakota           459.5

6. Unattached                                      70

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Winhawks move up at 2010 Girls State Class AA Championships

As with all but the top few schools, Winona left the Championships thinking about what could have been. Considering what they had accomplished this year, and compared to some of their peers, their performance at the State Championships leave them a lot to be proud of.

The Winhawks repeated last years’ improvement on their Sections result. At Sections, Winona finished in 5^th place behind JM, Farmington, Century and Faribault, with Owatonna a close 6^th. Once the water had calmed at the 2010 State Championships, Winona leapfrogs Faribault and Century to place 20^th and Owatonna isn't swimming after the prelims are completed.  It was amazing to see that after Rochester JM so thoroughly dominated Sections, they could only move up one spot in the final standings between 2009 & 2010. It's not that their team did not swim well at State, JM had an entry in every event Saturday night except the 200IM and the 100 Breaststroke. It is just that those top 5 teams at State are so dominant themselves.

2010 State Championship Scores for Section 1 Teams

6. Rochester John Marshall     119

17. Farmington                           43  

20. Winona                                 34

23. Rochester Century               27  

25. Faribault                               25  

37. Rochester Mayo                     2

 

Winona moved up in score on the continuing improvement of Winona Cotter Junior MacKenzie Brosnahan and the strength of the other six girls, Senior Co-Captain Samantha Quandahl, Freshman Reese Galewski Junior Lalita Charungchainanon, Cotter Sophomore Alexandra Zuelke, Sr. Co-Captain Bridget Bawek, and Freshman Haley O’Neill making up the 200 Medley and the 200 Freestyle relays and their making it to Finals night. 

Recap

The Winhawks swam first in the Consolation Heat of the 200 Medley Relay. The Relay of Sr. Co-Captain Samantha Quandahl, Cotter Sophomore Alexandra Zuelke, Freshman Reese Galewski, and Junior Foreign Exchange Student Lalita Charungchainanon were seeded 8^th and swimming in Lane 8. The girls were in the race the entire way, all 8 teams finished within a body length of each other. In the end 4 teams bettered their time and 4 teams slipped a little. The Winhawks were seeded 16^th coming into the State Championships, seeded 16^th coming into the State Finals and ended up taking home the points for 16^th place. The Winhawks can take comfort in knowing that they leapfrogged over Rochester Century and Owatonna who, qualifying ahead of them at Sections, were listed as the alternates for the relay in 17^th and 18^th place respectively.

Winona Cotter Junior MacKenzie Brosnahan was up next in the Finals of the 50 Freestyle. Swimming as the 6^th seed out of Lane 7, Kenzie was in the thick of the pack at the turn. At the touch pad Kenzie is just out touched where 5^th ,6^th ,& 7^th were separated by 7 one hundredths of a second. In prelims MacKenzie solidified her hold on the 2^nd fastest Winhawk 50 Free ever with a 24.11. Tonight she and the others in 5 – 8^th place are a hair off their prelim times and Kenzie finishes 7^th.

After the Diving which I must interject was AWESOME, came the Winhawks next Finals appearance, Cotter Junior MacKenzie Brosnahan in the 100 Freestyle. Kenzie was seeded 7^th after lowering her Section seed time from 53.04 to 52.78. MacKenzie was a hair out of 5^th at the 50 split and faded going into the last 15 yards slipping back to 7^th just as she started. MacKenzie’s 52.78 lowered her time while already holding the 3^rd fastest Winhawk 100 Free of all time that she obtained at Sections.  

Last up for the Winhawks was the Relay team of Cotter Sophomore Alexandra Zuelke leads off followed by Senior Co-Captain Bridget Bawek, Freshman Haley O’Neill and anchored by Cotter Junior MacKenzie Brosnahan. Four 50 freestyles means tenths of seconds add up to multiple places up or down. The Winhawks enter  the event seeded 14^th. With their Section 1 Friends/Foes Rochester JM in Lane 6 next to them, the Winhawks are aided by Haley O’Neil’s fastest 50 split ever and they better their hold on the 4^th fastest Winhawk 200 Free Relay ever. The 1:40.10 moves them up into 13^th place.

The Winhawks complete a very successful season. The six swimmers that qualified for State are also responsible for 18 new entries on the All Time Fastest Winhawk swims list. A new entry or move up the list was accomplished in every stroke and relay the Winhawks swim. The 2010 Winhawks finished the dual meet season at 7-3. They defeated Faribault in a dual meet for the first time in 18 years, they were 3^rd at the Big 9 Conference Meet, 5^th at the Section 1AA meet and as stated earlier, the Winhawks finish their 2010 season in 20^th place at the MSHSL Class AA Championships.