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.