The 200 Medley Relay was Winona’s, except for the “A” Relay being DQ’ed for an Early Leave by one of the mid-swimmers. That jump was not what got the Winhawks their 3 second margin of victory so the effort was for naught. The boys were practicing starts before the meet, but apparently still have a little work to do. When the referees conferred and agreed on the DQ, the Head Referee reported it to the Scoring table. Everyone at the scoring table reported also seeing the early leave which means a good deal of the crowd must have seen the early leave. Winona takes 2nd bracketed by H/O and the Polar Bears take the lead.
Winona 4 Holmen/Onalaska 10
The 200 Freestyle saw the first of 10 consecutive 1st place finishes in the meet. Cotter Freshman Hodd Gorman, scored a come-from-behind 1st place after trailing Winhawk Junior Joey Kleinow and H/O’s Arroyo. It was a new personal best for Hodd swimming it for the 3rd time this year.
Winhawks 14 Holmen/Onalaska 16
The 200 IM again saw Winhawk youth faring very well and gave positive indications for the future. Freshman Cal Dretske swam a hard race taking 1st place and just a hair off his personal best. 8th Grader Kyle Schneider took second establishing yet another IM personal best, his sixth time in six entries. Winona takes the lead and will not look back for the rest of the meet.
Winona 25 Holmen/Onalaska 21
The 50 Freestyle saw Sr. Co-Captain Louie La Porta, flirting with that 23 second level that he attained at True Team. He swam to 1st place in a 24.07. Winhawk Junior Alex Kline was right behind him to take 2nd. Finally Winhawk Junior Avery Prondzinski swimming the 50 for the second time in a dual this year improves on his initial swim for a new personal best to take 4th. The solid 1-2-4 finish pads the Winhawk lead.
Winona 37 Holmen/Onalaska 25
Diving was a point bonanza as H/O does not have any divers. Winhawk Sr. Co-Captain Justin Bublitz took the win and Sr. Stan Petkov placed 2nd.
Winona 47 Holmen/Onalaska 25
The 100 Butterfly was Winhawk 8th Grader Kyle Schneider second personal best swim of the evening winning with room to spare. Junior Alex Kline competing in the 100 Fly for the second time dropped 4 ½ seconds from his initial outing to capture 3rd.
Winona 57 Holmen/Onalaska 31
The 100 Freestyle saw the Winhawks laying it all out to try and keep the momentum going. Sr. Co-Captain Louie La Porta, Junior Joey Kleinow and Sr. Co-Captain Gio Borsari finish 1-2-3 with Kleinow and Borasari setting new personal best times!
Winona 70 Holmen/Onalaska 34
The 500 Freestyle could have been billed as the Hodd Gorman show. The Winhawk Freshman won going away. He established yet another personal best time, his sixth in the last seven 500 swims Sr. Danjeer Presson combined with Freshman Alex Miller who swam a personal best time to score 3rd & 4th respectively.
Winona 81 Holmen/Onalaska 38
The 200 Freestyle Relay was the Winhawks’ with room to spare. The “A” Relay consisted of Juniors Alex Kline and Avery Prondzinski, teamed with the Sr. Co-Captains Louie La Porta and Gio Borsari.
Winona 91 Holmen/Onalaska 42
Winhawk Jr. Avery Prondzinski wins the 100 Backstroke and Sr. Co-Captain Gio Borsari takes 3rd as the Winhawks begin to score as exhibition entries giving the points to H/O.
Winona 91 Holmen/Onalaska 52
The 100 Breaststroke was a great race for Winhawk Freshman Cal Dretske. He was head to head with H/O’s Bartheld for over 50 yards, then Cal’s training allowed Cal to swim away from him. Cal finishes in 1st place and Sophomore Jake Johnson cruises to 3rd place.
Winona 91 Holmen/Onalaska 65
The 400 Freestyle relay went to H/O and the Winhawks did not need it.
Final Scores:
JV
Winona 62 Holmen/Onalaska 35
Varsity
Winona 91 Holmen/Onalaska 77
Thursday the Winhawks (3-2, 2-2) travel to Owatonna to take on the Huskies (4-1, 4-1).
This will be a very tough meet as Owatonna has numbers which equates into depth. Nearly 45 swimmers and divers crowd the deck around their bench and there will be plenty of room for them to swim filling both varsity and JV events. The Huskies have some quality swimmers that can cross events to swim effectively where needed. Most gifted is Huskie Senior Michael Crabtree. He is capable of winning both the 50 Free and the 500 Free in the same meet, as well as throwing in a good 200 Free, Butterfly or 100 Free, the kid can do it all.
Key matches to watch will be the sprints, 50 & 100.
Diving will be Justin Bublitz’s and both Stan Petkov and Dan Karnick are capable of placing 2nd & 3rd.
The 500 Freestyle depending on where Crabtree is swum.
The Huskies have Sophomore Kellen Glynn doing 57’s in the 100 Fly.
The Huskies have a 1:03 100 back swimmer in Cole Martinez and Kellen Glynn is a 1:08 breaststroker to give Winhawk Freshman Cal Dretske a real push.
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