Ain’t nothin’ like bein’ there in person!

The Big Ten Championships rotate through the league to venues capable of hosting an event like this. So the meet only comes around every 5-6 years. I took advantage of it being in Minneapolis in 2011 and am SO glad I did.

I was privileged with admittance to the deck for most of the Big Ten Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships (that is when I wasn’t officiating at the HS Section 1AA Championships in Rochester). Acting as Administration Referee, I had time between my duties to watch some great races and ALL the awesome diving.

Final Meet Results and stories/Notes can be found at the MN Gopher Men’s Swimming page. They did a great job covering the meet and providing information, photos and videos!

 Meet Results at:

http://www.gophersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=8400&ATCLID=205104790

The University of MN’s Michael Richards repeats as winner of the 50 Freestyle and 100 Freestyle. The first time a swimmer has done that at Big 10’s in almost 50 years! For his feat he was named Big Ten Swimmer of the Meet and made All-Big Ten!

http://www.gophersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=8400&ATCLID=205104856

See lots more content, videos and info at the Men’s Gopher Swimming Facebook Page.

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Minnesota-Mens-Swimming-and-Diving/112181012836

Even though you missed the meet in person, you can watch a recap of all the action on The Big Ten Network on your local cable.

You can see some great swimming AND GREAT DIVING!

Purdue’s David Boudia won all 3 diving events. Boudia won the first diving event, 1 Meter Springboard with a score of 467.40 points, breaking his own conference and meet records from 2009 as well as the pool record at Minnesota's University Aquatic Center. He finished only 1.25 points shy of his Purdue record from 2010. It was his sixth career Big Ten championship title and the junior also opened his weekend of competition by emerging victorious in the only diving event he did not win in 2010. He bested the second-place finisher by 91.8 points.

Boudia duplicated his record-setting trifecta of Thursday by scoring 509.90 points Friday from the 3-meter board. In the process, he established a new pool record at Minnesota's University Aquatic Center and eclipsed his conference and Big Ten Championships benchmarks from 2009. Boudia won the event by 90 points and was awarded six perfect 10s and one 9.5 on the fifth dive of his list, a forward 3 1/2 somersault pike (107B).

Boudia won the platform Saturday with a Purdue-record score of 557.90 points. He also established new Big Ten conference and meet records as well as a new pool benchmark at Minnesota’s University Aquatic Center. He eclipsed his own records in all four instances.  Boudia scored five perfect 10s on his first dive of the platform finals. He received two additional 10s on his fifth dive. He capped his career at the Big Ten Championships as an eight-time conference champ.

http://www.purduesports.com/sports/m-swim/recaps/022711aaa.html

See all the action at Big Ten Network:

Big Ten Men's Swimming & Diving '11: Big Ten Championships

Sunday March 6th, 10:00 AM

Wednesday March 9th 1:00 AM

Wednesday March 9th 8:00 AM

Thursday March 10th 2:00 PM

And you can still catch the Women’s Big Ten Championships on air as well!

Big Ten Women's Swimming & Diving '11: Big Ten Championship

Tuesday March 1st 1:00 AM

Wednesday March 2nd at 2:00 PM

Tuesday March 8th, 10:00 AM

Tuesday March 8th, 11:00 PM

Hey, how do you get to The Big Show anyway?

" Well, you have to finish,......." 

" No, no, no, I already did that, I mean HOW do you get to the big show, as in the best way to drive there, do I have to fill out paperwork,.........?"

After Saturday’s Section 1AA Swimming & Diving Finals, two Winhawks were saying, what do we do now?

Winona High Freshman Cal Dretske and Winona Senior Co-Captain Justin Bublitz both found themselves in the enviable position of asking, “now what do I do?"  Both are first time qualifiers for the Big Show, the Minnesota State High School League Swimming & Diving Championships.

Quality swims were made many of the Winhawks, personal bests were the norm with the boys reacting well to their taper regimen.

The 200 Medley Relay Saw the team of Avery P., Cal D., Kyle S., Louie L. set their quickest time of the year in the Section prelims and then better it by a second in the Final.

          Team Relay              Prelim Time Finals Time Points

Championship Final

6^th WINONA                          1:48.48             1:47.30         26

1) Prondzinski, Avery 11 2) Dretske, Cal 9 3) Schneider, Kyle 8 4) La Porta, Louie 12          27.56 29.58 27.50 22.66

In the 200 Freestyle, Erick Rico Barraza shaved 11 seconds off his previous swim in the event. Both Cotter Freshman Hodd Gorman and Winhawk Junior Joey Kleinow dropped nearly six seconds off their previous best times qualifying themselves for Saturday’s Finals.

          Name             Yr School   Prelim Time  Finals Time     Points

Consolation Final

10^th Gorman, Hodd 9 WINONA   1:55.89          1:56.13                 7

              26.95 29.16 30.25 29.77

13^th Kleinow, Joey 11 WINONA   1:58.82          1:58.84                4

                26.71 30.04 30.98 31.11

The 200IM saw personal bests out of Alex Vaslow, Kyle Schneider and Cal Dretske whose nearly 8 second drop earned himself a return for the Consolation Final.

         Name        Yr School    Prelim Time       Finals Time    Points

Consolation Final

14^th  Dretske, Cal 9 WINONA     2:13.02                2:13.92             3

29.10 36.71 37.50 30.61

The 50 Freestyle hype brought out personal best performances from Alex Kline, Conor Kosidowski, Avery Prondzinski and Sr. Co-Captain Louie La Porta’s new mark in the prelims qualified him to swim again on Saturday.

Name                     Yr School       Prelim Time Finals Time   Points

Consolation Final

12^th  La Porta, Louie 12 WINONA          23.37               23.11        5

Diving saw the entire contingent, all three guys dive in Prelims and Finals night. Stan Petkov and Dan Karnick both score new personal highs for 11 dive meets and Sr. Co-Captain Justin Bublitz qualifies for State placing 4^th.

          Name         Yr School         Semis Score Finals Score Points

Finals

4^th Bublitz, Justin 12 WINONA             242.10           351.00        15

5^th Karnick, Daniel 11 WINONA           209.50           310.15        14

6^th Petkov, Stan 12 WINONA               203.00           284.65        13

The 100 Butterfly saw Alex Kline’s second personal best time of the afternoon, as well as Cotter 8^th Grader Kyle Schneider setting his personal bests for the eight and ninth times in this season, occurring in the Prelims and Finals respectively.

            Name          Yr School        Prelim Time Finals Time Points

Consolation Final

14^th Schneider, Kyle 8 WINONA          1:02.56          1:02.26          3

                   29.92 32.34

The 100 Yard Freestyle saw EVERY entrant set a new personal best time. Sr. Co-Captain Louie La Porta, Joey Kleinow and Gio Borsari all dropped from their Big 9 performances. Kory McDonald legitimized his entry into the Minute Man Club, swimming a pure sub minute 100 in meet conditions.

The 500 Freestyle saw personal bests out of Tyler Suman and Alex Miller. The biggest time drop of the Sections meet came when Cotter Freshman Hodd Gorman shaved over 15 seconds off to land himself in the Championship Final.

        Name          Yr School            Prelim Time Finals Time Points

Championship Final

8 Gorman, Hodd 9 WINONA                 5:11.27           5:17.58       11

27.44 30.45 32.08 31.96 32.29 32.77 32.83 33.27 32.65 31.84

The 200 Freestyle Relay set two new bests at Sections. The team of

 1) Prondzinski, Avery 11 2) La Porta, Louie 12 3) Kleinow, Joey 11 4) Kline, Alex 11 set the first time. In the Finals Gio Borsari subbed for Avery (saving him for the Backstroke finals) and they set another new final.

         Team Relay                    Prelim Time Finals Time Points

Championship Final

7 WINONA                                     1:35.47          1:34.93        24

1) Borsari, Gio 12 2) Laporta, Louie 12 3) Kleinow, Joey 11 4) Kline, Alex 11                                        23.94 22.66 24.34 23.99

The 100 Backstroke brought the best out of both Gio Borsari (dropping 2 Seconds) and Avery Prondzinski who’s 5 second drop landed him a spot in the Championship Final.

         Name                 Yr School    Prelim Time Finals Time Points

Championship Final

5 Prondzinski, Avery 11 WINONA           1:00.72        1:00.08      14

The 100 Breaststroke was Freshman Cal Dretske’s announcement to the Big 9 and Section 1AA Schools that he would be a force to recon with for the next few years. Personal Bests were obtained by both Conor Kosidowski and Mic Borsari.  Cal dropped 5 seconds off his prelims seed. His finish seeded him second going into the Saturday Finals. IN his Finals race Cal was 3^rd at the 50 yard point, but came back stronger and won second place going away to qualify for next weekend’s State Championship!

           Name Yr School              Prelim Time Finals Time Points

Championship Final

2nd  Dretske, Cal 9 WINONA                1:03.33             1:03.35     17

           29.93 33.42

Lastly, the 400 Free Relay of Joey K., Gio B., Kyle S., Alex K set new best times in both Prelims and subsequently Finals.

          Team Relay                 Prelim Time Finals Time     Points

Championship Final

8^th  WINONA                            3:42.15              3:39.13            22

1) Kleinow, Joey 11 2) Borsari, Gio 12 3) Schneider, Kyle 8 4) Kline, Alex 11  25.40 54.20 25.53 54.11 26.63 56.72 25.40 54.10

Section 1AA Championships Recap

Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 12

1. Rochester Century           397

2. Farmington                        322

3. Rochester Mayo               248

4. Northfield                           235

5. Hastings                             234.5

6. Rochester JM                    230

7. Owatonna                          214.5

8. Winona                               174

You'd think one one hundredth of a second would be enough!

Big 10 Men’s Swimming & Diving

Second day (Thursday) standings

Univ of Michigan            259.5
Indiana Univ                    251
Ohio State Univ              183
Univ of MN                    159.5
Purdue                            125.5
Penn State                       102
Univ of Wisc                     94
Univ of Iowa                     87.5
Northwestern                    86
Michigan State                  76

A highlight from the session: A swim-off was required in the 50 Freestyle to determine who would be in the “B: Final, they had tied in prelims at 20.13 seconds. They competed in their swim-off and tied AGAIN at, you guessed it, 20.13 seconds. They rested for 30 minutes and swam another swim off, this time the swimmer from Purdue was the clear winner 20.11 to 20.23 and went on to swim in the evening finals. Great Drama!

Friday's prelims required two more swim offs!

Finals at 6:30 PM!

Go to http://www.gophersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205058639&SPID=&SPSID=  Gopher Athletics and check it out

Excuse me, but are you busy Saturday afternoon?

The Winona Winhawks went into the Section 1AA Swimming & Diving Championship prelims knowing that they would be returning for the finals. There are only 8 teams in the swim meet, so barring disqualification, all relays return for Finals night. The question was who would be coming back for individual events?

Diving was a given, all 3 guys, Justin Bublitz, Stan Petkov and Dan Karnick would all be in the top 16, in fact, there were only 14 competitors so it was a lock. Justin currently sits 4th and is looking to ride that position all the way to the State Meet.

The Winhawks had a number of swimmers seeded in the range that would make a Saturday return likely. What was fun to watch is what some Winhawks did with those seeds.

Cotter Freshman Hodd Gorman had a great first Prelim swim converting his 200 Freestyle 15th seed into a Consolation Finals 9th seed by dropping nearly 6 seconds. Later in his 500 Freestyle, Hodd rode his 11th seed to its maximum. Showing everyone what a taper can really do, Hodd had the 3rd largest time drop of the event, 15. 25 seconds. Hodd gets to swim in the Championship Final Saturday as the 8th seed.

Junior Joey Kleinow was seeded 19th entering the 200 Freestyle and was going to need a quality swim to get an opportunity to swim on Saturday. Joey did just that dropping nearly 6 seconds off his seed and now owns the 13th Seed in Saturday’s Consolation Final.

Freshman Cal Dretske also had a great Prelims day for the Winhawks. His 16th seed in the 200 IM meant a good likelihood of a return trip on Saturday. Cal cemented that plan with a nearly 8 second drop and is seeded 13th for Saturday. With that confidence builder behind him, Cal came to the 100 Breaststroke. Cal already owned the 7th seed for the prelims but expectations were high. While 9 of the top 10 seeds dropped time in their prelim swims, no one dropped as much as Cal. Cal’s split in his second 50 yards (50yards to the finish) was the fastest of ALL the contestants resulting in a nearly 5 second drop and the 2nd seed ( and possible State Meet trip) going into Saturdays Final.

Sr. Co-Captain Louie LaPorta gets an extra swim Saturday. In spite of his half second drop, his 14th seed entering Prelims stood and he stands seeded 14th in the 50 Freestyle Consolation Final.

Cotter Freshman Kyle Schneider will be swimming the 100 Butterfly Saturday seeded 15th.

In the largest Winhawk leap of the meet, Junior Avery Prondzinski slipped into the water for the start of his 100 Backstroke prelim seeded 13th. After swimming the 4th fastest 50 split, Avery holds on to cut over 3 seconds off of his seed and is now swimming in the Championship Final Saturday as the 5th seed.

There were a number of other personal bests that I will write about in the meet wrap up!

It is time to have some fun and see just what you are capable of!

With the Boy’s Section 1AA Starting today, here are the latest coaches rankings for State in Class AA. 

Also shown are some of the fastest times posted in the state, some Section 1AA competitors and where they fall, the Winhawks’ fastest time or score of the season posted where it falls, and the State Meet qualifying time.

Bottom line, the Winhawks are young, learning and growning, and should approach Sections as a fun meet where they can see how fast they can go to give them momentum to take into the off season. 

Good luck Winhawks!

Boys swimming 

State coaches association rankings 

Class AA
1. Minnetonka; 2. Eden Prairie; 3. Edina; 4. Rochester Century; 5. Eagan; 6. Rosemount; (tie) Maple Grove; 8. Mounds View; 9. Stillwater; 10. Lakeville North 

HONOR ROLL 

200 medley relay

Edina 1:36.84; Eden Prairie 1:37.76; Minnetonka 1:39.59; Rosemount 1:40.78; Breck/Blake 1:40.95; Mounds View 1:41.73; Fergus Falls 1:41.84; Richfield 1:41.84; Prior Lake 1:41.86; Maple Grove 1:42.38, WINONA 1:49.81 State Meet Standard  1:42.37

200 freestyle 
Noah Lucas, Mounds View, 1:43.35; Mike Gratz, Edina, 1:43.70; Zach Stettner, Minnetonka, 1:44.00; Chris Freeman, Rochester Century, 1:44.03; Maverick Hovey, Eden Prairie, 1:44.06; Vince Radecke, Stillwater, 1:45.64; Max Cartwright, Edina, 1:47.30; Max Pratt, Mpls. Washburn, 1:47.91; Austin Gromatzky, Breck/Blake, 1:47.62; Eric Sirjord, Minnetonka, 1:47.98, HODD GORMAN, WINONA 2:01.65, State Meet Standard  1:48.33

200 individual medley
Gregory Norsten, Woodbury, 1:53.81; Mike Hurley, Fergus Falls, 1:53.84; Max Cartwright, Edina, 1:55.01; Mitchell Foster, Breck/Blake, 1:55.60; Maverick Hovey, Eden Prairie, 1:57.18; Mike Gratz, Edina, 1:59.75; Austin Sarna, Minnetonka, 1:59.94; Kurt Youngdahl, Minnetonka, 2:00.56; Kyle Robrock, Prior Lake, 2:00.73; Kendall Dunn, Minnetonka, 2:01.13, CAL DRETSKE, WINONA 2:20.85, State Meet Standard  2:03.03

50 freestyle
Nathan France, Apple Valley, 21.71; Kyle Robrock, Prior Lake, 21.80; Tim Satterthwaite, Edina, 21.82; Cameron Hyde, Sartell-St. Stephen, 21.88; Dylan Hoven, Bemidji, 21.88; Kurt Youngdahl, Minnetonka, 21.92; Gregory Norsten, Woodbury, 21.93; Mike Gratz, Edina, 22.11; Cole Bateman, Hutchinson, 22.11; Max Pratt, Washburn, 22.21, LOUIE LAPORTA, WINONA, 23.84, State Meet Standard  :22.24

1-meter diving (six dives)
Carter Lange, Simley, 296.60 points; Andrew Germain, Blaine, 263.80; Tyler Magalis, Farmington, 258.55; Britton Murrey, Brainerd, 256.85; JUSTIN BUBLITZ, WINONA, 251.60, Brandon Stadler, Faribault, 249.35; Travis Carlson, Red Wing, 248.60; Tyler Willert, Mankato East, 248.35; Aaron Rooney, Alexandria, 248.15; Andres Villa, Bloomington Kennedy, 243.85; Sean Leverton, Blaine, 238.05 

1-meter diving (11 dives)
Jon Melgaard, Detroit Lakes, 506.00; Aaron Rooney, Alexandria, 447.85; Tyler Magalis, Farmington, 447.80; Britton Murrey, Brainerd, 432.90; John Tellgren, Anoka, 403.30; Chase Testa, Montevideo, 394.30 JUSTIN BUBLITZ, WINONA, 389.25, Cordell LaBeau, Bloomington Jefferson, 383.75; Andres Villa, Bloomington Kennedy, 377.05; Tanner Nordlund, Sartell-St. Stephen, 375.25, 

100 butterfly
Maverick Hovey, Eden Prairie, 50.96; Mitchell Foster, Breck/Blake, 51.89; Mike Lanz, Maple Grove, 52.09; Bryce Boston, Eden Prairie, 52.44; Max Cartwright, Edina, 52.79; Griffin Voss, Eagan, 53.67; Paul Fair, Monticello, 54.08; Rob Miller, Eagan, 54.11; Colby Smith, Hastings, 54.30; Greg Norsten, Woodbury, 54.47, KYLE SCHNEIDER, WINONA 1:02.74, State Meet Standard  54.51

100 freestyle
Jim Rafter, Mounds View, 47.01; Mike Gratz, Edina, 47.75; Maverick Hovey, Eden Prairie, 47.51; Cameron Hyde, Sartell-St. Stephen, 47.67; Mike Hurley, Fergus Falls, 47.76; Kyle Robrock, Prior Lake, 47.94; Kurt Youngdahl, Minnetonka, 48.30; Tim Satterthwaite, Edina, 48.41; Noah Busch, Minnetonka, 48.50; Michael Solfelt, Eden Prairie, 48.54, LOUIE LAPORTA, WINONA, 53.56, State Meet Standard  48.77

500 freestyle
Noah Lucas, Mounds View, 4:43.55; Chris Freeman, Rochester Century, 4:45.16; Eric Sirjord, Minnetonka, 4:47.46; Zach Stettner, Minnetonka, 4:49.14; Max Cartwright, Edina, 4:50.35; Jonathan Lieberman, Eden Prairie, 4:52.87; Kendall Dunn, Minnetonka, 4:52.87; Kyle Robrock, Prior Lake, 4:54.02; Chris Tri, Rochester Century, 4:54.45; Tanner Alms, Red Wing, 4:54.95, HODD GORMAN, WINONA 5:26.52, State Meet Standard  4:58.63


200 freestyle relay
Edina 1:28.95; Stillwater 1:29.31; Mounds View 1:29.99; Apple Valley, 1:30.20; Minnetonka 1:30.64; Rosemount 1:30.97; Rochester Century 1:31.07; Lakeville South 1:31.71; Maple Grove 1:31.79; Sartell-St. Stephen 1:31.82, WINONA, 1:38.62, State Meet Standard  1:31.22

100 backstroke
Mitchell Foster, Blake/Breck, 51:31; Jim Rafter, Mounds View, 52.05; Kyle Robrock, Prior Lake, 52.34; Cole Bateman, Hutchinson, 53.23; Maverick Hovey, Eden Prairie, 53.16; Mike Gratz, Edina, 53.47; Max Cartwright, Edina, 53.79; Noah Busch, Minnetonka, 54.25; Greg Norsten, Woodbury, 54.09; Luke Johanns, St. Thomas Academy, 54.82, AVERY PRODNZINSKI, WINONA, 1:04.06, State Meet Standard  55.51

100 breaststroke
Max Cartwright, Edina, 56.73; Gregory Norsten, Woodbury, 58.81; Austin Sarna, Minnetonka, 1:01.06; Nathan France, Apple Valley, 1:01.08; Kendall Dunn, Minnetonka, 1:01.13; Matthew Wright, Prior Lake, 1:01.72; Quillan Oak, Detroit Lakes, 1:01.35; Jacob Stern, Rosemount, 1:01.57; Mitch Lentz, Edina, 1:01.63; Alec Kandt, Simley, 1:01.86, CAL DRETSKE, WINONA 1:08.23, State Meet Standard  1:01.83

400 freestyle relay
Edina 3:15.31; Eden Prairie 3:15.94; Minnetonka 3:16.03; Maple Grove 3:16.08; Mounds View 3:16.11; Stillwater 3:16.74; Breck/Blake 3:21.80; Eagan 3:23.09; Rochester Century 3:23.31; Mpls. Southwest 3:24.13, WINONA, 3:46.43, State Meet Standard  3:20.87

It's time to GET BUSY!

Next up this weekend:

Boy’s High School Section 1AA Swimming & Diving Championships

Section Standings

           

Rochester Century                9-0

Farmington                            7-0*

Owatonna                             7-1

Northfield                              6-4

Rochester Mayo                   5-6

Rochester John Marshall     4-6

Winona Winhawks               3-5

Hastings                              0-4*

*- Incomplete record, not all results available.

 The Section 1AA Championships take place this week with Preliminaries on Thursday and Finals on Friday. Unlike Big 9 Conference where titles are more about bragging rights, here titles infer extending your season. Sections is where swimmers can qualify for the State Championships in Minneapolis the following weekend. It REALLY doesn’t matter what you have done prior to Sections, it matters what you do at Section Finals. There are two ways to qualify for the State Championships. The easiest, or maybe a more accurate description would be straightforward way to qualify is to swim to First or Second place in the Section Final. Beyond those two guaranteed spots, anyone swimming under the State qualifying standard IN the Section Final ( sorry guys, Consolation Finals doesn't cut it) ALSO gets to swim at the State Meet.  I have seen as many as 4 or 5 individuals and as many as 6 relays qualify in one event. Diving is a different matter, there are no standards, you HAVE to finish in one of the top four

spots in the results.

The Winhawks have their work cut out for them, the Section features a lot of talent.

Last year’s results:               

1. Rochester Century          386  

2. Northfield                         288

3. Farmington                      267  

4. Hastings                          261

5. Owatonna                        240  

6. Winona                            218

7. Rochester Mayo              210  

8. Rochester JM                  205

Prelims on Thursday – Diving is at 11AM, Swimming starts at 3:30 PM

Finals on Saturday Swimming starts at 1:30 PM, Diving takes place during the meet after the 50 Freestyle.

Big 10 Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships going on NOW at the University of MN

After the first day’s competition of the 200 Medley Relay and 800 Freestyle Relay:

Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 2                      

1. University of Michigan                80  

2. Ohio State University                  68

3. University of Minnesota            60  

4. Indiana University                       58

5. Pennsylvania State University  55  

6. Purdue University                     48

7. University of Iowa                     46  

7. University of Wisconsin            46

9. Northwestern University           38 

10. Michigan State University       37

Which kind of reflects how the College ranking looked going into the weekend:

TYR / CSCAA Division I Swimming & Diving Team Poll

Men's Rankings                                       

Rank          Prev Men Points                 

1          1          California (27)                       836                            

2          2          Stanford (3)                           817                

3          3          Auburn (4)                             790                

4          4          Texas (1)                               787                

5          5          Florida                                   733                

6          6          Arizona                                  714                

7          8          Southern California               631                

8          7          Tennessee                            593                

9       13     Michigan                                  551            

10        9          Georgia                                  526                

11     11     Ohio State                                483            

12        10        Virginia                                  482                

13        12        North Carolina                      454                

14     13     Indiana                                     427            

15     15     Minnesota                              356            

16        17        UNLV                                    266                

17        16        Alabama                                234                

18        19        Texas A&M                            233                

19        18        Louisville                               208                

20     23     Purdue                                      190            

21        20        Florida State                         180                

22        21        Louisiana State                    123                

23        22        South Carolina                     106                            

24        25        U.S. Naval Academy              81                

25     24     Iowa                                           63            

Also Receiving Votes: Also Receiving Votes: Harvard 58, Princeton 53, UC-Santa Barbara 39, Southern Methodist 30, Virginia Tech 27, Kentucky 24, Oakland 20, Notre Dame 14, Penn State 14, Northwestern 13, Cal Poly 12, Michigan State 11, Hawaii 10, Missouri 8, Eastern Michigan 7, Texas Christian 7, California State-Bakersfield 5, Wisconsin 5,

Winona Alumni Matt Papenfuss was in the water this first evening representing his Golden Gophers, swimming the anchor leg of the 800 Freestyle Relay.

4th Minnesota  'A'                6:34.93    6:26.38 B       30  

     1) Capan, Hrvoje SO              2) r:0.22 Carlson, Curt SR      

     3) r:0.29 Vernoia, Mike JR       4) r:0.22 Papenfuss, Matt JR    

           22.55                     46.52 (46.52)

        1:11.07 (1:11.07)   1:36.47 (1:36.47)

        1:58.12 (21.65)     2:22.42 (45.95)

        2:47.43 (1:10.96)   3:12.64 (1:36.17)

        3:34.60 (21.96)     3:58.82 (46.18)

        4:23.82 (1:11.18)   4:48.80 (1:36.16)

        5:11.63 (22.83)     5:36.92 (48.12)

        6:01.39 (1:12.59)   6:26.38 (1:37.58)

You'll get to see him again in the 200 Yard Freestyle (Friday) and the

 100 Yard Freestyle (Saturday) individual events.

In your backyard, Big 10 Men's Swim & Dive Championships

On deck for this week is the Big 10 Men's Swimming & Diving Championships at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center.

Opening Wednesday NIght:
 200 Medley Relay
Exhibition: 3M Synchronized Diving Event
800 Freestyle Relay

Thursday

500 Freestyle
200 Individual Medley
50 Freestyle
One-Meter Diving
400 Medley Relay

Friday
200 Freestyle Relay
400 Individual Medley
100 Butterfly
200 Freestyle
100 Breaststroke
100 Backstroke
Three-Meter Diving

Saturday

1,650 Freestyle
200 Backstroke
100 Freestyle
200 Breaststroke
200 Butterfly
Platform Diving
400 Freestyle Relay

Thursday - Saturday are a Prelims in the AM and Finals in the PM format.

For more go to:

http://www.gophersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=8400&ATCLID=205101035

If you can't make it in person, or want to see what happened at the Women's Big Ten Championships they will both be on the Big Ten Network:

Big Ten Network Winter Championships Schedule:
Women's Swimming & Diving
Date: Wed-Sat, Feb 16-19 at Indiana
Broadcast Date: Saturday, 2/26 - noon


Men's Swimming & Diving
Date: Wed-Sat, Feb 23-26 at Minnesota
Broadcast  Date: Sunday, 3/6 - 10 AM

The Great One returns

The diving champion Greg Louganis, who retired in 1988 after winning five Olympic medals, has returned as a coach to the sport he once dominated

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/21/sports/21louganis.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha27

I remember watching him compete. If you weren't a diver, you were amazed. If you were, you were in awe.

Results of Midwest Collegiate Swimming & Diving

Big 10 Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships

http://www.gophersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205099917&DB_OEM_ID=8400

The Golden Gophers, despite scoring a school-record 578 points, finished second behind three-time team champion Indiana (821 points).

Minnesota athletes were awards the two individual Big Ten awards given out at the Championships. Jillian Tyler wins Swimmer of the Championships, Kelci Bryant won Diver of the Championships.

Jillian Tyler won both the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke, the latter in 2 minutes, 7.11 seconds is a Big Ten, Big Ten Championship and Minnesota record. It is also the second-fastest time in the nation this season.

Kelci Bryant won the 1-meter and 3-meter diving titles for the second straight year.

Combined Team Scores                 

1. Indiana University                          821   

2. University of Minnesota                 578
3. Ohio State University                      456   

4. Pennsylvania State University       391
5. Purdue University                          385.5   

6. Michigan, University of                   367
7. Wisconsin, University of, Madi    360.5   

8. Northwestern University                178
9. Iowa, University of                         151  

10. Michigan State University              86
11. University of Illinois                         82                                             

2010-11 MIAC Men's Swimming & Diving Championships

Team Champion: St. Olaf
2010-11 MIAC Swimmer-of-the-Year: Chris Bateman, St. Olaf
2010-11 MIAC Diver-of-the-Year: Eric Brenner, Carleton
2010-11 MIAC Swimming Coaches-of-the-Year: Dave and Bob Hauck
2010-11 MIAC Diving Coach-of-the-Year: Gabe Korteum, Carleton/St. Olaf

Final Team Standings
1. St. Olaf - 759.5
2. St. Thomas - 640
3. Gustavus - 612
4. Saint John's - 564
5. Carleton - 471.5
6. Macalester - 149
7. Saint Mary's - 133
8. Hamline – 127

2010-11 MIAC Women's Swimming and Diving Championship

Team Champion: Gustavus
2010-11 MIAC Swimmer-of-the-Year: Kale Zicafoose, Carleton
2010-11 MIAC Diver-of-the-Year: Sarah Moody, St. Catherine
2010-11 MIAC Swimming Coaches-of-the-Year: Shana Erickson and Nicole Hempler
2010-11 MIAC Diving Coach-of-the-Year: Gabe Korteum, Carleton/St. Olaf

Final Team Standings
1. Gustavus – 792
2. St. Olaf – 668
3. Carleton – 484
4. St. Thomas – 454.5
5. St. Catherine – 344
6. Saint Benedict – 336.5
7. Concordia – 237
8. Macalester – 172
9. Saint Mary’s – 116
10. Augsburg – 56
11. Hamline – 18

2010-11 WIAC Men's Swimming and Diving Championship

Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 40                      

1. Uw-Stevens Point                  945   

2. Uw-Eau Claire                     639

3. Uw-La Crosse                      622   

4. Uw-Whitewater                     596

5. Uw-Oshkosh                        301   

6. Uw-River Falls                    163

2010-11 MIAC Women's Swimming and Diving Championship
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 39                     

1. Uw-Stevens Point                  839   

2. Uw-La Crosse                    813.5

3. Uw-Eau Claire                     724   

4. Uw-Whitewater                   441.5

5. Uw-Oshkosh                        240   

6. Uw-River Falls                    185

Winona Alum Alyssa Trainor swam for her UW EauClaire BluGold 

Event 3  Women 500 Yard Freestyle

    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 

                            === B - Final ===                            

13th  Trainor, Alyssa  SR Eau Claire        5:19.49    5:16.87          4  

           28.95                  1:00.81 (31.86)

        1:32.95 (32.14)     2:05.05 (32.10)

        2:37.18 (32.13)     3:09.25 (32.07)

        3:41.46 (32.21)     4:13.31 (31.85)

        4:45.41 (32.10)     5:16.87 (31.46)

Event 23  Women 100 Yard Backstroke

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    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 

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                            === B - Final ===                            

13th  Trainor, Alyssa  SR Eau Claire        1:01.31    1:01.56          4  

             29.88      1:01.56 (31.68)

Event 31  Women 200 Yard Backstroke

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    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 

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                            === B - Final ===                            

 12th  Trainor, Alyssa  SR Eau Claire        2:11.63    2:11.72          5  

             30.96      1:04.04 (33.08)

        1:37.99 (33.95)     2:11.72 (33.73)

2011 Midwestern Collegiate Swim & Dive Championships

Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 634                   

1. St. Cloud State University                         1263.5   

2. University of Nebraska at Omaha            1159

3. Minnesota State University, Mankato      1008.5   

4. University of Colorado-Boulder                    391

5. Morningside College                                    274   

6. College Of Saint Mary                                  255

Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 634                    

1. St. Cloud State University                             784   

2. Minnesota State University, Mankato            742

3. University of Colorado-Boulder                     374   

4. Morningside College                                     126

2011 SUMMIT LEAGUE SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 40                      

1. Oakland University                        998   

2. Centenary                                       539

3. South Dakota State University      504   

4. Eastern Illinois University              498

5. University of South Dakota           301   

6. Indiana University Purdue Univ                258

7. Western Illinois University             200        

Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 39                     

1. Oakland University                        1060   

2. South Dakota State University      625.5

3. University of South Dakota           536   

4. Centenary                                       360

5. Eastern Illinois University              282   

6. Indiana University Purdue Univ    281.5

7. Western Illinois University             190  

Missouri Valley Conference Swim & Dive Championships

Missouri State defended their title and won the 2011 State Farm MVC Swimming & Diving Championship by a large margin.  Many records were broken throughtout the Championship.

Final Scores:
Missouri State 944
Illinois State 735
Southern Illinois 616
Evansville 476.5
UNI 372.5

Other tidbits:

Navy's Men's team won their 8^th Straight Patriot League Championship. Just imagine the fallout on campus if they loose, they're Navy for gosh sakes. Who should be better swimmers than them? The Navy Women were beat out though.

MEN
1. Navy - 1,056
2. Army - 603.5
3. Bucknell - 566
4. Lehigh - 380
5. Colgate - 363
6. American - 201
7. Lafayette - 183.5
8. Holy Cross – 130

WOMEN
1. Colgate - 862
2. Navy - 760
3. Bucknell - 581.5
4. American - 332
5. Army - 323.5
6. Lehigh - 230
7. Lafayette - 226
8. Holy Cross - 144

Other Midwest collegiate conference action going on this weekend:

The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAC) Swimming & Diving Championships are taking place at the University of MN.

Augsburg, Carlton, Hamline, Macalester, Concordia - Moorhead, St. Benedict, St. Catherine, St. John's, St. Thomas, Gustavus, St. Mary's

http://www.miac-online.org/sports/2010/12/8/SWIM_1208102543.aspx?id=5646

The Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference is also competing this weekend over in Milwaukee.

WIAC Conference Meet

Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 12
1. Uw-Stevens Point 256
2. Uw-La Crosse 247
3. Uw-Eau Claire 242
4. Uw-Whitewater 130
5. Uw-Oshkosh 67
6. Uw-River Falls 52

Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 12
1. Uw-Stevens Point 258
2. Uw-Eau Claire 188
3. Uw-La Crosse 142
4. Uw-Whitewater 129
5. Uw-Oshkosh 72
6. Uw-River Falls 56

Winona Alum Alyssa Trainor swimming for the UW Eau Claire BluGold takes 13th in the 500 Freestyle

        Name                 Year School          Prelims        Finals

13th  Trainor, Alyssa J SR Eau Claire       5:19.49       5:16.87

28.95 1:00.81 (31.86) 1:32.95 (32.14) 2:05.05 (32.10)

2:37.18 (32.13) 3:09.25 (32.07) 3:41.46 (32.21) 4:13.31 (31.85)

4:45.41 (32.10) 5:16.87 (31.46)

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The 2011 Midwestern Collegiate Championships

Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving are talking place Feb. 16-19, 2011 at the HPER Swimming Pool, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Neb.

UNO, St. Cloud State, the College of St. Mary, University of Colorado Swim Club, Minnesota State and Morningside College. The meet will feature four men's teams and six women's teams.

After Day 2

Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 225
1. St. Cloud State University 380
2. Minnesota State University, Ma 311
3. University of Nebraska at Omah 303
4. University of Colorado-Boulder 127
5. College Of Saint Mary 83
6. Morningside College 63

Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 225

1. St. Cloud State University 255
2. Minnesota State University, Ma 234
3. University of Colorado-Boulder 124
4. Morningside College 37

The 2011 Summit League Swimming and Diving Championships got underway tonight at the IU Natatorium

Women's Team Rankings - After Day One
1. Oakland - 40
2. South Dakota - 34
3. South Dakota State - 32
4. Eastern Illinois - 30
5. Centenary - 28
6. Western Illinois - 26
7. IUPUI

Men's Team Rankings - After Day One
1. Oakland - 40
2. Eastern Illinois - 34
3. Centenary - 32
4. South Dakota State - 30
5. South Dakota - 28
6. IUPUI - 26
7. Western Illinois - 24