" 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
6th 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
10th Gorman, Hodd 9 WINONA 1:55.89 1:56.13 7
26.95 29.16 30.25 29.77
13th 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
14th 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
12th 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 4th.
Name Yr School Semis Score Finals Score Points
Finals
4th Bublitz, Justin 12 WINONA 242.10 351.00 15
5th Karnick, Daniel 11 WINONA 209.50 310.15 14
6th 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 8th 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
14th 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 3rd 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
8th 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
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