Tuesday night the Winona Winhawks (4-5, 3-5) entered the eye
of the storm. That being Rochester Mayo’s (7-1, 7-1) pool at the center of the
round school.
The Winhawks seemed uncharacteristically at ease though.
Going through their pre-meet warm-up they were light hearted and relaxed yet looked
intent on getting down to their business.
The meet did not start well. The Mayo Scoring table crew had
never set up the timing/scoring system and it took a while to backtrack and
figure out what had and had not yet been hooked up.
While that was being sorted out, the Mayo swimmers &
divers went about having their Senior Night Recognition at the beginning of the
meet rather than after the diving.
Finally all was set to go, about 40 minutes after the
scheduled start.
The Winhawk JV Medley Relays went first and the Team of Winhawks
Liz Strecher and Nina Sugaya were joined by Cotter’s Valeria Bautista-Ruiz and WMS
Winhawk Ashley Brommerich. They swam their way to 3rd while the team
of Winhawks Lilly Beyer, Janelle Mueller Alexa Morescki with Cotter’s Claire Conway,
took 5th.
Winona JV 2 Mayo JV 12
The Varsity 200 Medley Relay was a great race with the
Winhawks hanging with the highly favored Spartans well into the race which was
exceptional as the Mayo relay ended up setting a pool record. The team of
Cotter Senior MacKenzie Brosnahan, Cotter Junior Alexandra Zuelke, paired with
Winhawks Sophomores Reese Galewski and Haley O’Neill swim to their best time
of the season for the 3rd meet in a row! Winhawks Marg, Arnold,
O’Neill and Quandahl swim to 4th place and Whyte, Campbell Johnson
and Porter secure 6th.
Winona 4 Mayo 10
The 200 Freestyle Junior Varsity was entertaining. Sr.
Co-Captain Kayla Berg took the race out hard. She swam a head-to-head duel with
her Mayo counterpart finally establishing a lead with 50 yards remaining, and sprinting
to the win! She was followed by Kennedy
Kolas in 3rd and Jaynie Olsen in 6th.
Winona JV 11 Mayo JV 19
The Varsity 200 Freestyle revealed 2 things. That the Mayo
coach was not only holding nothing back, she was throwing the A Team at the
Winhawks. The Winhawks respond in kind with Haley O’Neill essentially matching
her season low from True Team. Behind her Reese Galewski finished 5th
and Greer Kosidowski, claiming “it just didn’t matter” smashes her personal
best just set at True Team by over 3/4th of a second!
Winona 9 Mayo 21
The 200 IM JV heard another chant of “it just doesn’t matter”
coming from Razil Campbell in Lane 6. What did matter was Razil hanging with
her Mayo counterpart for a 2nd place finish and DEMOLISHING her
prior personal best time by SIX SECONDS (which was a faster swim than TWO Winhawk
varsity swimmers. Coach Burt better consider giving Razil varsity points for
this one! Behind Razil, Alexa Morescki also motors to a new person best placing
4th and Natasha Lewis swimming the 200 IM for the first time takes 6th.
Winona JV 17 Mayo JV 29
The Varsity 200 IM sees Mayo use their two big IM guns.
Cotter Junior Alexandra Zuelke responds with a 3rd place in her
quickest IM of the season by over a second and is only 3 tenths off her
personal best. Alex Arnold takes 5th
and McKenzie Porter rounds out the field in 6th.
Winona 13 Mayo 33
The Junior Varsity 50 Free sees Ashlen Haines swimming the 50
for her first time, Ashley Brommerich setting a personal best time by nearly a
half second ( which is HUGE in the 50 Free) and Liz Strecher also performing the
50- for the first time and the Winhawks go 2-3-4 respectively.
Winona JV 23 Mayo JV 39
The Varsity 50 Free has a DEAD TIE for 1st involving
Cotter Senior MacKenzie Brosnahan. Emily Thurow takes 5th.
Winona 19 Mayo 43
It was an away meet so what does that mean? No no, besides
it just doesn’t matter, it means we got to watch DIVING. (And I got to score
diving, what an awesome evening). Anyway, the divers were in good form and look
to be preparing for Conference and Sections well. Claire Conway and Brynn Strange
both dove JV and placed 1-2 respectively looking confident and comfortable.
Crystal Franzwa earns the win on the strength of her Inward 1 ½ Pike and she
threw her Reverse 1 SS with 2 ½ twists (very pretty) for big points. Janelle
Mueller finished right behind her in 2nd with such a solid
performance she smashed her former best score by 10 points. She accomplished it
by throwing good Back, Inward and Reverse 1 ½ ss dives, and finishing with her
Forward 2 ss Tuck. Sara Scherbring continues to get stronger and shored up the
points for 4th just missing the 1-2-3 sweep by 2 points!
Winona JV 33 Mayo JV 39
Winona 31 Mayo 47
The 100 Butterfly JV saw the lone Cotter combatant Valeria Bautista-Ruiz
place 3rd.
Winona JV 36 Mayo JV 51
The Varsity 100 Butterfly was a great race to watch with
Winhawk Reese Galewski battling the entire way to her second fastest time of
the year and 2nd place. Hanna O’Neill placed 4th setting
a new personal best time for the second dual meet in a row. The icing on the cake was Samantha Johnson
ALSO setting new personal best time while placing 6th.
Winona 37 Mayo 57
The 100 JV Freestyle witnessed Ashley Brommerich setting a
new personal best for the 3 time in the last 3 times she has swum it, on top of
the last two were full one second drops! Lilly Beyer also sets a new personal
best scoring in 5th place!
Winona JV 41 Mayo JV 62
The 100 Freestyle was a repeat of the 50 in lanes 3-4
between for MacKenzie Brosnahan. MacKenzie assures not repeating the 50 tie by
going out strong and building on it swimming to a season low and placing first!
Right behind her Haley O’Neill is just off her personal low from last year but
swims a new season low by 1/3 of a second! Emily Thurow adds to the Winhawk point
windfall placing 5th.
Winona 47 Mayo 63
The 500 Freestyle JV sees Natasha Lewis placing 2nd
and Kennedy Kolaas swim it for the first time and lands herself a solid 3rd
place!
Winona JV 48 Mayo JV 71
The 500 Freestyle sees Mayo throw the kitchen sink at the Winhawks
pulling no punches at all. McKenzie Porter swims to 4th, Razil
Campbell swims side-by-side with her to place 5th and Sr. Co-Captain
Kayla Berg is right behind them to set a new personal best time lopping off 8 ½
seconds!
Winona 50 Mayo 76
The JV 200 Freestyle Relay sees Lewis, Kolaas, Sugaya
and
Bautista-Ruiz swimming to 3rd and the Diver Relay ( yes DIVER) of
Franzwa, Conway, Mueller and Scherbring place 4th touching out the
final Mayo relay!
Winona JV 50 Mayo JV 83
The Varsity 200 Freestyle Relay was a repeat of the Medley
with 3 of eth Spartans returning to swim to a new pool record. Right behind
them the Winhawks consisting of Zuelke, O’Neill, Thurow and Brosnahan swim a
new low for the 3rd straight meet and also further cementing their time
as the 6th fastest in Winhawk history. The Team of Whyte, Marg,
Kosidowski and O’Neill place 4th and Haines, Johnson, Berg and
Brommerich place 6th.
Winona 54 Mayo 86
The JV 100 Backstroke has both Liz Strecher and Lilly Beyer
swimming it in competition for the first time. They finish 4-5 respectively.
Winona JV 53 Mayo JV 96
The Varsity 100 Backstroke sees McKenna Marg, Morgan Whyte and
Abbey Quandahl finish 2-3-4 with Abbey’s swim being a new personal best time!
Winona 63 Mayo 92
The JV 100 Breaststroke showcases Nina Sugaya setting a new
personal best on her way to a 2nd place finish. Inspired Alexa
Morescki also clocks a personal best time knocking off a second and a half.
Jaynie Olson completes the trifecta also swimming a personal best also trimming
a second and a half.
Winona JV 58 Mayo JV 107
The Varsity
100 Breaststroke sees Alexandra Zuelke pushed hard by the Mayo elite. She places
3rd
followed by Greer, “It just doesn’t matter” Kosidowski
swimming a time that does matter, a new personal best improving on last year’s
Section time! Alex Arnold rounds things out in 6th.
Winona 76 Mayo 92
The 400 Freestyle Relay for both JV and Varsity was a victim
of attrition (not many bodies left to enter). JV goes 3-5 and Varsity goes 3- 5-6.
Final Scores
Winona JV 60 Mayo JV 119
Varsity
Winona 88 Mayo 92
That looked like approximately 10 personal best times and 4 season low times. I guess somethings did matter, like swimming with your heart and your head in the right place.
Reminds me of my favorite quote:
You are seeking joy and peace in far-off places. But the spring of joy is in your heart. The haven of peace is in yourself. Sathya Sal Baba
That looked like approximately 10 personal best times and 4 season low times. I guess somethings did matter, like swimming with your heart and your head in the right place.
Reminds me of my favorite quote:
You are seeking joy and peace in far-off places. But the spring of joy is in your heart. The haven of peace is in yourself. Sathya Sal Baba
Way to go Winhawks - Next up BIG 9 Conference Meet.
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