Winona swimming News

The 2013 MN State Boy’s Swimming & Diving Championships start Thursday with Diving Prelims. Winona Winhawks Senior Jake Johnson will be appearing as a result of his 2^nd place finish at the Section 1AA Championships 100 Yard Breaststroke Final. He will be in Lane 4 of the first heat of Preliminaries on Friday evening. Jake swam a 1:02.71 at Sections, his previous best was a 1:05.76 last year. He started the season at 1:11 low and made solid steady progress. 

Alumni News

Former Winona Winhawk Justin Bublitz was named the WIAC Diver of the 2013 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Championships after placing third in the three-meter competition (459.15) and winning the one-meter crown (498.90 points). The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse men's swimming & diving team placed second at the meet. The Eagles finished with 769 points while UW-Stevens Point took the team title with 779. It is the 12th time in the last 13 seasons UW-L has placed second.

The 10-point margin of victory is the closest in the conference since 1983.

UW-Whitewater was third (711 points) Saturday followed by UW-Eau Claire (606), UW-River Falls (229) and UW-Oshkosh (151).

 

Former Winhawk Mackenzie Brosnahan was recently in action in Chicago swimming for her Emery Eagles. She placed first in the 50 Freestyle, exhibitioned in the 100 Butterfly, and took 2^nd in the 100 Freestyle. She also swam a few time trials during the meet.

2013 Midwest Invitational - 2/22/2013 to 2/23/    Results     

Event 7  Women 50 Yard Freestyle

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        Pool: # 23.38   2/12/2009 Karina Stridh, WUSTL                        

                23.35  A

                23.76  SEL

                23.95  B

    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals       

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  1st Brosnahan, MacKenzie      FR Emory-GA               24.42      24.11       

          r:+0.71                                                           

Event 15  Women 100 Yard Butterfly

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        Pool: # 55.67   2/15/2013 Leslie Hackler, EMORY                       

                55.62  A

                56.72  SEL

                57.73  B

    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals       

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  1 Stadermann, Amanda        FR Wash U. MO-MV          57.55      58.01       

     r:+0.83  27.49       58.01 (30.52)                                       

  2 Hill, Jenny               SO Chicago                   NT      58.27       

     r:+0.79  27.22       58.27 (31.05)                                       

  3 Chase, Hannah             SO Wash U. MO-MV          58.96      59.49       

              27.54       59.49 (31.95)                                       

  4 Hill, Lindsey             FR UWM-WI               1:01.18      59.99       

     r:+0.76  28.06       59.99 (31.93)                                       

  5 Whitney, Trinity          SR UWM-WI                 59.60    1:00.50       

              27.89     1:00.50 (32.61)                                       

  6 Borland, Hope             FR UWM-WI               1:00.75    1:00.78       

     r:+0.74  29.18     1:00.78 (31.60)                                       

  7 Poleway, Monica           FR Emory-GA             1:00.87    1:01.23       

     r:+0.89  28.70     1:01.23 (32.53)                                        

  8 Wimer, Gabrielle          FR Chicago              1:00.65    1:01.44       

     r:+0.77  28.74     1:01.44 (32.70)                                       

  9 Lu, Joyce                 FR Chicago              1:04.55    1:03.29        

              30.10     1:03.29 (33.19)                                       

 10 Patschke, Loreli          JR NCC-IL               1:04.27    1:03.52       

              28.49     1:03.52 (35.03)                                       

 11 Petersen, Catie           FR CASE                 1:12.03    1:09.59       

     r:+0.81  31.73     1:09.59 (37.86)                                       

 -- Brosnahan, MacKenzie      FR Emory-GA                  NT   X1:01.38       

     r:+0.74  27.77     1:01.38 (33.61)     

Event 29  Women 100 Yard Freestyle

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        Pool: # 50.94   2/14/2009 Karina Stridh, WUSTL                        

                50.72  A

                51.76  SEL

                52.28  B

    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals       

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  1 Hutchins, Nicole          FR UWM-WI                 54.43      53.23       

     r:+0.77  25.66       53.23 (27.57)                                       

  2 Brosnahan, MacKenzie      FR Emory-GA        54.15      53.35       

     r:+0.71  25.35       53.35 (28.00)                                        

Event 117  Women 200 Yard Freestyle Time Trial

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        Pool: # 1:51.05   2/15/2013 Krystalyn McAfee, WUSTL                   

                1:49.96  A

                1:52.38  SEL

                1:53.90  B

    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals       

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  1 Chu, Karen                FR Chicago                   NT    1:54.76       

     r:+0.74  26.75       55.71 (28.96)     1:25.16 (29.45)     1:54.76 (29.60)

  2 Harris, Jenna             FR Chicago                   NT    1:56.60       

     r:+0.72  26.44       55.52 (29.08)     1:25.80 (30.28)     1:56.60 (30.80)

  3 Hill, Jenny               SO Chicago                   NT    1:56.89       

     r:+0.81  26.94       56.19 (29.25)     1:26.47 (30.28)     1:56.89 (30.42)

  4 Logan, Emily              JR Chicago                   NT    1:58.64       

     r:+0.79  27.60       57.06 (29.46)     1:27.57 (30.51)     1:58.64 (31.07)

  5 Wimer, Gabrielle          FR Chicago                   NT    1:58.67       

     r:+0.76  27.77       57.54 (29.77)     1:28.08 (30.54)     1:58.67 (30.59)

  6 Brosnahan, MacKenzie      FR Emory-GA                  NT    1:59.35       

     r:+0.71  26.44       55.68 (29.24)     1:26.64 (30.96)     1:59.35 (32.71)

Event 142  Women 50 Yard Freestyle Time Trial

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        Pool: # 23.38   2/12/2009 Karina Stridh, WUSTL                        

                23.35  A

                23.76  SEL

                23.95  B

    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals       

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  1 Brosnahan, MacKenzie      FR Emory-GA                  NT      24.23       

          r:+0.72                           

Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 144                  

  1. Uw-Milwaukee                        597   2. Emory University                    360

  3. University of Chicago               224   4. Case Western Reserve Univ.          197

  5. North Central College               136   6. Robert Morris University            130

  7. Washington University St. Loui       76   8. Lake Forest College                  16

The coming of age

Avoiding an identity crisis, according to psychologists, is the ability to achieve ego identity during adolescence.

Teens are faced with physical growth, maturation, and integrating their ideas of themselves and about what others think of them. Successful avoidance of the crisis depends on one’s progress through previous developmental stages, centering on issues such as trust, autonomy, and initiative.

In other words, he that thought he was just staying in shape this winter is in actuality, a swimmer. 

Thursday afternoon, the Winona Winhawks competed in the Section 1AA Championships, looking for the opportunity to swim in Finals and possibly, qualify for next weekend’s big show, the Minnesota State High School League Boy’s Swimming & Diving Championships. 

What happened was as unfamiliar to a Winhawk fan as suntan lotion is in January. The Winhawks, benefitted from a taper. 

From the start there were amazing swims all the way through to the end. 

Leading the way, 7^th Grader Griffin Wolner wowed the crowd with his usual stirring performance of the National Anthem. Then he wowed the crowd with a 13 second drop in the first heat of the 200 Freestyle. Swimming in the same heat, Brady Kline and Tyler Suman both shaved 3 seconds of their seed times returning to the bench grinning from ear to ear. Winhawk standout Jr. Hodd Gorman swam in the final heat and finished 7^th overall, insuring his return trip for Saturday’s Finals.

The 200 IM was more of the same with Winhawks cashing in on their taper in multiple heats. Jr. Cooper McCormick saw a nearly 9 second drop in the first heat, Sr. Jake Johnson duplicated that feet with a nine second drop of his own in the next heat. Finishing out the event, Jr. Cal Dretske shaved a monstrous 10 seconds off his seed time, improving on his 16^th seed to finish 10^th overall and returning to swim on Saturday. 

In the 50 Freestyle, Jrs. Alex Miller and Taylor Olson both shaved a second off their seed times. In the last heat, Sophomores Kyle Schneider and EJ Kohner improved on their seedings and shaved enough time to earn a return Saturday for the Consolation heat.

In the 100 Butterfly, Sr. Ryan Magana took his heat for a ride, shaving 10 seconds from his seed and finishing his heat in first with much room to spare. In the Finals Heat, Sophomore Kyle Schneider, cut two seconds off of a quick seed already, and qualified for the Championship Final on Saturday!

The 100 Freestyle saw all four Winhawks, Cooper McCormick, Alex Miller, Hudson Echelard and EJ Kohner reduce their times from their seeds. 

The 500 Freestyle had 8^th Grader Riley Jorgenson start the Winhawks out and lopped 4 plus seconds off of his seed time. Griffin Wolner came next and he took off a second and a half. In the final heat, Tyler Suman improved by 6 seconds and Hodd Gorman earned himself the 7^th seed in Saturday’s Championship Final. 

Things just kept getting better as the 100 Back saw huge drops. Hudson Echelard cut 11 (yes eleven) seconds off of his seed, swimming with Brady Kline that dropped 3 seconds and Keir Kristiansen who dropped 6 seconds! Swimming in the last heat seeded 16^th, Junior Aaron Whyte not only dropped 2 seconds, he touched UNDER the 1 minute barrier for the first time and qualified for Saturday’s Consolation heat moving up to the 11^th seed. 

In the 100 Breaststroke, Sr. Co-Captain Mic Borsari set the tone dropping 4+ seconds off his seed in the first heat. In eth next heat, Defending Section 1AA Champion Cal Dretske, seeded 9^th, has a MONSTER swim, dropping 4 seconds. In the final Heat, Sr. Jake Johnson seeded 10^th, matches the prior Winhawks and ultimately Drestke and Johnson are slated to return for the Championship heat seed 2^nd and 4^th respectively. 

Summing up the Prelims, in a MAJOR turn of events, the Winhawks will return for Championship Saturday in all three relays AND swim someone in every event but the 100 Freestyle. 

In years past, the Winhawks were sprinters, and the stroke events were devoid of Winhawks. 

Now, they know their identity. They are indeed swimmers, of this there is no doubt!