There will always be a “Mayo”; no matter how good you are,
even if you are Mayo. Only ONE team, at one moment in time, can say there isn’t
anyone ahead of them. Everyone else is just doing the best they can. Measuring up
to the only standard that matters, the one they hold themselves to.
The Winona Winhawks (2-3-0), 0-3-0) went to swim and dive against
the Rochester Mayo Spartans (3-0-0), (3-0-0) tonight, knowing that they were going to get
beat. They were pretty upbeat out of the chute, got a little down by diving,
and then appeared to have had a little attitude adjustment. They finished out
the meet swimming as hard as they did to start the meet, and they were all the
better for it.
The 200 Medley Relay had the Winhawks swimming hard out of the gate. The A
relay of Whyte, Kosidowski, Galewski, and O’Neill were just 16 hundredths off
their season low which had tied for the 9th fastest 200MR on record. Alas it
was only good for 2nd behind by a mere 3 tenths!
The 200 Freestyle saw So. Morgan Whyte, swimming tenths off
her season low from last Saturday took 3rd. Sr. Emily Thurow did the long
sprint for the first time in 3 years and posted a personal best scoring in 5th
.
The 200 IM Featured Sr. Co-Captain Reese Galewski swimming
the medley for the second time this year within hundredths of her last splash
and taking 3rd. Alex Arnold scored in 5th.
The 50 Free was a fight all the way with Sr. Co-Captain
Haley O’Neill giving an inch at the start, and another inch at the turn and
then scratching it all back down the stretch to touch out her opponent for the
win! Sr. McKenna Marg swam a first ever 50 Freestyle event and touched handily
in 4th. Winhawk 8th grader Alexa Lofgren was right off her scoring in 5th.
Springboard Diving was performed right in front of us (one
of the reasons we attend away meets). Sr. Co-Captain Janelle Mueller placed 2nd
on the strength of her Back, Reverse and inward 1 ½ ss DD’s. Right behind her
in 3rd was Emily Degnan scoring a personal best high overall score after hitting her back dive straight
and front 2 ss well. Rounding out the scoring was Sarah Scherbring in 5th.
The 100 Fly came next and the girls seemed in a better
place. Sr. Co-Captain Reese Galewski hung really close for 75 yards, and then gave
an arm length that she could not re-gain. She touched second in her 3rd fastest
time of the season. Scoring in 5th was Sophomore Hanna O’Neill.
The 100 Freestyle was test number 2 for Sr. Co-Captain Haley
O’Neill. She was pushed hard tonight and pushed right back making the Spartans
earn every point. Here she stayed right together with her opponent. Giving an
inch on the start and at each turn and then clawing it back with each lap. In the
end, she touches second by 16 hundredths, Sr. Greer Kosidowski makes her 2nd EVER
100 Free appearance, (the prior being the 2010 season JV Big 9 meet) and she rocks the house with a
sub-minute finish scoring 4th. The 7th Grader Winhawk Morgan Drazkowski
continues to score points in her first season placing 5th.
The 500 Freestyle was maybe the toughest psychologically.
The three girls knew that their opponents were quicker than them. In a race that
lasts five and a half to six and a half minutes, they would finish long before
the Winhawks, accentuating the difference in programs. The girls huddled together
behind the blocks, appearing to say, “Hey, just go out and swim your swim. “
That they did with Sr. Razil Campbell and Jr. McKenzie Porter trying their best
and swimming standard times for them. Porter even attempted some drafting as
the quickest Spartan went by her at length 14 & 15 but the Spartan would
have none of that and moved to the other side of the lane! Razil finished 4th
and Porter scored in 5th to help the team cause!
The 200 Free Relay saw the Winhawks down by almost 40 points
but they looked determined. Sr. Emily Thurow led off and brought the Winhawks a
dead heat to start the second leg. Sr. Greer Kosidowski who found her sprinting
legs this year turned a strong second and delivered a lead to her team mate
young 8th grader Alexa Lofgren. Alexa hadn’t raced for nearly 45 minutes at
this point and yielded a slight edge to the Spartans. Sr. Co-Captain Haley O’Neill,
in her 4th meat grinder of the night, turns an amazing split, gaining ground up
to and through the turn, catching Alfred mid-pool and touching he rout by 24
hundredths at the finish! What an AWESOME night for the co-captain!
The 100 Backstroke was another highlight with So. Morgan
Whyte leading wire –to-wire to take the win in her second fastest time of the
season. Sr. McKenna Marg took 5th in her 2nd fastest time of the season as
well.
The 100 Breaststroke was another hard fought battle. Sr.
Greer Kosidowski had her dual meet unbeaten streak on the line and defended it
with honor. Grinding away she maintained through the 25 and nearly through the
50. She seemed to gain strength as she closed in on the 75 but was an arm
length back. Going into the close, she slipped ground a hair more and touched
second only 6 one hundredths off her season low. Right behind her, Sr. Emily
Thurow swam a new personal best, her second of the evening to score in 4th!
The 400 Free Relay was swum with Mayo scoring exhibition and
the Winhawk team of Lofgren, Galewski, Whyte and Thurow placed 2nd but scoring
first.
Final Score
Winhawks 84 Spartans 97
Nest up – The Winhawks travel to Austin to take on the Packers,
Tuesday the 24th at 6PM.
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