The Winhawks find the Northern Suburbs to their liking!

The Winona Winhawks Girls Swim & Dive Team headed north through Minneapolis up to Coon Rapids. There they swam against the North Suburban, East Suburban and a few further north commuter sites. The list of attending teams included, Blaine, Anoka, Champlin Park, Park Center, Centennial, Andover, Mounds View, Eden Prairie, and Saint Michael-Albertville. A couple of these were powerhouses, so it was expected to be some tough racing!
 

The Meet was scored through 16^th place, but teams could only score certain entries, so in some cases the scoring went deeper than 16^th place. 

The 200 Medley Relay had two Winona Relays scoring,  The Winhawks B Relay of Abbey Quandahl, Alexandra Arnold, Hanna O'Neill, Alexa Lofgren, placed 18^th and the Winhawk A Relay of Whyte, Morgan Greer Kosidowski, Reese Galewski, Haley O'Neill placed 8^th.

The 200 Freestyle had two scoring Winhawks. Sr. Greer Kosidowski placed 15^th and So. Morgan Whyte turned her 15^th seed into an 11^th place finish!

The 200 IM had one lone scoring Winhawks. So. Alexandra Arnold converted her 17^th seed in to a 14^th place finish.

The 50 Freestyle has three Winhawks scoring points. Seniors Abbey Quandahl and Emily Thurow place 14^th and 15 respectively, while Sr. Co-Captain Haley O’Neill enters seeded 3^rd but move up placing 2^nd overall!

1 Meter diving – Here two Winhawks also scored. Sr. Co-Captain Janelle Mueller placed 9^th overall and Sophomore Emilee Degnan made it to her first Championship Final scoring in 14^th place!

The 100 Butterfly resulted in Sophomore Hanna O’Neill scoring in 13^th place and Sr. Co-Captain Reese Galewski Finished in 2^nd place as she was seeded!

The 100 Freestyle was big for the Winhawks with 3 of them scoring. Sr. Emily Thurow placed 16th and 7^th Grader Alexa Lofgren placed 14^th. In the Final heat, Sr. Co-Captain Haley O’Neill was seeded first. She never trailed as she built a half second lead going into the 50 turn and then added to it in the home stretch to take the victory. 

The 500 Freestyle was perhaps the most productive of the day performance wise rather than points wise. Sr. Razil Campbell cut 8 full seconds off of her seed time and Sr. Co-Captain Reese Galewski slashed a full 5 seconds off her seed time for a new personal best and also scoring. 

The 200 Free Relay had two of the three entries scoring. The foursome of Hanna O'Neill, Alana Everitt, Morgan Drazkowski, and Kennedy Kolaas score in 18th place. The Relay of Emily Thurow, Abbey Quandahl, Greer Kosidowski, and Haley O'Neill secure the points for 7th place. 

The 100 Backstroke scores Sophomore Morgan Whyte in 10th place. 

The 100 Breaststroke also has a lone scorer; Senior Greer Kosidowski converts her 14th seed into a 12th place finish. 

The 400 Freestyle Relay had two relays in the points. The B Relay of Hanna O'Neill, McKenzie Porter, Raizl Campbell, and Morgan Drazkowski, place 18th and the Winhawk A Relay of Emily Thurow, Alexa Lofgren, Morgan Whyte, and Reese Galewski score in 8th place. 

Final Scores:

1. Eden Prairie                                  615

2. Centennial                                    415

3. St. Michael/Albertville                    405

4. Andover                                        207

5. Winona/Winona Cotter                  193

6. Blaine Bengals                             188

7. Anoka High School                       165

8. Champlin Park                                88

9. Mounds View High School               49

Next up: Winona Travels to Rochester Mayo to take on the Spartans! Tuesday September 17th.