Winhawks swim well at JV Big 9!

The Winona Winhawk JV’ers travelled to Owatonna to flex their muscles a little and see how they compare to the other Big 9 JV’ers. There were some great swims pointing to some great Winhawks of the future as well as some dedicated veterans that love to swim!

The 200 Medley Relay had 3 entries and they all did well. The team of Emma Hanson, Kylie Konkel, Natasha Lewis and Sela Kosidowski swimming in Lane 3 of the 3^rd heat improved on that to finish 11^th overall. The team of Morgan Crowson, Jaynie Olsen, Abbey Wehman and Elly Olsen improved on their seeding to move up to 6^th overall and the highest finishing “B” relay. The “A” Relay of Lauren Whyte, Kylie Lemmer, Alana Everett and Kailee Alsens finished in 5^th overall!

The 200 Freestyle saw huge gains with Janessa Burch improving on her seed dropping 2 ½ seconds to finish 15^th overall and young Lauren Whyte swimming out of Lane 1 dropped 6 ½ seconds to move up 4 spots to finish 7^th overall.

The 200 IM maybe saw the biggest gains all evening. The Winhawks owned half the spots in the first heat and outshone the bunch. Jaynie Olsen dropped 9 ½ seconds to improve two spots to finish 10^th overall. Kaza Pozanc improved a spot while dropping 5 ½ seconds and 8^th but Alana Everett shaved 11 seconds off her 10^th seed to win the heat and move up to finish 7^th overall!

The 50 Freestyle had the majority of the competitors entered and the Winhawks were no exception. The “Splash and Dash” is pretty short to cut big time but some of the Winhawks managed it! Key swims from the Winhawks included Lilly Beyer moving up 9 spots from her seed in dropping over a half second. Emma Hanson shaves over 1 ½ seconds and moves up 20 spots from her seed. Kylie Konkel cut nearly 1 ½ seconds moving from 35^th seed to 24^th overall. Kailee Alsens shaved a half second but it in the 50 that means moving from the 9^th seed to 4^th overall!

The diving had the Winhawks represented by Anna White finishing 20^th and Brynn Strange finishing 15^th. 

The 100 Butterfly had but 7 competitors and 1 Winhawk, Abbey Wehman. She slashed over 4 seconds off her seed to finish 3^rd place overall!

The 100 Freestyle had a large number of entrants and Winhawks in it. Key swims included Lilly Beyer riding her 50 performance momentum to move up 9 spots shaving nearly 2 seconds from her seed. Zoe Kingsmore slashed 2.1 seconds from her seed to jump 7 places higher. Janessa Burch likewise cut 2.2 seconds and improved 6 spots. Alana Everett continuing her great night dropping 3.8 seconds from her seed and improving 9 spots to finish 14^th overall. Ashley Brommerich swam close to her seed to move up and finish 8^th overall and Kailee Alsens repeated as the Winhawks’ fastest sprinter of the night dropping nearly a second to finish 5^th overall. 

The 500 Freestyle had one Winhawk entry, Natasha Lewis finished 9^th overall.

The 200 Free Relay had 3 Winhawk entries. The Winhawk “C” relay of Jaynie Olsen, Zoe Kingsmore, Lilly Beyer and Kylie Konkel was the highest finishing “C” relay and placed 13^th. Likewise, the “B” Relay of Morgan Crowson, Kaza Pozanc, Sela Kosidowski and Abbey Wehman were not only the highest placing “B” relay but also beat one “A” relay in finishing 6^th overall. The “SA” Relay of Kailee Alsens, Alana Everitt, Elly Olsen and Ashley Brommerich led from early on and finished in 2^nd overall!

The 100 Backstroke also had some eyebrow raising swims, Emma Hansen dropped 8.5 seconds to move up to 17^th overall! Morgan Crowson dropped a full 1 ½ seconds to claim 14t overall. Kaza Pozanc slashed 4 seconds from her seed to move from 13^th seed to 8^th overall and Lauren Whyte finished 7^th overall cutting 7 tenths off her seed!

The 100 Breaststroke had three Winhawks. Kylie Konkel and Jaynie Olsen swam their seeds to 10^th and 8^th respectively. Kylie Lemmer dropped a full second off her seed and moved up to finish 5^th overall!

The 400 Free Relay had but two Winhawk entries. Pozanc, Hanson, Kingsmore and Beyer finished 13^th overall and Lewis, Whyte, Burch and Brommerich finished in 6^th.

Overall, the Winhawk JV’ers had a great night with some great drops after tapering!