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The girls captured the conference title, the boys came away with fourth place and Winona coach John Ruggeberg took home Big Nine coach of the year.
For the girls, Claire Guidinger led the way for the Winhawks, finishing in 14 minutes, 39 seconds. Guidinger finished 12 seconds ahead of the second place finisher.
“Claire ran away with first place,” Ruggeberg said. “From the beginning, she took command and stayed there the whole race.”
Kayla Ewert (15:21) finished fourth, Rena Dornfeld (15:37) finished 10th, Charise Wolvington (15:39) finished 11th and Danielle Wittenberg (15:50) finished 18th.
On the boys side, Jon-Michael Brandt was close to bringing home a conference championship. Brandt (15:51) finished second to Jacob Bastyer of Owatonna by two seconds.
“Those two were side-by-side the entire race,” Ruggeberg said. “There were several lead changes. It was classic cross country running for spectators. It was anybody’s race.”
Erik Chapman (17:06) finished 18th, Sam Miner (17:17) finished 25th and Ian Nelson (17:34) finished 36th.
Girls swimming and diving
Winona 103, O-H-A 80
Abbey Staats set a pool record in her final home meet at WSHS.
The standout senior won the 100-yard freestyle in a nonconference dual against Onalaska-Holmen-Aquinas in a pool-record time of 53.11 seconds. Staats, who is the defending Class 2A state champion in the 50 freestyle, eclipsed Brita Benson’s previous record from 2000.
“I’m surprised she didn’t already have it, honestly,” WSHS coach Steve Burt said.
Staats also won the 200 individual medley (2:17.09) and was a member of both winning Winona relay teams.
The Winhawks won the 200 free relay in 1:42.30 and the 400 free relay in 3:46.91.
Winona’s MacKenzie Brosnahan, Tessa Morgan and Mary Bastian all won individual events. Brosnahan won the 200 free in 2:08.40, Morgan the 500 free in 5:57.67 and Bastian the 50 free in 25.73 seconds.
Volleyball
Roch. Lourdes 3, Cotter 1
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Whitney Wisecup had a double double for Cotter with 19 digs and 13 kills, while teammate Micaela Trainor added15 kills.
The Ramblers hung with Rochester Lourdes, but still couldn’t get over the hump, falling to 0-17 on the season.
“We were close tonight,” Cotter coach Nick Whaley said. “We’re certainly going in the right direction heading into our last tournament and playoffs.”
Sara Grandy had 10 kills for Cotter, Chelsea Cierzan had 16 assists and Lauren Bowlin added six aces.
Roch. Century 3, Winona 1
Winona won the opening game, 25-23, but Rochester Century responded to win three consecutive games and closed out the Winhawks in their season finale.
Hannah Norman recorded 17 kills, 25 digs and one block, Alli Martin had 27 assists, 25 digs and two kills, and Shauna Mahoney 18 digs and six kills.
The Winhawks were tied 18-18 in Game 3 and led by seven points in Game 4 before the Rockets won both.
Winona (7-18, 2-7) will open Section 1AAA tournament play Oct. 22.
