ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University swimming and diving teams are back in action on Saturday, as the Cardinals travel to Macalester to take part in the Roger Ahlman Invitational.
The Macalester Invitational Field:
Saint Mary's, Macalester, Augsburg, Concordia, Hamline, St. Catherine, St. Thomas
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Cardinals' Last Action:
Joe Tonda (St. Paul, Minn.) continued to enjoy a strong freshman season, placing among the top 12 in three events in helping the Cardinal men to a fifth-place finish at last Saturday's Hamline Invitational, while the diving duo of
Rose Berg-Arnold (Saint Joseph, Minn.) and Clare Judeh (Eagan, Minn.) led the way for the SMU women, who also placed fifth |
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Cardinals at the Macalester Invitational — A Year Ago:
November 17, 2012: As if having to square off against Macalester in a dual meet with a depleted roster wasn't tough enough, SMU had to do it twice. The Cardinals, coming off a pair of dual-meet losses to the Scots on Friday, took part in Macalester's Roger Ahlman Invitational a day later, with the SMU men placing fourth, while the SMU women were seventh |
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Cardinals Up Next:
Saturday's Macalester Invitational is the last of the first semester for the Cardinals.
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Joe Tonda (St. Paul, Minn.) posted a fourth-place finish in the 100 breaststroke, touching the wall in 1:06.07, while adding a seventh in the 100 backstroke (1:00.79) and a 12th in the 50 freestyle (24.20) to pace the SMU men at the Hamline Invitational last Saturday. …
Evan Lecy (St. Paul, Minn.) chipped in a pair of fourth-place efforts in the one-meter (170.90) and three-meter (143.95) diving competitions last Saturday, with P. J. Heller (St. Cloud, Minn.) adding a 10th in the 100 freestyle (52.76). …
Rose Berg-Arnold (Saint Joseph, Minn.) recorded the SMU women's top finish at the Hamline Invitational, placing third in the three-meter diving (170.80), while Clare Judeh (Eagan, Minn.) was fourth in the one-meter diving (181.25). … Berg-Arnold also dove to a seventh in the one-meter (177.00), with
Grace VanBeest (Flossmoor, Ill.) and
Anna Smaron (Maple Plain, Minn.) recording eighths in the 200 IM (2:30.73) and 100 breastroke (1:17.53), respectively. … VanBeest finished right behind Smaron in the 100 breaststroke, clocking a time of 1:17.69, while
Anne Raecker (Cedar Falls, Minn.) tallied an 11th in the 500 freestyle (6:14.34).