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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — It may have been the second day of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Swimming & Diving Championships, but Saint Mary's University's Mark Ross (Dubuque, Iowa) must have had a sense of déjà vu.

In Thursday's opening-day action, Ross shaved nearly four seconds off his season-best time in the 200 IM Thursday, touching the wall in 2:02.31. Unfortunately for the Cardinal senior, his best just wasn't enough — by .33 seconds — as Ross was out-touched by Carleton's Jonathan Brodie for the final spot in the consolation finals.

And on Friday, Ross again found himself coming up just short, as the Cardinal senior knocked 10 seconds off his season-best time in the 400 IM, touching the wall in 4:25.00 — only to come up one place short of the consolation finals for the second time in as many days, finishing 17th.

Abby Kratzke (Dent, Minn.) followed Ross' lead, missing out on a spot in the 100 butterfly consolation finals by one place, settling for 17th in the 100 butterfly with a time of 1:05.19.

Sivan Fogel (Haifa, Isreal) and Anna Smaron (Maple Plain, Minn.) also competed Friday morning, with Smaron placing 21st in the 100 breaststroke (1:13.90) and Fogel adding a 27th-place showing in the100 backstroke (1:08.30).

In Thursday's opening day of the three-day meet,  Smaron knocked almost 10 seconds off her season-best IM time, touching the wall in 2:23.75 to finish 24th overall. P.J. Heller (St. Cloud, Minn.) added a 27th-place time of 22.98 in the 50 freestyle, while Abby Kratzke (Dent, Minn.) posted a 35th-place time of 26.94 in the 50 freestyle.

The three-day championships at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center conclude on Saturday.