WINONA, Minn. — With the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships looming in the near-distant future, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota swimming and diving coach Amber Bartholomew was looking for continued improvement when her Cardinal women took to the pool in Saturday's dual meet against Augsburg.
 
And improvement the Cardinal head coach got.
 
In fact, the only thing Bartholomew didn't get was a dual-meet victory, as the Auggies left Jul Gernes Pool with a 148-79 victory.
 
Reese Galewski (Winona, Minn.) led the way for the Cardinals posting a first-place time of 1:04.45 in the 100 butterfly, while also adding a second in the 1,650 freestyle (20:489.96).
 
Grace VanBeest (Flossmoor, Ill.) scored seconds in both the 200 IM (2:24.72) and 400 IM (5:11.19), and Chloe Morrison and Caroline Hoffman (Chicago, Ill.) added a seconds in the 500 freestyle (5:54.50) and 100 breaststroke (1:27.25), respectively.
 
Christina Weldai (London, England) finished third in both the 200 freestyle (2:19.14) and 100 backstroke (1:11.73), with Sarah Fanning (Sparta, Wis.) and Ailie Davidson (Duluth, Minn.) equaling that third-place double. Fanning placed third in both the 50 and 100 freestyle with times of 28.43 and 1:02.59, respectively, with Davidson finishing third in both the one-meter (198.10) and three-meter (166.20) diving competitions.