ST. PETER, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota men's and women's swimming and diving teams return to action on Saturday, taking part in the Gustavus Grace Goblirsch Invitational
 
The Grace Goblirsch Field:
• Gustavus, Saint Mary's, Morningside, Hamline, Macalester, UM-Morris, Iowa Lakes CC

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The Cardinals' Last Action:
• November 12, 2016 * St. Paul, Minn.: Joe Tonda (St. Paul, Minn.) placed in the top five in three individual events, while adding top-five efforts in a pair of relays as well in helping the Saint Mary's men to a fourth-place finish. Kizzy Bell (St. Paul, Minn.) led the charge for the Saint Mary's women, winning the 100 breaststroke in helping the Cardinals to a fifth-place showing | Recap
 
The Cardinals at Grace Goblirsch Invitational—Their Last Appearance:
• November 21, 2015 * St. Paul, Minn.:  After a pair of invitationals that featured mostly fellow Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference opponents, Saint Mary's squared off against a few unfamiliar foes at the Gustavus Grace Goblirsch Invitational. Fortunately for Saint Mary's coach Amber Bartholomew, there may have been unfamiliar foes—but there were plenty of familiar faces leading the Cardinals to sixth-place team finishes | Recap
 
The Cardinals' Up Next:
• The Cardinals are back in the pool on Dec. 4-5, taking part in the two-day Jean Freeman Invitational at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center.
 
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• Joe Tonda (St. Paul, Minn.) picked up top five finishes in three individual events, while adding top-five efforts in a pair of relays at last Saturday's Macalester Invitational. Tonda won the 400 IM, touching the wall in 4:41.82, while adding a second in the 200 IM (2:09.26) and a fourth in the 100 backstroke (1:00.47). Tonda also teamed with Mark Clayton (Forest Lake, Minn.), Lucas Gerads (St. Cloud, Minn.) and Corey Piper (Winona, Minn.) to place fourth in the 200 medley relay (1:47.63), while hooking up with Clayton, Gerads and Nicholas Sawchuk (Rochester, Minn.) to add a fourth in the 200 freestyle relay (1:37.88). … Clayton posted a second-place time of 1:05.77 in the 100 breaststroke at Macalester last weekend, while finishing right behind Tonda in the 200 IM, posting a third-place time of 2:17.67, and adding a second third-place effort in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:27.67. … Gerads chipped in fourths in the 100 and 200 butterfly (58.96 / 2:20.88), and added a fifth in the 400 IM (5:02.77). … Brian Mockler (Dubuque, Iowa) tallied a fourth in the 200 breaststroke (2:39.27) and a ninth in the 100 breaststroke (1:10.34), and Piper posting a time of 1:06.21 to finish 10^th in the 100 butterfly. … Kizzy Bell (St. Paul, Minn.) led the charge for the Saint Mary's women at the Macalester Invitational, winning the 100 breaststroke, touching the wall in 1:12.47. The freshman also added a fifth in the 200 breaststroke (2:43.23). … Reese Galewski (Winona, Minn.) chipped in a second in the 100 butterfly (1:05.31), a fourth in the 1000 freestyle (12:33.60), and an eighth in the 500 freestyle (5:58.04). … Christina Weldai (London, England) posted a pair of sixth-place efforts in the 50 freestyle (27.22) and the 200 freestyle (2:13.79) last weekend. … Spencer Johnston (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) and Caroline Hoffman (Chicago, Ill.) notched times of 2:53.79 and 2:54.76 to place seventh and eighth, respectively, in the 200 IM. … Zoe Schaetz (Winona, Minn.) notched a seventh in the 1000 freestyle (13:12.16), and Ailie Davidson (Duluth, Minn.) finished eight in the one-meter diving (161.65). … The Cardinal women's 200 medley relay team of Weldai, Bell, Galewski, and Hoffman placed third with a time of 2:01.60, and the 200 freestyle relay team of Weldai, Hoffman, Galewski, and Schaetz placed fourth in 1:52.49.