MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota men's and women's swimming and diving head to the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center this weekend to take part in the two-day Minnesota Challenge.
The Minnesota Challenge Field:• Augsburg College, Carlton College, Saint Benedict, College of St. Mary's, Concordia, Gustavus, Hamline, Iowa Central Community College, Minnesota State-Mankato (Divers Only), Minnesota State-Moorhead (Divers Only), Morningside College, South Dakota State, St. Cloud State, Saint John's, St. Catherine, Saint Mary's, St. Olaf, University of North Dakota, University of South Dakota, St. Thomas, UW-Eau Claire (Divers Only), UW-Steven's Point
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Reese Galewski (Winona, Minn.) led the way for the Cardinals in their dual meet loss to Augsburg at the Jul Gernes Pool, 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) |
Recap The Cardinals' Up Next:• The Cardinals are now off until Feb. 18-20, when they head back to the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center for the three-day, season-ending Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships
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Reese Galewski (Winona, Minn.) led the way for the Cardinal women during their dual-meet loss to Augsburg last Saturday, 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). … The Cardinals had four other second-place finishes against the Auggies—
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.
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Grace VanBeest (Flossmoor, Ill.) posted a pair of record-setting performances at the Jean Freeman Invitational on Dec. 4-5—breaking the school mark in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:09.39, while adding a school-record showing in the 200 breaststroke a day later, touching the wall in 2:32.49. … The Cardinal men have been off since competing at the Luther Sprint Invitational on Jan. 16.
Joe Tonda (St. Paul, Minn.) led the way for Saint Mary's, posting a time of 1:06.41 to finish seventh in the 100 breaststroke, while also adding an 11
th-place time of 28.12 in the 50 backstroke.
Lucas Gerads (St. Cloud, Minn.) raced to a time of 58.23 to place eighth in the 50 breaststroke and
Brian Mockler (Dubuque, Iowa) chipped in a ninth-place time of 31.02 in the 50 breaststroke.
