Meet Results | GameDay Preview

DECORAH, Iowa — It's a good thing Joe Tonda (St. Paul, Minn.), Lucas Gerads (St. Cloud, Minn.) and Zoe Schaetz (Winona, Minn.) got a little rest in over the semester break, because it was all work—and no play—when they took to the pool Saturday afternoon at the Luther Sprints.
 
Tonda competed in four events—posting three top-10 finishes, while Gerads chipped in a pair of top 10s in his three events, and Schaetz posted the Cardinal women's top finishes in the three events she competed in during the non-team-scored event.
 
Tonda and Gerads each posted fifth-place efforts—Tonda's in the 1,000 freestyle (11:10.0) and Gerads in the 50 butterfly (25.16)—while Tonda added a seventh in the 50 breaststroke (30.50), an eighth in 100 backstroke (1:01.44), and a 14^th in 100 IM (1:00.09).
 
Gerads, meanwhile, added an eighth in the 100 breaststroke (1:11.08) and a 13^th in the 200 freestyle (1:57.13). Nick Sawchuk (Rochester, Minn.) chipped in a 10^th in the 50 backstroke (32.68) and Corey Piper (Winona, Minn.) recorded a 12^th in the 500 freestyle (6:11.41).
 
On the women's side, Schaetz placed 10^th in the 50 backstroke (34.52), 11^th in the 500 freestyle (6:25.17), and 14^th in 100 back (1:16.49). Ailie Davidson (Duluth, Minn.) added an eighth in the one-meter diving (306.00) and Kierra Walski (Rochester, Minn.) finished ninth in the three-meter diving (259.60).
 
The Cardinals return to action next Saturday, traveling to St. Paul, Minn., to take part in the Macalester Invitational.