By DONNY NADEAU
Saint Mary's Sports Information Director
 
WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota men's and women's swimming and diving teams are back in action on Saturday, as the Cardinals host Ripon in a dual meet at the Jul Gernes Pool beginning at 1 p.m.
 
The Cardinals' Last Action:
• January 13, 2018 * Decorah, Iowa: The Cardinal men collected six top 10 finishes, while the Saint Mary's women recorded four—including a third-place showing from Alyssa Haram—at the non-team-scored Luther Sprints Invitational | Recap
 
The Cardinals vs. Ripon—Their Last Meeting:
• Saturday's showdown will be the first meeting between the Cardinals and Red Hawks.
 
The Cardinals' Up Next:
• The Cardinals return to the Jul Gernes Pool next Saturday for Senior Day, as the Cardinals host Hamline and Augsburg in a triangular.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2017-18 Men's Roster | 2017-18 Women's Roster | 2017-18 Schedule| Record Book
• The Cardinal men collected six top 10 finishes, while the Saint Mary's women recorded four—including a third-place showing from Alyssa Haram (Maple Grove, Minn.)—at the non-team-scored Luther Sprints Invitational last Saturday. … Jack Wells (Glenview, Ill.) led the way for the Cardinal men at Luther, clocking a time of 22.96 to place fourth in the 50 freestyle, while Griffin Rades (Shawano, Wis.) chipped in a seventh in the 500 freestyle (5:12.56) and an eighth in the 100 IM (58.71), and Brian Mockler (Dubuque, Iowa) placed seventh in the 50 breaststroke (29.94) and 10^th in the 100 breaststroke (1:07.36). Nick Sawchuk added a sixth-place showing in the 1,000 freestyle, stopping the clock in 12:30.63. … On the women's side, Haram touched the wall in 12:33.20 to finish third in the 1,000 freestyle, leading a pair of top-10 finishes in the event, as Lela Petterson (Maplewood, Minn.) placed fifth with a time of 13:02.66. Petterson was also ninth in the 500 freestyle, posting a time of 6:22.65. … Claire King (Red Wing, Minn.) chipped in a time of 6:07.04 to finish seventh in the 500 freestyle, and Erica Camarato (Deforest, Wis.) delivered a time of 1:19.12 to finish sixth in the 100 breaststroke. … The Cardinal women's 800 freestyle relay team set a school record during the first day of the three-day Rochester Invitational on Dec. 1—touching the wall in 8:32.71, easily breaking the old school mark of 8:37.08, set in 1999. … The Cardinals qualified for the finals in 11 events during the three-day Rochester Invitational on Dec. 1-3.