By DONNY NADEAU
Saint Mary's Sports Information Director
 
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. ­ — After back-to-back record-setting days at the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Swimming and Diving Championships, it seemed safe to assume that Griffin Rades (Shawano, Wis.) might be feeling a bit tired during the third and final day of the three-day event.
 
Not a chance.
 
After all, Rades is proving to be the Cardinals' very own Energizer Bunny—he just keeps going, and going, and going …
 
After rewriting the school record books in both the 200 and 400 IM­—not the mention Saint Mary's 19-year-old 200 freestyle record—during Days 1 and 2, Rades turned his attention to the 200 breaststroke on Saturday—and put together his best-ever time in the event, posting a ninth-place time of 2:15.40 during the morning preliminaries.
 
In the B Final, the third time the freshman reached the evening finals—placing first in Thursday's 200 IM B Final with a school-record time of 1:56.35 and fourth in the A Final in Friday's 400 IM with another school-record effort of 4:11.11—Rades was back to his record-setting self, etching his name once more in the record books with a winning time of 2:12.47.
 
Brian Mockler (Dubuque, Iowa) cut 10 seconds off his season-best in the 200 breaststroke, touching the wall in 2:23.78, while Jack Wells (Glenview, Ill.) and Nick Sawchuk recorded times of 50.53 and 53.96, respectively, in the 100 freestyle for the Cardinal men.
 
On the women's side, Claire King (Red Wing, Minn.) posted a time of 58.88 in the 100 freestyle, with Erica Camarato (Deforest, Ill.) chipping in a 2:50.05 in the 200 breaststroke and Emme Quandt (Shawano, Wis.) adding a 2:32.61 in the 200 butterfly. The Cardinal trio of Brooke Shefchik (Stevens Point, Wis.), Alyssa Haram (Maple Grove, Minn.), and Amanda Hansen (Brooklyn Park, Minn.), meanwhile, delivered times of 19:22.86, 20:06.46, and 20:21.47, respectively, in the 1,650 freestyle. In diving, Kierra Walske (Rochester, Minn.) placed 14^th (275.40), while Kayla Boettcher was 17^th (266.55).
 
DAY 2 IN REVIEW: Rades set—then re-set—the school record in the 400 IM, swimming a time of 4:15.52 in the preliminaries, before shattering that mark with a 4:11.11 fourth-place finish in the A Finals. And the freshman wasn't finished—leading off the Cardinals' 800 freestyle relay, Rades set school-record No. 5, swimming the first 200 yards in 1:46.96—besting the 19-year-old record held by Rick Loeffelholz. … King and Mockler both narrowly missed reaching the B Final in the 100 butterfly and 100 breaststroke, respectively. King clocked a season-best 1:05.60 to finish 17^th—while Mockler matched that 17^th-place showing with his 100 breaststroke time of 1:02.91. … Walske finished 14^th in the 3-meter diving (286.90), while Quandt chipped in a time of 1:07.70 in the 100 butterfly, and the trio of Shefchik  (2:08.69), Haram (2:13.06), and Hansen (2:14.04) all competed in the 200 freestyle. … On the men's side, Jack Wells (Glenview, Ill.) and Sawchuk posted times of 1:53.86 and 2:01.69 in the 200 freestyle, while the 200 medley relay finished seventh in 1:43.48, and the 800 freestyle also placed seventh in 7:33.70 | Recap
 
DAY 1 IN REVIEW: Rades broke the school record in the 200 IM twice—the second time with a time of 1:56.35 that earned the freshman first place in the B Final. Rades opened competition with a 1:58.92 in the preliminaries. … Wells (touched the wall in 22.45 in the 50 freestyle, while Mockler shaved 13 seconds off his season best in the 500 freestyle (5:14.37) and Nick Sawchuk (Rochester, Minn.) chipped in a 5:33.72 in the 500 freestyle. The men's 200 freestyle relay also competed, placing seventh in a time of 1:32.18. … On the women's side, King stopped the clock in 26.28 in the 50 freestyle, with Quandt and Erica Camarato (Deforest, Wis.) adding times of 2:31.00 and 2:34.06 in the 200 IM. Brooke Shefchik (Stevens Point, Wis.) led a trio of Cardinals in the 500 freestyle, posting a time of 5:39.28, and was followed by Alyssa Haram (Maple Grove, Minn. / 5:48.22) and Amanda Hansen (Brooklyn Park, Minn. / 5:58.40). In the 200 freestyle relay, Saint Mary's posted a time of 1:50.89 to finish 11^th, while the 400 medley relay team placed 10^th with a time of 4:29.31 | Recap