By DONNY NADEAU
Saint Mary's Sports Information Director
 
WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University swim teams return home to Jul Gernes Pool this weekend, as the Cardinals entertain St. Norbert in a 4:30 p.m. dual on Friday, before the SMU women square off against Southwest Minnesota State on Saturday at 12:30 p.m.
 
The Cardinals' Last Action:
• October 26, 2019 * St. Paul, Minn.: Brooke Shefchik (Stevens Point, Wis.) continued her dominance of the distance freestyle events in leading the Cardinal women to a third-place finish, while a pair of second-place efforts from Brennan McClay (Shakopee, Minn.) led the Saint Mary's men to a third-place team showing | Recap
 
The Cardinals vs. St. Norbert — Their Last Appearance:
• January 19, 2019 * Ripon, Wis.: The Cardinals collected five first-place finishes — including a pair from both Brooke Shefchik (Stevens Point, Wis.) and Kierra Walske (Rochester, Minn.) — while adding 10 other top-three showings in a double-dual against St. Norbert and Ripon double-dual | Recap
• November 2, 2018 * Winona, Minn.: Brooke Shefchik (Stevens Point, Wis.) led the way for the Cardinal women against the Green Knights with a first-place showing in the 1,000 freestyle, stopping the clock in 11:41.46 — the third-fastest time in program history. Griffin Rades (Shawano, Wis.) and Alex Morrow (Stevens Point, Wis.) each picked up a pair of first-place showings — Morrow in the 1,000 freestyle (11:20.36) and 500 freestyle (5:30.26), and Rades in the 200 IM (2:08:16) and the 100 backstroke (57.97) — to lead the Cardinal men | Recap
 
The Cardinals vs. Southwest Minnesota State — Their Last Appearance:
• Saturday's dual between the Cardinal women and the Mustangs is the first in program history.
 
The Cardinals' Up Next:
• The Cardinals are now off until Nov. 16, when they head to St. Paul, Minn., to take part in duals against Macalester and Gustavus.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
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• Brooke Shefchik (Stevens Point, Wis.) continued her dominance of the distance freestyle events at the Hamline Invitational, winning both the 500 and 1,000 for the third time in as many races this season. Shefchik, who won both the 500 and 1000 freestyle events in against both Concordia and Iowa Lakes Community College last weekend, picked up right where she left off Saturday, posting winning times of 5:49.89 in the 500 and 11:49.00 in the 1000.
 … Olivia Fleming (Hugo, Minn.) placed fourth in the 100 butterfly (1:06.96) and seventh in the 50 freestyle (27.14) at last Saturday's Hamline Invitational, while Mara Caples (Rochester, Minn.) delivered fifth-place times of 2:28.37 in the 200 IM and 1:08.18 in the 100 backstroke, before posting a 1:19.98 to place seventh in the 100 breaststroke. … Katie Domack (Lakeville, Minn.) posted a 1:07.03 to finish fifth in the 100 butterfly at the Hamline Invitational, while Claire King (Red Wing, Minn.) notched a sixths in the 200 freestyle (2:17.48) and 500 freestyle (6:18.20). … The Cardinal women's 200 medley relay of Caples, Erica Camarato (DeForest, Wis.), Fleming, and Katie Beitz (Blaine, Minn.) placed third (2:01.40) and the 200 freestyle relay team of Ashlyn Seifert, King, Domack and Shefchik also placed third (1:52.93). … Brenan McClay (Shakopee, Minn.) delivered second-place times of 23.07 in the 50 freestyle and a 50.39 in the 100 freestyle — while also placing sixth in the 500 freestyle (6:01.29) — to pace the Saint Mary's men at the Hamline Invitational last Saturday. … Griffin Rades (Shawano, Wis.) finished sixth in both the 200 IM (2:13.02) and 100 backstroke (1:01.11) and was eighth in the 100 breaststroke (1:08.62). Darren Anes Dy Quiangco (Rochester, Minn.) added a sixth in the 100 butterfly (59.40) and a seventh in the 100 breaststroke (1:08.48). … Shefchik picked up first-place finishes in the 1000 freestyle (11:53.49) and 500 freestyle (5:54.54) against Concordia on Oct. 18, then completed the sweep of the two events the following afternoon, touching the wall in 11:38.19 to win the 1000 freestyle and adding a first-place time of 5:46.95 in the 500 free. … Katie Domack (Lakeville, Minn. / 100 butterfly, 2:35.50) also posted a first-place finish for the Cardinal women during their season-opening duals. … McClay picked up the Cardinals' two first-place showings against Iowa Lakes CC on Oct. 19, stopping the clock in 22.87 to win the 50 freestyle and posting a time of 49.98 to win the 100 freestyle.