ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Concordia-St. Paul swim and dive team opened the weekend with a 1-1 performance in the double-dual at St. Catherine on Friday night as CSP defeated UMary and fell to St. Catherine.
The Golden Bears will make the short trek back to Butler Center on the campus of St. Kate's on Saturday afternoon for a pentathlon against the Wildcats. Action is set to begin at noon.
"We had some solid time drops tonight and also many first-time races for the season," said head coach
Rachel Busch. "
Caitlyn Greenwalt qualified for nationals on 3M, which is our program's first national qualifier. The team is ecstatic for her!"
CSP knocked off UMary by a score of 150.50 to 126.50 in their dual, but were unable to complete the sweep of the day as they came up short against the hosts with a score of 175.50 to 101.50.
On the day, the Golden Bears tallied five individual wins in the competition as
Caitlyn Greenwalt and
Farida Maher tallied a pair of victories apiece while
Sophie Leo shared the top spot in the 50 Yard Backstroke as well.
Greenwalt provided the big highlight for CSP as she became the program's first ever national qualifier as her mark of 270.75 in the three meter dive booked her a spot in the national meet. She took the top spot in the event to go along with a win in the one meter dive with a mark of 235.75.
Maher picked up wins in the 1000 Yard Freestyle as she finished in 11:00.46 before adding another victory in the 50 yard freestyle with a time of 25.03.
Leo finished in a tie for first place in the 50 Yard Backstroke as she matched UMary's Maddy Desmond with a time of 28.34. She also wrapped up the 200 Yard Backstroke in 2:15.14 to take second place.
On the team side, the 200 Yard Freestyle Relay team put up a record-setting effort as the mark of 1:42.10 set by Maher, Leo,
Rebecca Hildebrand and
Emma Granovsky broke the previous school record of 1:43.66 set two seasons ago.
TEAM RESULTS
St. Catherine 172.00 | University of Mary 86.00
Concordia-St. Paul 150.50 | University of Mary 126.50
St. Catherine 175.50 | Concordia-St. Paul 101.50
RELAY RESULTS
2
nd – 200 Yard Freestyle Relay (A), 1:42.10 (
Sophie Leo,
Rebecca Hildebrand,
Emma Granovsky,
Farida Maher)
5
th – 200 Yard Medley Relay (A), 1:56.57 (
Sophie Leo,
Charly Horn,
Rebecca Hildebrand,
Chloe Rihon)
8
th – 200 Yard Freestyle Relay (B), 1:54.95 (
Sierra Sherry,
Laura Vekony,
Deanna Ringler,
Giulia Cury)
8
th – 200 Yard Medley Relay (B), 2:06.54 (
Marianna Perna,
Laura Vekony,
Savanna Honan,
Zoe Hiers)
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Giulia Cury
7
th – 1000 Yard Freestyle, 12:20.84
7
th – 500 Yard Freestyle, 6:05.37
15
th – 100 Yard Freestyle, 1:04.54
Emma Granovsky
5
th – 100 Yard Freestyle, 57.82
8
th – 200 Yard Freestyle, 2:09.50
Caitlyn Greenwalt
1
st – 3 Meter Diving, 270.75
1
st – 1 Meter Diving, 235.75
Zoe Hiers
6
th – 200 Yard IM, 2:27.31
8
th – 200 Yard Backstroke, 2:24.98
10
th – 50 Yard Backstroke, 31.53
Rebecca Hildebrand
2
nd – 100 Yard Freestyle, 56.43
3
rd – 50 Yard Butterfly, 27.48
Savanna Honan
3
rd – 200 Yard Butterfly, 2:22.18
5
th – 200 Yard IM, 2:27.05
10
th – 50 Yard Butterfly, 29.70
Charly Horn
3
rd – 200 Yard Breaststroke, 2:39.47
7
th – 200 Yard IM, 2:27.74
9
th - 200 Yard Freestyle, 2:01.23
Sophie Leo
t-1
st - 50 Yard Backstroke, 28.34
2
nd – 200 Yard Backstroke, 2:15.14
Farida Maher
1
st – 1000 Yard Freestyle, 11:00.46
1
st – 50 Yard Freestyle, 25.03
2
nd – 500 Yard Freestyle, 5:17.75
Marianna Perna
3
rd - 1000 Yard Freestyle, 11:29.14
6
th – 500 Yard Freestyle, 5:43.42
Chloe Rihon
2
nd – 200 Yard IM, 2:20.22
t-2
nd – 50 Yard Breaststroke, 33.08
6
th – 200 Yard Backstroke, 2:19.76
Deanna Ringler
14
th – 50 Yard Backstroke, 34.76
16
th – 100 Yard Freestyle, 1:04.84
Sierra Sherry
7
th - 200 Yard Freestyle, 2:09.06
8
th – 200 Yard Breaststroke, 2:49.31
9
th – 50 Yard Breaststroke, 36.62
Laura Vekony
4
th – 200 Yard Butterfly, 2:29.71
9
th – 200 Yard Breaststroke, 2:49.66
