ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Concordia-St. Paul swim and dive team took third in the St. Kate's Pentathlon on Saturday afternoon at Butler Center.
The Golden Bears are set for another double-dual next weekend as they travel to Minnesota State to take on the Mavericks and Southwest Minnesota State at Highland Pool/Otto Rec Center on Saturday.
"It was a fun experience for the women to compete in all strokes today," said head coach
Rachel Busch. "It was definitely a sprint meet, so our distance swimmers were swimming events that were out of the ordinary for them. It's nice to collect so much data to figure out future lineups."
The Wildcats took the top spot in the meet as they tallied 2,908 points while the Golden Bears fell just behind UMary as they collected 1,604.50 points compared to 1,919.50 points for the Marauders.
Freshman
Sophie Leo was the top finisher for CSP as her 202 points earned her a seventh-place finish. Her best finish came in the 100 Yard Backstroke as her time of 1:01.78 was good for fourth while she added a seventh-place result in the 100 Yard Freestyle with a time of 56.66.
Sophomore
Chloe Rihon was just six points behind as her total of 196 points put her in ninth. She took fourth in the 100 Yard IM with a time of 1:04.44 and fourth in the 100 Yard Breaststroke with a time of 1:12.85 to aid her effort.
Freshman
Rebecca Hildebrand followed close behind in 11
th with 189 points in the meet. She registered four top-11 finishes in five events, highlighted by ninth-place finishes in the 100 Yard Butterfly with a time of 1:02.76 and in the 100 Yard Breaststroke with a time of 1:15.24.
Farida Maher and
Sierra Sherry rounded out the top-five finishers for the team as Maher took 21
st with 136 points while Sherry took 26
th with 127.50 points. Maher took second in the 100 Yard Freestyle, finishing in 53.96 to highlight her day.
Other top event finishes came in the one meter and three meter dives as
Caitlyn Greenwalt won both while
Charly Horn took fifth in the 100 Yard Breaststroke with a time of 1:12.97.
TEAM RESULTS
1
st – St. Catherine, 2,908 Points
2
nd – UMary, 1,919.50 Points
3
rd – Concordia-St. Paul, 1,604.50 Points
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
7
th –
Sophie Leo, 202 Points
9
th –
Chloe Rihon, 196 Points
11
th –
Rebecca Hildebrand, 189 Points
21
st –
Farida Maher, 136 Points
26
th –
Sierra Sherry, 127.50 Points
30
th –
Zoe Hiers, 116 Points
31
st –
Savanna Honan, 103 Points
32
nd –
Charly Horn, 102 Points
33
rd –
Marianna Perna, 100 Points
33
rd –
Caitlyn Greenwalt, 100 Points
37
th –
Emma Granovsky, 93 Points
41
st –
Laura Vekony, 71 Points
45
th – Giulia Gury, 40 Points
49
th –
Deanna Ringler, 29 Points
