MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. - The Concordia-St. Paul swimming and diving team concluded their regular season with a season-high dual score of 190-110 in win over St. Kate's at the Two Rivers Aquatic Center Saturday afternoon.
Saturday's meet also marked senior day for the 2025 class of Farida Maher and Charly Horn.
On senior day, head coach Rachel Busch stated, "What a fun afternoon to celebrate Charly and Farida as they competed in their final dual meet as Golden Bears. They both have been monumental in getting this program to where it is today and I could not be more proud of both of them.
The Golden Bears totaled a season-high 46 top-five finishes including 11 first-places.
Farida Maher and Sophie Leo shined on the podium, each finishing the meet with two first-place finishes and leading both of their joint relay's to two top finishes.
Silvana Jacquez got her first win in the Navy and Gold finishing on top in the 200 yard butterfly.
Claire Briest and Marianna Perna each received their first collegiate first-place, taking the top spot in the 100 yard backstroke and the 1650 yard freestyle.
Freshman divers Chloe Jones and Mina Dahl dove to the top of the leaderboard for their first career wins. Jones took the top spot in the 3-meter dive and Dahl in the 1-meter dive.
Jones and Dahl's top finishes mark the sixth meet of the season in which Golden Bears have swept both diving events.
The Golden Bears will have a short break before starting entering the postseason. The NSIC Championships will take place on Feb. 12-15 at the Hulbert Aquatic Center in West Fargo, N.D. by host MSU Moorhead.
NATIONALS UPDATE
Diver Caitlyn Greenwalt has officially punched her ticket to Indianapolis and will compete in the 2025 Division II Women's Diving Qualification Meet on March 11.
TEAM RESULTS
Concordia-St. Paul 190, St. Catherine 110
RELAY RESULTS
1st - 200 Yard Medley (A), 1:52.50 (Sophie Leo, Claire Briest, Chloe Rihon, Farida Maher)
1st - 200 Yard Freestyle (A), 1:41.35 (Sophie Leo, Chloe Rihon, Farida Maher, Emma Granovsky)
3rd - 200 Yard Medley (B), 1:56.03 (Ashley Miranda-Limon, Catherine Bittner, Silvana Jacquez, Emma Granovsky)
3rd - 200 Yard Freestyle (B), 1:45.92 (Brooklyn Keney, Claire Briest, Tessa Lentsch, Sierra Sherry)
5th - 200 Yard Freestyle ( C), 1:50.72 (Charly Horn, Giulia Cury, Marianna Perna, Silvana Jacquez)
6th - 200 Yard Medley ( C), 2:05.85 (Giulia Cury, Zoe D'Alessandro, Charly Horn, Maggie Crowley)
Individual Results (Top Five Finishes)
Marianna Perna
1st - 1650 Yard Freestyle, 19:07.63
2nd - 500 Yard Freestyle, 5:40.88
Chloe Rihon
2nd - 1650 Yard Freestyle, 19:26.12
2nd - 100 Yard Butterfly, 1:04.56
Giulia Cury
5th - 1650 Yard Freestyle, 22:22.50
Farida Maher
1st - 200 Yard Freestyle, 2:01.03
1st - 500 Yard Freestyle, 5:26.13
Sierra Sherry
3rd - 200 Yard Freestyle, 2:05.68
5th - 50 Yard Freestyle, 27.37
5th - 200 Yard Breaststroke, 2:45.85
Sophie Leo
1st - 100 Yard Backstroke, 59.27
1st - 100 Yard Freestyle, 53.81
Brooklyn Keney
3rd - 100 Yard Backstroke, 1:04.03
3rd - 100 Yard Freestyle, 57.71
3rd - 100 Yard Butterfly, 1:06.29
Tessa Lentsch
3rd - 50 Yard Freestyle, 26.61
5th - 100 Yard Backstroke, 1:05.62
5th - 100 Yard Freestyle, 59.67
Claire Briest
1st - 100 Yard Backstroke, 1:08.98
5th - 200 Yard Backstroke, 2:24.34
Catherine Bittner
3rd - 100 Yard Backstroke, 1:10.29
3rd - 200 Yard Breaststroke, 2:35.40
3rd - 200 Yard IM, 2:26.79
Zoe D'Alessandro
2nd - 200 Yard Breaststroke, 2:34.08
4th - 100 Yard Backstroke, 1:11.47
4th - 200 Yard IM, 2:28.42
Charly Horn
5th - 100 Yard Backstroke, 1:13.07
Silvana Jacquez
1st - 200 Yard Butterfly, 2:23.87
4th - 200 Yard Backstroke, 2:19.24
Ashley Miranda-Limon
2nd - 200 Yard Butterfly, 2:27.10
2nd - 200 Yard Backstroke, 2:17.43
2nd - 200 Yard IM, 2:24.73
Emma Granovsky
2nd - 50 Yard Freestyle, 25.36
4th - 100 Yard Butterfly, 1:06.61
Chloe Jones
1st - 3-Meter Dive, 205.75
2nd - 1-Meter Dive, 175.40
Mina Dahl
1st - 1-Meter Dive, 180.55
3rd - 3-Meter Dive, 163.60
Sianmairead Cox
4th - 3-Meter Dive, 141.40
Maggie Crowley
5th - 500 Yard Freestyle, 5:53.52
Reese Bjorklund
4th - 1-Meter Dive, 166.85