ROCHESTER, Minn. – On Friday night, Ana Birklid set the tone for the weekend for the College of Saint Benedict swim and dive team.
 
In the championship finals of the 200 IM, Birklid broke her own school record in the event, finishing fifth in 2:09.30 in the first day of the Rochester Invite. That breaks her previous record by four-tenths of a second, and marks her second school record of the season as she also set the 100 IM record in October.
 
Junior diver Emily Quill also finished in the top five Friday as she took fifth in the one-meter, 11-dive competition with a score of 388.15.
 
The pair of fifth-place finish marked the Bennies' top finish in the first finals session of the three-day Rochester Invite. The loaded field includes St. Kate's, UW-Eau Claire, University of Nebraska-Omaha and St. Cloud State, among others.
 
Teammate Jessica Milstroh also moved up in the top 10 in program history in the 100 fly. She finished 20^th in the C finals of the event, but in the prelims she broke one minute in the 100 fly for the first time in her career. Her time of 59.99 seconds moves her up to fifth in program history in the event. She finished in 1:00.32 in the finals.
 
Birklid and Milstroh teamed up with Madison Slavik and Emi Wagner to record one of the top-10 times in program history in the 200 medley relay. The foursome finished 12^th in 1:49.83 – the seventh-best time in CSB history.
 
Wagner just missed tying her career best in the 50 free as she finished 11^th in the B finals in 24.46. Jocie Larsoon took 23^rd in the C final in 25.48 seconds. Molly Johanson finished in the top 25 in a pair of events as she took 22^nd in the 500 free in 5:23.87, a new personal best, and 23^rd in the 200 IM in 2:17.40, which marks a season-best time.
 
Lindsay Smutka, Johanson, Slavik and Birklid teamed up to finish 17^th in the 800 free relay in 8:13.01, and Sabrina Buffetta (272.90) and Claire Hippen (272.35) finished 19^th and 20^th, respectively, in the one-meter diving competition.
 
Day Two prelims started at 9:30 a.m. Saturday in Rochester, and finals start at 5:30 p.m. at the Rochester Recreation Center.