ST. JOSEPH, Minn. – A pair of school-record holders brought home MVP honors when head coach Mandy Wolvert announced the College of Saint Benedict swim and dive team's award winners for the 2021 season.
 
Sophomore Fiona Rosko and junior Ana Birklid earned co-MVP honors after leading the team in points scored during the shortened season and setting a school record.
 
Junior Hayley Davison was named Most Improved, first year Emi Wagner earned the team's Rookie of the Year honors, and first year Hannah Tatge took home the Bennie Spirit Award.
 
Birklid broke her own school record in the 200 IM to wrap up her junior season with the Bennies. Her time of 2:09.73 at the St. Kate's Quad was nearly a half-second faster than her previous record set in 2019. At that same meet, Birklid also moved up to third in school history in the 200 free with a time of 1:54.84. She wrapped up the year with one win, six other top-three finishes and six top-three relay finishes.
 
In her first season with the CSB swim and dive team, Rosko – a transfer from Millikin University – came in and added her name all over the team's record books. She broke the school record in the 200 breaststroke by three seconds, and is also currently second in program history in the 200 fly, seventh in the 100 breaststroke, sixth in the 400 IM and was part of the third-fastest 400 medley relay in CSB history. Rosko picked up two wins as a sophomore to go along with five top-three finishes and two top-three relay performances.
 
Wagner earned Rookie of the Year honors after finishing 2021 with the most points scored out of any of the team's first years. She swam the ninth-best 50-free time in program history at the St. Kate's Quad, and was the first athlete to move into the top 10 in the event since 2013. She was also part of the third-fastest 400 medley relay and eighth-fastest 200 freestyle relay in program history. She picked up one win as a first year.
 
Davison swam career-best times in the 100, 200, 500, 1,000 and 1,650 freestyle races in her junior season. She recorded one top-five finish, four top-10 finishes and was part of one top-five relay in the team's four meets. Tatge recorded four top-five individual finishes and one top-five relay finish in her first season with the program, and she was a leader both in the pool and on the deck for her team during the COVID-shortened season.