ROCHESTER, Minn. – On day two (Saturday, Dec. 3) of the Rochester Invite, the College of Saint Benedict Swimming and Diving Team was again outstanding in the pool at the Rochester-Olmstead County Recreation Center Natatorium.

With a number of personal-bests and season bests among individuals and relays, the Bennies retained its 7^th place finish among the nine teams with 383.5 points. CSB competed against schools from NCAA DI, NCAA DII and NCAA DIII in the competition which concludes on Sunday in Rochester, Minn.

The final day of the competition will begin Sunday with prelims at 9:30 a.m. and finals at 5 p.m. Events will include the 200 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 200 breaststroke, 100 IM, 200 fly, 1,650 freestyle and 400 free relay (finals only).

Among the highlights Saturday was CSB's group of 200 free relay squads. A team of Lindsay Smutka (24.93), Emi Wagner (24.29), Rachel Schlueter (24.79) and Jocie Larson (24.30) finished fifth in 1:38.31, a season-best. Wagner, Larson and Schlueter all had PRs. Three other CSB teams competed with the team of Mads Slavik (25.61), Liz Hansen (26.03), Mikayla Haskamp (25.87) and Hannah Tatge (25.12) clocking 1:42.63 for 21^st place. Finishing 26^th in 1:47.75 was a team of Morgan Stout (27.42), Megan Bartels (27.22), Ellie Blattner (27.35) and Megan Pattee (25.76). In 27^th place was a team of Grace Weberg (26.65), Katie Brewer (28.75), Emma Vicker (27.08) and Maddy Ahlquist (28.75) which clocked 1:53.44.

Senior Molly Johanson had another solid swim in the 400 IM as she finished 12^th with a season-best of 4:48.79. In the C Final, Fiona Rosko was 17^th with a season-best clocking of 4:47.94.

First-year Lauren Sitzman placed 22^nd in the 200 freestyle as she had a season-best clocking of 2:02.40, cutting more than two seconds off her prelim time.

In the 100 breaststroke, junior standout Emi Wagner was 22^nd in 1:12.28 while first-year Megan Bartels was 24^th in 1:13.48 although she had a time of 1:11.73 in the prelims which was a personal-best and a team-best this year.

In the 100 backstroke, Lindsay Smutka placed ninth with a clocking of 58.83 with Mads Slavik, 18^th, in 1:00.42 (season-best) and first-year Rachel Schlueter taking 21^st in 1:01.09, also a PR.

CSB had four teams compete in the 400 medley relay including a team of Rachel Schlueter (1:02.36), Fiona Rosko (1:08.83), Laura Jennings (1:01.69) and Mikayla Haskamp (55.98) placing 15^th in 4:08.86.

In 17^th place with a time of 4:10.18 was a squad of Mads Slavik (1:02.96), Molly Johanson (1:11.39), Lindsay Smutka (1:00.28) and Emi Wagner (55.55).

Another team was 25^th in 4:12.50 with relay members of Lauren Sitzman (1:03.12), Megan Bartels (1:11.50), Mary Ridgeway (1:02.98) and Hannah Tatge (54.90). Also, the team of Ellie Blattner (1:06.10), Liz Hansen (1:13.16), Jocie Larson (1:03.18) and Grace Weberg (57.94) finished 26^th with a clocking of 4:20.38.