Results

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – A handful of swimmers from the College of Saint Benedict swim and dive team wrapped up their 2022 seasons Saturday afternoon at the two-day Minnesota Challenge, and the group recorded several personal-best times over the weekend.
 
Junior Mary Ridgeway recorded a pair of top-20 finishes and season-best times in the 100 and 200 fly. She finished 11^th in the 200 fly in 2:28.34 and 19^th in the 100 fly in 1:04.90. Ridgeway and Grace Ritten both competed in the 200 IM and finished in the top 25 in the event. Ritten finished with a personal-best time of 2:24.75 and Ridgeway took 23^rd in a season-best time of 2:32.54.
 
Ritten also recorded a career-best time in the 100 backstroke as she took 22^nd in 1:07.61, and Kate Mechels took 19^th in the 200 breaststroke in 2:47.02 – a personal-best time. Ritten also finished 12^th in the 200 backstroke in 2:26.73, and Emma Vicker finished 20^th in the 1,650 free in 21:29.01 in her first time competing in the event.
 
The remainder of the team competes next week at the 2022 MIAC Championships, which run Feb. 16-19 at the U of M Aquatic Center in Minneapolis.