COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Senior
Lindsay Smutka won or was part of three of the 10 titles by the College of Saint Benedict swim and dive team, which continued an impressive early season start with a win in the Bennies Triangular with Hamline and Augsburg on Friday at the Warner Palaestra Pool.
In the triangular, the Bennies totaled 163 points with Hamline at 47 and Augsburg, 5. Next for CSB will be a dual competition with at St. Olaf at 1 p.m., on Saturday, Nov. 4.
Smutka won an individual title for the second straight competition by capturing the 200 back in 2:17.37. CSB's first-year
Emma Neely was second in 2:35.92 and senior
Megan Pattee, third, in 2:37.34.
Senior
Emi Wagner recorded her second straight win in the 50-free with a 26:13 clocking as she led a 1-2-3 finish in the event. Also, in the 50 free, senior
Jocie Larson was second in 26:42 while sophomore
Rachel Schlueter was third in 26.43.
CSB also took the 100 free title as sophomore
Mikayla Haskamp won with a 57.23 clocking, finishing just ahead of senior
Hannah Tatge at 58.82. Junior
Em Oswald was fourth in 1:04.09 with first-year
Anna Boomgaarden at 1:04.33 for fifth.
Sophomore
Morgan Stout won her first title of the season with a victory in the 500 free with a clocking of 5:39.97 clocking. Sophomore
Lauren Sitzman placed third in 5:51.21 with first-year
Claire Canfield, fourth, 5:53.62.
For the third time in two competitions, sophomore
Megan Bartels won an individual title as she captured the 200 breast event in 2:37.82. Sophomore
Liz Hansen placed third for CSB at 2:51.05 with first-year
Jayda Alholm, fourth, 2:55.71.
In the 200 fly,
Laura Jennings captured the 200 fly in 2:25.38 as CSB took the top three spots. First-year
Josey Jackson clocked 2:31.76 for second with senior
Emma Vicker, third in 3:02.97.
First-year
Ella Kowalczyk continued a strong early season performance on the diving boards with her first individual title in the 3-meter board with 195.60 points. She also placed second on the 1-M board with 245.00 points.
First-year
Jayda Alholm led a 1-2 finish in the 1000 free. Alholm's first-career individual title included a clocking of 12:34.71 with Vicker, second at 12:53.93.
Smutka helped the Bennies win both the 400 free and 400 medley relays. The team of Smutka, Larson, Schlueter and Haskamp won the 400 free relay in 3:49.07. In fact, CSB had the second and third place relay teams in the same event. A team of Tatge, Stout, first-year
Sydney Gustin and
Megan Pattee clocked 3:57.28 with the third-place squad of Sitzman, Neely, Oswald and Alholm recording 3:09.10.
Smutka, Bartels, Jennings and Larson teams up to win the 400 medley in 4:14.09. The Bennies also finished second in 4:26.65 with a squad of Schlueter, Wagner, Pattee and Hansen. In third place was a team of Jackson, Canfield, Boomgaarden, and Neely in 4:40.63.
In the 200 free, the Bennies captured second through sixth place with Sitzman leading the way in 2:07.99. Jennings was third in 2:09.19 with Haskamp, fourth, 2:10.33.
CSB claimed two of the top three spots in the 200 IM as Canfield was second in 2:22.09 with Jackson, third in 2:26.42.