ST. PAUL, Minn. – Led by four total events by Mary Morris and two individual titles from Claire Canfield, the College of Saint Benedict swim and dive team (4-2) rolled to a dual win over Hamline, 183-42, on Friday (Nov. 8).

In total, the Bennies, which had a series of season-best across individual events and relays, captured 11 victories in 13 contested events, which included both diving boards and two relays.

Sophomore Mary Morris won two more individual events (10 on the season) and was part of two winning relay squads. She swam lead off in the 400-medley relay, which finished in a season-best 4:14.09. The squad also included Megan Bartels, Rachel Schlueter and Liz Hansen. In the 400-freestyle relay, Morris led off again for a team that clocked 3:58.05 to win the event. The team also included Emma Neely, Jayda Alholm and Josey Jackson. As an individual, she captured both the 200-IM with a season-best 2:15.21 and the 100 butterfly by clocking in at 1:03.06, which is a team-season-best this year.

Another individual double winner was sophomore Claire Canfield, who led a 1-2 finish in the 100 backstroke with a season-best clocking of 1:02.19. Lauren Sitzman was second in 1:06.25. The two CSB swimmers also finished 1-2 in the 200-freestyle with Canfield recording a season-best time of 2:06.69, which was just ahead of Sitzman at 2:06.83. First-year Alivia Kortuem was third in 2:09.98.

Bartels, the reigning MIAC Swimmer of the Week, who third in the 200 IM in 2:25.86, captured another 100 breaststroke win in a season-best 1:10.84.

Schlueter had a second win by capturing the 50-freestyle for the second straight competition in 26.34. She finished just ahead of senior Liz Hansen in 26.66. Hansen was also second in the 100-breaststroke in a season-best 1:15.24 while Schlueter took third in the event in 1:20.94.

Sophomore Ella Kowalczyk and senior Sabrina Buffetta both captured an event win in diving. On the one-meter board, Kowalczyk scored 169.55 points to edge past Buffetta, who had 163.55 points, Abby Stevens was third with 154.00 points. Buffetta captured the 3-meter board with 170.05 points with Kowalczyk, second at 167.40 points.

Junior Morgan Stout led a 1-2 finish in the 1000-freestyle by clocking a season-best 12:18.47 (2^nd best by a CSB swimmer this year) for her first individual win of the season. Sophomore Jayda Alholm was second in 12:27.02.

In the 500 freestyle, junior Mikayla Haskamp was second in 5:57.12 with first-year Ava Niksich, third, with a season-best 5:59.53 while first-year Autumn Larson was fourth in 5:59.75, also a season-best. In the event, CSB took seven of the top eight placements in the 500-free.

In the 100-freestyle, first-year Millie Pratt was second in 1:05.54 with sophomore Anna Boomgaarden taking third in 1:05.70.

Next for CSB will be competing at the Gustavus Goeblisch Invite on Saturday, Nov. 23 in St. Peter, Minn.