ST. PAUL, Minn. - The College of Saint Benedict swimming and diving team won eleven of 13 events en route to a victory over Hamline University Friday night, Nov. 6. The Bennies snagged 180-61 advantage in the contest behind seven different individual champions. 

Senior Ella Kowalczyk (Minneapolis, Minn./Southwest) swept the diving, as she took first in the 1-meter with a score of 182.35 before notching the 3-meter title with a total of 169.50. First-year Brynn McNanley (Medina, Minn./Wayzata) also added a multi-win day. McNanly bested the 50-yard freestyle field by over a second with a time of 25.18. The first-year finished the 100-yard freestyle in 54.65 seconds to lock in her second victory of the night. 

Sophomore Bella Kern (Delano, Minn./Delano) finished with the best times in the 100-yard breaststroke and the 50-yard breaststroke, logging her first individual titles of the season. Kern touched in at 1:14.47 to take home the win in the 100 Breast, and went on to win the 50 Breast by over a second with a time of 34.15. 

First-year Haylee Quern (Shakopee, Minn./Shakopee) registered her first collegiate win, as she snagged first in the 200-yard freestyle with a collegiate-best time of 2:10.72 in the event. 

In the 50-yard butterfly, first-year Sydney Thompson also claimed her first career win on the night. Her collegiate-best time of 28.78 narrowly edged out her teammate, sophomore Madeline Tillmann (St. Michael, Minn./St. Michael/Albertville), who posted a 28.83. 

Senior Claire Canfield (Waconia, Minn./Waconia) bested the field in the 100-yard individual medley, as she won the event with a time of 1:06.03. Junior Josie Thomas (St. Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall) and senior Jayda Alholm (Little Falls, Minn./Little Falls Community) each added a win as well. Thomas took first in the 50-yard backstroke (29.95), while Alholm won the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:28.07.

Saint Benedict will return to action Friday, Nov. 20, beginning with the Rochester Diving Invite, while the swim team will head to University of Minnesota Morris Saturday, Nov. 21. 

Individual Results
1M Diving (6 Dives) 
1. Ella Kowalczyk, 182.35 
2. Emma Netland, 145.95 
 
50 Free 
1. Brynn McNanley, 25.18 
2. Josie Thomas, 26.93 
3. Keira Kilgard, 27.13 
T4. Ava Niksich, 27.44 
7. Josey Jackson, 27.61 
8. Madeline Tillmann, 27.97 
9. Cora Bumgarner, 28.16 
11. Isabella Anderson, 28.27 
12. Autumn Larson, 28.30 
13. Jada Campbell, 28.44 
14. Abi Nagorski, 28.47 
15. Emma Neely, 28.78 
17. Kelsey Gillman, 29.13 
 
100 Breast 
1. Bella Kern, 1:14.47 
2. Jayda Alholm, 1:15.62 
3. Anna Schottler, 1:19.00 
4. Abi Nagorski, 1:19.88 
5. Josey Larson, 1:20.10 
7. Izzy Green, 1:39.54 
 
200 Free 
1. Haylee Quern, 2:10.72 
2. Maddie Stutelberg, 2:11.21 
3. Addie Marsolek, 2:12.00 
4. Claire Canfield, 2:13.58 
 
100 Back 
2. Brynn McNanley, 1:05.66 
3. Anna Schottler, 1:06.38 
5. Josey Larson, 1:08.10 
6. Cora Bumgarner, 1:10.12 
7. Claira Zebell, 1:10.38 
8. Izzy Green, 1:13.42 
9. Josey Jackson, 1:17.99 
 
50 Butterfly 
1. Sydney Thompson, 28.78 
2. Madeline Tillmann, 28.83 
3. Autumn Larson, 29.46 
4. Keira Kilgard, 29.49 
5. Bella Kern, 29.69 
6. Millie Pratt, 29.94 
7. Izzy Green, 29.96 
8. Addie Marsolek, 30.05 
11. Emma Neely, 31.51 
 
100 IM 
1. Claire Canfield, 1:06.03 
2. Josie Thomas, 1:07.10 
3. Sydney Thompson, 1:08.92 
4. Keira Kilgard, 1:09.52 
5. Haylee Quern, 1:10.69 
6. Millie Pratt, 1:13.61 
7. Maddie Stutelberg, 1:13.66 
8. Claira Zebell, 1:16.02 
11. Madi Kennedy, 1:38.33 
 
3M Diving (6 Dives) 
1. Ella Kowalczyk, 169.50 
2. Emma Netland, 137.45 
 
100 Free 
1. Brynn McNanley, 54.65 
3. Jayda Alholm, 59.36 
4. Autumn Larson, 1:00.79 
5. Ava Niksich, 1:01.05 
6. Josey Jackson, 1:01.12 
7. Madeline Tillmann, 1:01.41 
9. Kelsey Gillman, 1:02.48 
 
50 Breast 
1. Bella Kern, 34.15 
2. Abi Nagorski, 35.40 
3. Isabella Anderson, 35.59 
4. Haylee Quern, 35.61 
5. Claire Canfield, 36.19 
6. Millie Pratt, 38.77 
8. Madi Kennedy, 39.99 
 
50 Back 
1. Josie Thomas, 29.95 
3. Jada Campbell, 32.17 
4. Josey Larson, 32.37 
5. Claira Zebell, 32.38 
6. Maddie Stutelberg, 32.77 
7. Ava Niksich, 33.35 
8. Kelsey Gillman, 34.18 
9. Emma Neely, 34.56 
 
100 Butterfly 
2. Anna Schottler, 1:03.44 
3. Sydney Thompson, 1:04.52 
4. Addie Marsolek, 1:06.76 
5. Isabella Anderson, 1:07.93 
 
200 IM 
1. Jayda Alholm, 2:28.07
2. Cora Bumgarner, 2:33.39