ST. PAUL, Minn. – The St. Olaf College women's swimming and diving team had six top-two finishes at the season-opening St. Thomas Relays on Friday evening at the Anderson Pool.
St. Olaf won two relays and had four runner-up finishes on the evening. No team scores were kept at the meet. Senior
Helen Jensen and first year
Maria Newton were both part of a first-place relay and three second-place relays for the Oles.
The two first-place showings came in the 4x100-yard IM relay and the 1,100-yard animal relay. Newton,
Maya Knutson,
Annika Cleven and
Sophia Nevin won the 4x100-yard IM relay in 4:14.72, while
Brydie Stewart, Cleven and Jensen took home the 1,100-yard animal relay crown in 12:52.69.
Nevin and
Marissa Wolff joined John Loepfe and Marcel Hones of the men's team to place second in the mixed 200-yard medley relay (1:45.33), while Stewart, Cleven, Newton and Jensen were second to touch in the 300-yard butterfly 2x50, 2x100 relay (2:57.78).
Newton, Knutson, Wolff and Jensen recorded second-place results in the 800-yard freestyle relay (8:06.58) and the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:44.16).
In the 300-yard breaststroke 2x50, 2x100 relay,
Allison Purdum, Stewart,
Kelly Wichmann and Nevin finished fourth (3:34.30). Jones, Wolff, Cleven and Knutson registered a fourth-place showing in the 300-yard backstroke 3x50, 2x100 relay (3:05.85).
St. Olaf's next meet is the Northfield Colleges Quad Classic on Saturday, Oct. 26 at Northfield Middle School.
