NORTHFIELD, Minn. - Maya Knutson, Maria Newton and Helen Jensen each had first-place finishes and led the St. Olaf College women's swimming and diving team at the Cows, Colleges and Contentment Classic on Saturday afternoon at the Northfield Middle School.

The Oles had three first-place finishes and two second-places finishes as they competed against Carleton College, UW-La Crosse and St. Cloud State University.

Knutson took first in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:58.97, Newton (55.72) was first in the 100-yard freestyle, and Jensen (4:45.48) won the 400-yard IM.

Sophia Nevin was second in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:09.83) and third in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:34.22. Knutson also (4:55.35) posted a second-place finish for the Oles in the 400-yard IM.

Newton added third-place finishes in the 100-yard backstroke,(1:02.84) and the 100-yard butterfly (1:01.74), while Brydie Stewart (2:26.46) was fourth in the 200-yard butterfly. 

In the 200-yard backstroke, Jensen improved by almost four seconds in the finals with a time of 2:16.06 and was third, followed by Annika Cleven (2:16.95) in fifth.

In the 200-yard medley relay, a St. Olaf relay of Knutson, Nevin, Newton and Marissa Wolff took fourth with a time of 1:54.67.

Cleven added a sixth-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:02.64. Lauren Kroschel was sixth in the three-meter diving with a score of 317.95, and seventh in the one-meter diving with a score of 344.75.

The Oles continue their season with a dual against St. Thomas on Friday, Nov. 1, beginning at 6 p.m.