ST. PAUL, Minn. – Junior
Marissa Wolff and first year
Maria Newton both won a pair of individual events and were part of a first-place relay as the St. Olaf College women's swimming and diving team finished second at the St. Thomas Invite on Saturday.
Wolff won the 200-yard freestyle (1:59.24) and 1,650-yard freestyle (18:32.89), while Newton claimed the 100-yard freestyle (54.55) and 200-yard individual medley (2:14.18). They also both swam on the winning 400-yard freestyle relay (3:41.93) along with first year
Annika Cleven and junior
Maya Knutson.
As a team, St. Olaf placed second at the three-team meet with 609 points, trailing St. Thomas (853) and finishing ahead of Macalester (573).
Cleven added a fourth first-place finish for the Oles by winning the 200-yard butterfly (2:15.80), with classmate
Brydie Stewart not far behind in third (2:21.50), and was second to Newton in the 200-yard IM (2:17.09).
Senior
Helen Jensen gave St. Olaf three of the top four in the 200-yard IM with a fourth-place showing (2:18.14) and was also third in the 500-yard freestyle (5:30.60) and fourth in the 200-yard backstroke (2:19.26).
Maureen Wainwright, another first year, gave St. Olaf a 1-2 finish in the 1,650-yard freestyle with her second-place result (21:00.43). Wolff, Knutson, Newton and first year
Allison Purdum recorded a second-place finish in the 400-yard medley relay (4:12.26).
The Oles visit St. Joseph, Minn. for a dual meet against the College of Saint Benedict on Friday, Jan. 17 at 6 p.m.