ROCHESTER/NORTHFIELD, Minn. – The St. Olaf College men's and women's swimming and diving teams combined for 33 top-10 performances as both teams placed third at the season-opening Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC)/Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Invite on Saturday at Rochester-Olmstead County Recreation Center Natatorium and Thorpe Pool.

Junior Olivia Small swept the backstroke events to lead the St. Olaf women to third in the nine-team standings with 860 points, while first year Sam Reilly won the 200-yard individual medley in his collegiate debut as the men's team was third of 10 teams with 633 points. The St. Olaf women had 16 individual top-10 performances across the swimming and diving events, as well as three top-10 relays, while the men's team had eight top-10 individual swimming results and four top-10 relay performances.

Small was the top finisher in both the 100-yard backstroke (56.61) and 200-yard backstroke (2:04.64), with her time in the 100 back being just five one-hundredths shy of her program record. The junior won the 100 back by nearly three seconds and the 200 back by over two seconds.

Senior Katie Homme added a pair of top-five performances by placing fourth in the 50-yard freestyle (24.74) and fifth in the 100-yard freestyle (54.96). Junior McKenna Hultgren was fifth in the 200-yard butterfly (2:17.45), while classmate McKelvey McDaniel took sixth in the 200-yard freestyle (2:01.26) and ninth in the 500-yard freestyle (5:31.04). First year Olivia Tierney added two top-10 finishes as well, finishing ninth in the 200-yard individual medley (2:18.21) and 10th in the 100-yard backstroke (1:01.81).

In the women's diving at Carleton College's Thorpe Pool, junior Erica Johnson had St. Olaf's top finish of the day with a fourth-place showing in the one-meter diving (220.60). Senior Emma Haines was in the top 10 on both boards, placing seventh in the three-meter diving (203.50) and 10th in the one-meter diving (205.00).

Reilly's first-place performance in the 200-yard individual medley (1:55.86) was the highlight of the day for the Ole men, as Reilly was one of two swimmers to swim sub two-minute times. The first year also was fourth in the 400-yard individual medley (4:16.59) and ninth in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:01.97).

Senior William Wallace tied for third in the 50-yard freestyle (21.37), while first year Gabe Guglietta took fourth in the 200-yard butterfly (2:02.58). Junior Travis Elling recorded a fifth-place showing in the 200-yard backstroke (2:03.15), senior Jack Homme as seventh in the 100-yard butterfly (53.92), and first year Soren Wilkes was 10th in the 200-yard butterfly (2:09.11).

The Oles will compete against Saint John's University, the College of Saint Benedict, and St. Catherine University in their first MIAC duals of the season on Saturday, Oct. 31 at the Butler Center in St. Paul.