MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. -- The St. Catherine University swimming and diving team completed the final day of the WildBear Invite on Saturday finishing fifth overall in a field of nearly all but one Division II programs. The Wildcats scored 513 points as a team led by junior Olivia Weil scoring 67 points over the three day mid-season meet. 

Weil was seventh in the 500-yard freestyle recoding a time of 5:15.58 in finals and Nicollete Harvey scored four points in the event clocking in at 5:26.27, in 13th place. 

In the 200-yard backstroke, Emma Svendsen just narrowed out Ella Hochstetler finishing third and fourth, respectively. Svendsen posted a finals time of 2:07.31 as Hochstetler recorded a time of 2:07.91. Jordyn Grotbo and Natalie Chandler also both scored points in the event with Grotbo in at 2:16.13 and Chandler in at 2:16.38. 

Hochstetler and Svendsen each competed in the 100-yard freestyle with Hochstetler in 13th with a time of 54.82 ahead of Svendsen in at 55.75. 

Weil was third in the 200-yard breaststroke scoring 16 points with a time of 2:25.53 as J Dombroski scored six with a time of 2:32.27. Avery Doom was 13th in the event recording a time of 2:38.01 and Sierra Hermansen had a time of 2:38.64 in 14th. 

First-year diver, Macey Morgan was fourth on the 1 mtr diving board scoring a career high 344.80 completing eleven dives. 

The meet concluded with the 400-yard freestyle relay led by the Wildcats A relay team of Hochstetler, Ava Hacker, Svendsen, and Grotbo. St. Kate's B relay team also scored in the event with Weil, Dombroski, Harvey and Shea Bradley finishing 13th with a time of 3:48.81. 

St. Kate's will host an Alumnae Meet on Saturday, December 7th and return to competition in 2025 traveling to Grinnell, Iowa January 17th and 18th.