ST. PAUL, Minn. – The St. Catherine University swimming and diving team hosted St. Olaf College and the College of Saint Benedict on Saturday afternoon in a double dual meet. The Wildcats recorded several strong individual performances, highlighted by top-five finishes from Jordyn Grotbo, Allie Reitmeier, Lucciana Brown and diver Alice Wood.
St. Catherine fell to St. Olaf 247-50 and Saint Benedict 236-60 in the dual meet standings.
Senior Jordyn Grotbo led the Wildcats in the freestyle events, placing fourth in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:04.29. Grotbo added a sixth-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 56.96 seconds.
First-year Allie Reitmeier delivered another top-four finish for St. Catherine, clocking a time of 2:44.58 in the 200-yard breaststroke. Reitmeier also finished eighth in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:16.81) and ninth in the 200-yard individual medley (2:31.58).
First-year Lucciana Brown paced the Wildcats in the butterfly events, finishing fifth in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:29.17. Brown also competed in the 100-yard butterfly, placing 11th in 1:08.91.
Sophomore Karina Chattopadhyay added a pair of sixth-place finishes, recording a time of 2:36.98 in the 200-yard butterfly before touching the wall in 5:59.70 in the 500-yard freestyle.
On the diving boards, Alice Wood represented the Wildcats with a fifth-place finish on the 3-meter board, earning 295.45 points. Wood also placed seventh on the 1-meter board with a score of 315.55.
In the distance freestyle events, senior Shea Bradley led St. Catherine in the 1,000-yard freestyle, finishing sixth in 12:32.44. Senior Clare Cook followed in seventh (12:55.36), while first-year Kaia Karpe placed eighth (12:56.76).
Senior Richanta Pollard paced the Wildcats in the backstroke events, finishing 11th in the 200-yard backstroke (2:33.67) and 13th in the 100-yard backstroke (1:12.68).
Sophomore Isabel Harden added a 13th-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke (2:43.45) and 13th in the 200-yard individual medley (2:44.20). Junior Elizabeth Gilman finished 10th in the 200-yard breaststroke (3:02.81) and 14th in the 200-yard individual medley (2:46.18).
In the sprint freestyle events, junior Carys Walsh tied for 10th in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 28.19. Walsh also competed in the 200-yard freestyle (2:26.63) and 500-yard freestyle (6:23.45).
The Wildcats' 200-yard medley relay team of Bradley, Reitmeier, Brown and Grotbo finished sixth with a time of 2:01.67.
St. Catherine closed out the swimming events with a fifth-place finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay. The quartet of Grotbo, Brown, Bradley and Chattopadhyay combined for a time of 4:04.73.
200-Yard Medley Relay
1,000-Yard Freestyle
200-Yard Freestyle
100-Yard Backstroke
100-Yard Breaststroke
200-Yard Butterfly
50-Yard Freestyle
100-Yard Freestyle
200-Yard Backstroke
200-Yard Breaststroke
500-Yard Freestyle
100-Yard Butterfly
200-Yard Individual Medley
400-Yard Freestyle Relay
1-Meter Diving
- 7th – Alice Wood – 315.55 points
3-Meter Diving
- 5th – Alice Wood – 295.45 points