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Recent Results:
Macalester 106, SMU men 95 / Details
Macalester 124, SMU women 101 / Details
SMU men 4th, women 5th at Macalester
Invitational / Details
Upcoming Events:
Sat., Dec. 2: SMU at SMU Invitational, 10 a.m.
1st invitational gives coach plenty to smile about
as SMU men place 4th, women 5th at Macalester

Daneille
Braun
1st in 100
breaststroke
at Maclaester
Invite

Jon Fox
2 firsts at
Macalester Invite
WINONA, Minn. — After spending the first month of the season watching his teams go head-to-head against the opposition in dual-meet competitions, Saint Mary's University swimming and diving coach Eric Lindquist finally got a chance to see what his Cardinals could do in an invitational setting.

And he liked what he saw.

The Cardinals picked up three first-place finishes at the Macalester Invitational last Saturday, as the SMU women placed fifth in the eight-team field, while the men finished fourth among five teams.

"This was a great weekend for us — we were so close to coming away with a couple of (dual-meet) wins (on Friday), and then turned around and put together another awesome effort (Saturday)," said Lindquist, whose team narrowly missed knocking off the Scots in a pair of dual meets on Friday. "Macalester has been a team we have been trying to catch for years, and we came so close this weekend — we just couldn't quite catch them."

Jon Fox (Winona, Minn.) led the way for SMU, dominating the breaststroke events, as the Cardinal freshman won both the 100- (1;11.15) and the 200-meter (2:44.56) events during Saturday's invitational. Danielle Braun (Cold Spring, Minn.) chipped in the Cardinals' other first-place effort, clocking a time of 1:21.73 to win the 100 breaststroke.

Curtis Kempton (Owatonna, Minn.) added a pair of seconds in the diving competition, totaling 186.85 points in the three-meter and 185.60 points in the one-meter. Brian Joyce (Chicago, Ill.) chipped in a second in the 200 breaststroke (2:50.97) and a third in the 400 freestyle (4:52.67), while David Ballard (Ramsey, Minn.) finished fourth in both the 400 freestyle (4:57.75) and the 100 butterfly (1:13.61), and Braun stopped the clock in 2:59.12 in the 200 breaststroke to place fourth.

"This is already the third time this season that we have competed on back-to-back days, and everyone is really responding," said Lindquist, whose team is now off until Dec. 2, when the Cardinals host the SMU Invitational. "I thought everyone swam well, but the performances in the breaststroke by Danielle, and by Jon and Brian, were really outstanding.

"I'm extremely pleased with our progress — we seem to keep getting better every time we hit the water, which is great to see."