Saint Mary's ended up with a fourth place finish in this weekend's TYR Invitational hosted by Carthage College in Kenosah, WI.
The meet was won by a favorite in Division II - No. 3 St. Cloud State University. The Belles also finished behind Carthage and Hillsdale.
The Belles did have several strong individual performances on the weekend.
Freshman Audrey Dairymple pulled off a solid finish in the 200-yard breaststroke finals with her season best time of 2:28.76 seconds. The time was just .23 seconds away from the Saint Mary's all-time record. Dairymple was also within one second of breaking another school record in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:09.45 seconds.
Freshman Eva Cavadini pitched in with a pair of top 10 results, finishing in fifth place in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:21.02 and a ninth place finish in the 100 butterfly in 1:07.42 seconds.
Sophomore Maggie Williams finished sixth in the 200 backstroke with a 2:16.95 time, as well as a seventh-place finish in the 100 backstroke in 1:04.65 seconds.
In the long distance races, senior Melissa Gerbeth had two eighth place finishes - in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:26.30 seconds and in the 1650 freestyle with a time of 19:08.31 seconds.
The Belles will next head on their winter training trip from Jan. 2 to 9.
