ST. PETER, Minn. — The Hamline University men's and women's swimming and diving teams competed at the 2026 Grace Goblirsch Invite on Saturday at Gustavus Adolphus College, taking on host Gustavus, Morningside and Macalester. The Piper men placed third in the team standings, and the women finished fourth.

WOMEN

Ava Sventickas led the Pipers with a third-place time of 2:04.52 in the 200-yard freestyle and a fourth-place time of 2:20.19 in the 200-yard IM. Ellsa Sorenson-Wagner placed seventh in the 100-yard backstroke (1:06.22), and Ryann Hopp took seventh in the 50-yard freestyle (25.80).

In relay action, the 200-yard freestyle relay team of Sventickas, Megan Gunderson, Sorenson-Wagner and Hopp placed sixth (1:47.26). The 400-yard freestyle relay team of Hopp, Sventickas, Gunderson and Sorenson-Wagner took fifth (3:57.88). The 200-yard medley relay team of Sorenson-Wagner, Sventickas, Hopp and Cori Dawson tied for ninth in 2:00.78, just six hundredths of a second behind eighth place.

Genevieve Maass placed seventh in the 1650-yard freestyle (21:29.62).

In diving, Abby LaLiberty placed fourth on the 1-meter board with a score of 162.54 and third on the 3-meter board with a 128.90. Tri Fritcher was fourth on the 3-meter (118.75) and sixth on the 1-meter (136.80).

MEN

Brady Chavarria took third in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:27.80) and seventh in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:03.79). He also placed sixth in the 200-yard IM (2:11.72).

Gus Shaffer placed sixth in both backstroke events, swimming a 59.28 in the 100-yard and a 2:10.03 in the 200-yard. Mark Milburn finished eighth in the 500-yard freestyle (5:23.30), less than a tenth of a second behind seventh place. Jackson Ling was 10th in the 200-yard freestyle (1:55.84).

The Pipers also competed in all three men's relays. The 400-yard freestyle relay team of Ling, Chavarria, Milburn and Shaffer placed seventh (3:35.32). The 200-yard medley relay team of Milburn, Chavarria, Shaffer and Ling and the 200-yard freestyle relay team of Shaffer, Tristan Popa, Ling and Milburn both placed ninth.

TEAM SCORES

WOMEN

1. Gustavus (2,063)
2. Macalester (302)
3. Morningside (299)
4. Hamline (237)

MEN

1. Gustavus (1,713.5)
2. Morningside (693.5)
3. Hamline (172)
4. Macalester (114)

The Pipers will next compete at home in Bush Center Pool against the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University on Friday, Nov. 6 at 5 PM.