St. Ambrose reached the midpoint of its season by competing in the three-day Rochester Invite hosted by St. Cloud State in Rochester, Minn.

The event featured preliminary races each morning and A, B, C and D finals each evening. The Bees had multiple performers reach the Championship finals.

Cory Werrett and Marat Usov each won individuals titles.

Werrett won both the 100 free (43.59 seconds) and 100 breast (54.56). He was also third in the 50 free in 20.00 seconds.

Usov was the champion in the 400 IM, winning in 4:00.15. He was also runner-up in a pair of events - the 200 fly (1:53.91) and the 500 free (4:36.42).

Jayden Coetzer had a big week, taking second in the 100 fly (48.21) and the 100 back (49.37), third in the 200 back (1:51.27) and fifth in the 100 IM (52.61).

Riley Stevenson also placed inside the top eight in four different individual events, taking fourth in both the 100 back (49.97) and 100 IM (52.54) and finishing seventh in both the 50 free (20.84) and the 100 free (46.36).

Luke Thomas and Juan De Armas were both in the top eight in three events. Thomas was third in the 200 breast (2:05.52), fifth in the 100 fly (50.52) and eighth in the 100 breast (56.74). De Armas took fifth in the 200 free (1:43.69), sixth in the 1650 free (16:38.05) and eighth in the 500 free (4:50.31).

Gavin Hopewell also had multiple top-eight performances. He was sixth in the 200 back (1:54.45) and seventh in the 100 IM (54.10).

Luke Sproule (fifth in the 400 IM in 4:15.24), Carter Gaber (seventh in the 100 back in 51.77) and Lane Otte (eighth in the 3-meter diving with a score of 311.85) also competed in the Championship finals.

The SAU men also had at least one team finish in the top eight in each of the five relays. De Armas, Usov, Werrett and Coetzer were second in the 800 free relay in 6:50.42. Coetzer, Werrett, Thomas and Usov were second in the 400 medley relay in 3:19.80. Werrett, Gaber, Hopewell and Stevenson were third in the 200 free relay in 1:22.26. Gaber, Usov, Werrett and Stevenson were third in the 400 free relay in 3:02.39. Coetzer, Werrett, Gaber and Stevenson were third in the 200 medley relay in 1:30.29. Hopewell, Coetzer, De Armas and Thomas were seventh in the 400 free relay in 3:08.15. Panagiotis Pappous, Thomas, Gonzalo Saenz and Carter Prull were eighth in the 200 free in 1:25.90. And Hopewell, Joe Wileman, Stevenson and Gaber were eighth in the 400 medley relay in 3:28.55.

The women had a pair of eighth-place individual finishers.

Bryn Kiley was eighth in the 500 free in 5:23.50 and Irene Artabe took eighth in the 100 IM with a time of 1:01.44.

The St. Ambrose men finished third overall with 1408.5 points, just 9.5 points out of second place. The Bee women were ninth with 403 total points. St. Cloud State won both the men's and women's team titles.

SAU will next compete at the Luther Norse Sprint Invite Jan. 10 in Decorah, Iowa.

SAU women (places and times from finals)

Thursday's results

200 medley relay
19-Irene Artabe, Kate Henson, Grace Bobeldyk, Anna Gute (1:51.70); 34-Sophia Ewanic, Kennedy Capman, Alexis Hill, Paulina Can Barea (1:57.99); 41-Tessa Stephens, Emy Cerbin, Celia Cervantes, Sylvia Zipperer (2:07.75)

500 free
8-Bryn Kiley (5:23.50); 14-Grace Bobeldyk (5:20.89); 23-Annaliese Bowser (5:32.39); 27-Claire LeMaster (5:31.98)

200 IM
31-Kate Henson (2:24.96)

50 free
13-Anna Gute (24.63); 30-Sophia Ewanic (26.02)

100 fly
9-Irene Artabe (58.25); 22-Grace Bobeldyk (1:01.32); 32-Alexis Hill (1:05.03)

800 free relay
11-Bryn Kiley, Irene Artabe, Anna Gute, Grace Bobeldyk (8:08.23); 22-Claire LeMaster, Annaliese Bowser, Sophia Ewanic, Paulina Can Barea (8:30.19)

Friday's results

200 free relay
15-Irene Artabe, Sophia Ewanic, Anna Gute, Bryn Kiley (1:40.19); 25-Alexis Hill, Grace Bobeldyk, Claire LeMaster, Paulina Can Barea (1:44.53); 40-Emy Cerbin, Sylvia Zipperer, Tessa Stephens, Celia Cervantes (1:53.37)

400 IM
24-Kennedy Capman (5:08.29)

200 free
17-Grace Bobeldyk (1:59.59); 20-Bryn Kiley (2:01.28); 23-Anna Gute (2:01.95); 32-Claire LeMaster (2:05.41)

100 breast
20-Kate Henson (1:09.97); 24-Emy Cerbin (1:10.47); 25-Kennedy Capman (1:11.06)

100 back
14-Irene Artabe (1:00.69); 29-Anna Gute (1:02.78)

400 medley relay
21-Irene Artabe, Kate Henson, Grace Bobeldyk, Anna Gute (4:07.90); 33-Sophia Ewanic, Kennedy Capman, Alexis Hill, Paulina Can Barea (4:17.69)

Saturday's results

200 back
22-Sophia Ewanic (2:15.01)

100 free
13-Anna Gute (53.92); 32-Irene Artabe (58.22)

200 breast
21-Kennedy Capman (2:35.32)

100 IM
8-Irene Artabe (1:01.44); 23-Emy Cerbin (1:05.60); 27-Paulina Can Barea (1:10.20); 28-Sylvia Zipperer (1:13.15)

200 fly
28-Alexis Hill (2:34.00)

1650 free
10-Grace Bobeldyk (18:24.03); 24-Claire LeMaster (19:02.49); 25-Annaliese Bowser (19:05.26)

400 free relay
11-Bryn Kiley, Irene Artabe, Anna Gute, Grace Bobeldyk (3:39.23); 30-Emy Cerbin, Claire LeMaster, Paulina Can Barea, Sophia Ewanic (3:50.73); 38-Annaliese Bowser, Kate Henson, Kennedy Capman, Alexis Hill (4:01.93); 41-Sylvia Zipperer, Celia Cervantes, Kylie Brewster, Tessa Stephens (4:24.50)

SAU men (places and times from finals)

Thursday's results

200 medley relay
3-Jayden Coetzer, Cory Werrett, Carter Gaber, Riley Stevenson (1:30.29); 11-Gavin Hopewell, Joe Wileman, Luke Thomas, Carter Prull (1:35.68); 21-Gonzalo Saenz, Walter de Jongh, Sebastian Pereira, Henry Van Dyke (1:39.97); 25-Landon Boerke, Delbert Ipilinga Panya, Nathan Calhoun, Benny Zarhin (1:40.77); 27-Nathan Anderson, Joseph Blasen, Tate Kuennen, Nathan Nelson (1:43.22)

500 free
2-Marat Usov (4:36.42); 8-Juan De Armas (4:50.31); 18-Finn Miller (4:54.84)

200 IM
12-Joe Wileman (2:00.65); 17-Luke Sproule (2:00.16); 18-Thomas Noller (2:01.15); 19-Landon Boerke (2:02.35)

50 free
3-Cory Werrett (20.00); 7-Riley Stevenson (20.84); 11-Carter Gaber (21.28); 13-Gavin Hopewell (21.35)

100 fly
2-Jayden Coetzer (48.21); 5-Luke Thomas (50.52); 10-Gonzalo Saenz (51.67); 16-Carter Gaber (54.36)

800 free relay
2-Juan De Armas, Marat Usov, Cory Werrett, Jayden Coetzer (6:50.42); 10-Luke Sproule, Panagiotis Pappous, Sebastian Pereira, Finn Miller (7:12.79); 15-Adrian Ferre Aguero, Thomas Noller, Carter Prull, Vincent Meo (7:22.63)

Friday's results

200 free relay
3-Cory Werrett, Carter Gaber, Gavin Hopewell, Riley Stevenson (1:22.26); 8-Panagiotis Pappous, Luke Thomas, Gonzalo Saenz, Carter Prull (1:25.90); 15-Jayden Coetzer, Nathan Nelson, Thomas Noller, Benny Zarhin (1:27.34); 23-Finn Miller, Henry Van Dyke, Joe Wileman, Nathan Anderson (1:30.21); 25-Adrian Ferre Aguero, Vincent Meo, Delbert Ipilinga Panya, Tate Kuennen (1:31.97)

400 IM
1-Marat Usov (4:00.15); 5-Luke Sproule (4:15.24); 18-Gyorgy Domonkos (4:24.52)

200 free
5-Juan De Armas (1:43.69); 21-Vincent Meo (1:48.82)

100 breast
1-Cory Werrett (54.56); 8-Luke Thomas (56.74); 17-Thomas Noller (1:01.01); 24-Joe Wileman (1:01.97)

100 back
2-Jayden Coetzer (49.37); 4-Riley Stevenson (49.97); 7-Carter Gaber (51.77); 10-Gavin Hopewell (52.13)

3m diving
8-Lane Otte (311.85)

400 medley relay
2-Jayden Coetzer, Cory Werrett, Luke Thomas, Marat Usov (3:19.80); 8-Gavin Hopewell, Joe Wileman, Riley Stevenson, Carter Gaber (3:28.55); 17-Gonzalo Saenz, Thomas Noller, Juan De Armas, Panagiotis Pappous (3:34.02); 25-Landon Boerke, Adrian Ferre Aguero, Sebastian Pereira, Carter Prull (3:41.29); 26-Nathan Anderson, Nathan Nelson, Tate Kuennen, Henry Van Dyke (3:42.29)

Saturday's results

200 back
3-Jayden Coetzer (1:51.27); 6-Gavin Hopewell (1:54.45); 17-Luke Sproule (2:00.63); 18-Nathan Anderson (2:02.81)

100 free
1-Cory Werrett (43.59); 7-Riley Stevenson (46.36); 10-Carter Gaber (47.30); 17-Panagiotis Pappous (47.35)

200 breast
3-Luke Thomas (2:05.52); 12-Joseph Blasen (2:14.06); 14-Joe Wileman (2:14.72); 15-Thomas Noller (2:15.38)

100 IM
4-Riley Stevenson (52.54); 5-Jayden Coetzer (52.61); 7-Gavin Hopewell (54.10); 11-Landon Boerke (55.74)

200 fly
2-Marat Usov (1:53.91); 10-Luke Sproule (1:59.27); 21-Nathan Calhoun (2:09.62)

1650 free
6-Juan De Armas (16:38.05); 16-Finn Miller (17:36.59); 18-Vincent Meo (17:42.94)

400 free relay
3-Carter Gaber, Marat Usov, Cory Werrett, Riley Stevenson (3:02.39); 7-Gavin Hopewell, Jayden Coetzer, Juan De Armas, Luke Thomas (3:08.15); 10-Gonzalo Saenz, Carter Prull, Adrian Ferre Aguero, Panagiotis Pappous (3:11.14); 19-Benny Zarhin, Nathan Nelson, Henry Van Dyke, Landon Boerke (3:16.19); 24-Thomas Noller, Nathan Anderson, Walter de Jongh, Vincent Meo (3:18.97)