GRINNELL, Iowa -- The Augustana Vikings men's and women's swimming & diving teams completed the two-day Grinnell Invitational on Saturday. The men came away with a second-place finish out of nine teams, while the women claimed sixth out of 11.

"This weekend was a tremendous competition for our team," said head coach Dan Lloyd. "We trained extremely hard going into this weekend and were very broken down. To swim as fast as we did is a huge step forward in our plan as we prepare and stay focused on the CCIW Championships in February. I could not be more proud of the heart and mental toughness we showed this weekend in our races. We fought through a lot this weekend and our extremely difficult training over the last several weeks showed in many ways as we truly stepped up when it mattered the most in races."

Tyler Leslie stole the show all weekend, beginning with a pair of meet records on Friday. He first set a record in the 100 freestyle prelims with a time of 45.99, breaking the previous record of 46.43. Later in the day, Leslie broke the record he set in the morning in the same race, winning the finals with a mark of 45.71. That time currently ranks No. 1 in the CCIW. On Saturday, he broke a third meet record, this time swimming a time of 1:40.72 in the 200 freestyle. The time beat the previous record of 1:41.94 he set a year ago. To cap off the weekend, Leslie set a school record in the same race later in the finals with a time of 1:40.40. This time also ranks No. 1 in the CCIW.

Elsewhere for the men, Kacper Cebula placed fourth in the 200 IM finals with a time of 1:55.65, while Cesar Castillo won the B final in 1:58.82. Mark Addison came in second in the 500-yard freestyle, clocking a time of 4:38.16. He also earned second in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:06.87. Michael Garland and Matthew Meyer also placed stop eight in the race. Gavin McCorry and Castillo placed fifth and sixth in the 100-yard backstroke with times of 52.44 and 53.64, while Augie saw three in the top seven of the 200-yard fly. McCorry snagged fourth in the 200-yard back race as well with a mark of 1:55.74. Carter Lavold's time of 1:55.34 placed him third. Lavold also took fifth in the 400 IM. In the 100 fly, Augustana enjoyed two top-six finishes in the 100 fly with Cebula in fifth and Lucas Rettig in sixth, while Hunter Craft won the B final with a time of 51.87. 

The 400-yard medley relay team of McCorry, Meyer, Cebula, and Oskar Bannister placed third with a time of 3:29.51. The 200 medley team comprised of the same swimmers earned second at 1:34.13. The Vikings had three teams in the top eight in 200 medley relay race. In the 400 free relay, Leslie, McCorry, Bannister, and Bjorn Sievert clocked 3:06.36 to calim second. 

As a team, the men garnered 994.5 points, nearly 200 ahead of third-place St. Ambrose.

Mara Walker was the winner of the 200-yard IM after placing second in prelims, swimming a time of 2:12.92 to come in first. She also finished third in the 200 free with a final time of 1:58.08 and fifth in the 200-yard back in 2:21.26. In the 100 backstroke, the Vikings grabbed two of the top seven spots, led by Hailey Glasnovich's fourth-place time of 1:01.23. In the 200-yard breaststroke, Brooke Walker earned a sixth-place standing with a mark of 2:33.88, while Kendle Mihm secured top five in the 100 free after clocking 54.59. B. Walker also finished third in the 1650, ending in 18:57.89. Bella Casanovas was top eight in the 200-yard butterfly race with a time of 2:21.46, and 

The 400-yard medley relay team of Glasnovich, Ava Kauffeld, M. Walker, and Mihm grabbed third with a mark of 1:51.73.

As a team, the women grabbed 455 points to finish in sixth.

The Vikings will be back in action January 25 for the North Central Invite.