Saint John's returns to familiar territory with a home dual against Carleton at noon Saturday, Jan. 12, in the Warner Palaestra Pool.
A LOOK AT THE JOHNNIES: Saint John's returns to action this weekend following its week-long training trip in Arizona. The Johnnies' last competition was a 172.5-68.5 dual loss at St. Thomas Dec. 15. SJU recorded six top-two finishes. Sophomore Logan Arnold (Moorhead, Minn.) tied for first in the 100-yard freestyle (47.84), while freshman Evan Maxwell (Marine on St. Croix, Minn./Stillwater Area) won the 1,000-yard freestyle by 15 seconds (10:38.34) and claimed second in the 500-yard freestyle (5:05.37). Freshman Braden McCormack (Rosemount, Minn.) took second in the 100-yard backstroke (54.82) and classmate Connor Reilly (Maple Grove, Minn./Wayzata) did the same in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:04.14). The Johnnies' 200-yard freestyle relay team (Arnold, Joe Duxbury, Paul Knaak, Connor Triggs) won the event with a time of 1:26.86. The 200-yard medley relay (Arnold, Duxbury, McCormack, Reilly) finished second (1:39.14). Freshman Preston Marsh (Petersburg, Alaska), who touts the conference's best time in the 50-yard freestyle (21.34), is second in both the 100-yard breaststroke (58.45) and 100-yard freestyle (47.03) and third in the 200-yard individual medley (1:58.96), did not compete.
SJU vs. MIAC: Marsh currently boasts a top-eight time, conference-wide, in five events. He is second in the 50-yard freestyle (21.34) and the 100-yard breaststroke (58.45), third in the 100-yard freestyle (47.03), fourth in the 200-yard individual medley (1:58.96) and eighth in the 200-yard freestyle (1:47.02). Marsh is also ninth in the 100-yard butterfly (54.01). McCormack is third in the 100-yard backstroke (53.27), while freshman Nolan Bauer (Helena, Mont.) and Maxwell are seventh (17:52.44) and eighth (18:04.98), respectively, in the 1,650-yard freestyle. Arnold is sixth in the 50-yard freestyle (21.69) and ninth in both the 100-yard backstroke (55.12) and 100-yard freestyle (48.39). Freshman Ben Studer (Delano, Minn.) is sixth in the 3-meter (173.3) and seventh in the 1-meter (209.3) dives.
The Johnnies' relay teams are currently second in the 200-yard freestyle (1:26.03) and 200-yard medley (1:35.99), and third in the 400-yard freestyle (3:16.85), 400-yard medley (3:34.42) and 800-yard freestyle (7:25.81).
