Results

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Saint John's swimming and diving finished third out of four teams at St. Thomas' MIAC Invitational on Saturday, Jan. 12, in St. Paul.

The host Tommies won the meet with 870 points, followed by St. Olaf (463), SJU (437) and Macalester (345). SJU recorded 17 top-eight finishes on the afternoon.

Sophomore Eli Greenblat (Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata) won the 200-yard breaststroke (2:20.05) and classmate Joe Schwamm (Littleton, Colo./Mullen) followed in third (2:27.25). Greenblat also touched the wall fourth in the 100-yard version (1:02.36) and Schwamm took eighth (1:06.43).

Senior Jacob Upton (Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson) placed third in the 200-yard freestyle (1:50.89) and sixth in the 200-yard individual medley (2:06.31).

Sophomore Mitchell Dockendorf (St. Stephen, Minn./Sartell-St. Stephen) finished third in the 100-yard backstroke (54.77) and freshman Spencer Atkinson (Litchfield, Minn.) trailed in seventh (56.81). The duo placed fifth (2:04.70) and sixth (2:06.12), respectively, in the 200-yard backstroke.

Freshman Steven Froehle (DuPont, Wash./Steilacoom) took fifth in the 50-yard freestyle (23.06), while sophomore Mick Olson (Fullerton, Calif./Troy) claimed sixth in the 500-yard freestyle (5:08.36) and eighth in the 200-yard freestyle (1:55.90).

Juniors Ryan Pauley (Columbus, Neb.) and Jayson Valek (Sauk Rapids, Minn./Sauk Rapids-Rice) placed eighth in the 100-yard butterfly (56.10) and 50-yard freestyle (23.80), respectively. 

SJU's 400-yard freestyle relay (Dockendorf, Froehle, Atkinson, Pauley) finished third (3:20.79) and the 400-yard medley relay (Atkinson, Greenblat, Dockendorf, Upton) took fifth (3:44.32).

The Johnnies host Carleton for its home opener, a noon dual meet, on Saturday, Jan. 19, in the Warner Palaestra Pool.