Saint John's swimming and diving returns to the competitive pool for a neutral-site dual against Wisconsin-Eau Claire at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20, at St. Catherine in St. Paul. – Live Video

A LOOK AT THE JOHNNIES: Saint John's won 11 of the 15 events en route to a 195-105 dual win at St. Olaf two weeks ago (Nov. 6) in Northfield. The Johnnies recorded 28 top-three finishes.

SJU claimed the top three times in the 50-yard freestyle, led by freshman Liam Noble (Plymouth, Minn./Benilde-St. Margaret's) in 22.03. Noble also won the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 49.65.

Freshman Carter Larson (Sartell, Minn./Sartell-St. Stephen), the reigning MIAC Men's Swimming and Diving Athlete of the Week, touched the wall first in the 200-yard freestyle (1:47.96). 

Junior Joe Koller (Savage, Minn./Shakopee) won the 100-yard backstroke (54.64) and took second (2:06.74), behind junior Ethan Huber (Mitchell, S.D.), in the 200-yard individual medley (2:04.69).

Three other Johnnies earned individual swimming wins Saturday night:
-Junior Dylan Fleischhacker (Greenwald, Minn./Melrose Area) in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:02.38);
-Sophomore Alex Heer (St. Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall) in the 200-yard backstroke (2:03.93);
-Sophomore Brogan O'Donnel (Rosemount, Minn.) in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:22.56).

Juniors Jack Grabinski (Sauk Rapids, Minn./Rice) and Christian Pfau (Williston, N.D.) claimed first (446.90) and third (329.50), respectively, in the 1-meter dive.

SJU's 200-yard freestyle relay (1:27.97; Steven Froehle, Larson, Noble, Spencer Atkinson) and 200-yard medley relay (1:39.81; Koller, Fleischhacker, Jack Mehus, Huber) placed first.

A LOOK AT THE BLUGOLDS: Wisconsin-Eau Claire has cruised to four dual wins so far this season, including a 232-63 victory at Wisconsin-La Crosse in its last competition back on Nov. 6. UWEC's first three duals were at home: Oct. 16 vs. Wisconsin-Oshkosh (174-37), Oct. 23 vs. Wisconsin-Stevens Point (171-129) and Oct. 30 vs. St. Norbert, Wis. (170-61). The Blugolds compete Friday night (Nov. 19) at Division II St. Cloud State.

IN THE MIAC: The Johnnies currently tout 20 top-three marks/times in the MIAC this season.

50-Yard Freestyle
3. Liam Noble, 21.83
6. Colby Kern, 22.18
7. Steven Froehle, 22.42
9. Beau Brinkman, 22.61

100-Yard Freestyle
3. Liam Noble, 48.40
5. Carter Larson, 48.82
7. Colby Kern, 49.37

200-Yard Freestyle
3. Carter Larson, 1:47.63
9. Colby Kern, 1:49.49

500-Yard Freestyle
4. Carter Larson, 4:56.25
10. Connor Thayer, 5:08.47

1,000-Yard Freestyle
5. Carter Larson, 10:24.94
9. Connor Thayer, 10:46.86

50-Yard Backstroke
4. Joe Koller, 25.31
8. Alex Heer, 26.26
9. Colby Kern, 26.34

100-Yard Backstroke
4. Joe Koller, 54.00
7. Liam Noble, 56.04
8. Alex Heer, 56.10
9. Spencer Atkinson, 56.41
10. Ethan Huber, 56.92

200-Yard Backstroke
5. Joe Koller, 2:00.83
6. Alex Heer, 2:03.93
8. Spencer Atkinson, 2:05.18
9. Ethan Huber, 2:07.09

50-Yard Breaststroke
6. Dylan Fleischhacker, 29.31
8. Jack Mehus, 29.28
10. Andrew East, 29.72

100-Yard Breaststroke
7. Dylan Fleischhacker, 1:02.38
8. Jack Mehus, 1:02.98
9. Andrew East, 1:03.02

200-Yard Breaststroke
6. Ethan Huber, 2:21.04
9. Brogan O'Donnel, 2:22.56

50-Yard Butterfly
6. Andrew East, 25.29
8. Jack Mehus, 25.45
10. Colby Kern, 25.51

100-Yard Butterfly
6. Colby Kern, 54.29

200-Yard Butterfly
3. Alex Heer, 2:04.31
5. Langston Phillion, 2:04.42

100-Yard Individual Medley
2. Jack Mehus, 56.95
4. Carter Larson, 58.09
5. Ethan Huber, 58.39
6. Joe Koller, 58.48
7. Andrew East, 58.71
8. Colby Kern, 58.77
9. Liam Noble, 58.83
10. Spencer Atkinson, 59.19

200-Yard Individual Medley
5. Ethan Huber, 2:04:69

1-Meter Dive (6 Dives)
1. Jack Grabinski, 269.80
5. Christian Pfau, 191.85
6. Henry Braun, 160.35
10. Sean Fisher, 72.55

3-Meter Dive (6 Dives)
1. Jack Grabinski, 271.55
3. Christian Pfau, 205.40
5. Henry Braun, 150.50