The Johnnie swimming and diving team travels to Northfield for a dual against St. Olaf at 5 p.m. this Saturday, Nov. 6.  

A LOOK AT THE JOHNNIES: Saint John's finished a two-day dual against Macalester with diving events on Saturday (Oct. 30) in St. Paul and posted a 187-91 victory. Swimming events were held the night before in Collegeville.

SJU compiled 20 top-two finishes and won 12 of the 14 events. Three Johnnies, all freshmen, won multiple events:

-Colby Kern (Delano, Minn.) in the 50-yard freestyle (22.18) and 100-yard butterfly (54.29);
-Connor Thayer (Prior Lake, Minn.) in the 500- (5:09.25) and 1,000-yard (10:47.37) freestyles; 
-Carter Larson (Sartell, Minn./Sartell-St. Stephen) in the 100- (48.82) and 200-yard (1:47.63) freestyles. 

Senior Spencer Atkinson (Cold Spring, Minn./Litchfield) touched the wall first in the 200-yard backstroke (2:08.74) and junior Jack Mehus (Fargo, N.D./South) won the 100-yard breaststroke (1:02.98). Sophomore Alex Heer (St. Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall) placed first in the 100-yard backstroke (56.10), while freshman Langston Philion (Maple Grove, Minn.) won the 200-yard butterfly (2:04.42) and claimed second in the 500-yard freestyle (5:15.04).
  
Three Johnnie divers competed uncontested. Junior Jack Grabinski (Sauk Rapids, Minn./Sauk Rapids-Rice) won the 1-meter dive (255.40) and junior Christian Pfau (Williston, N.D.) took first on the 3-meter board (205.40).  

SJU's 400-yard medley relay (Ethan Huber, Andrew East, Atkinson, Travis Teeter) finished second (3:47.90) by 0:00.05.

ANOTHER FRESHMAN EARNS MIAC HONOR: Larson was named the MIAC Men's Swimming and Diving Athlete of the Week on Tuesday (Nov. 2), two weeks after Kern received the distinction.

Larson recorded season-best times to win two events, the 100- (48.82) and 200-yard (1:47.63) freestyles, in SJU's 187-91 dual win over Macalester last weekend. Both times are currently third-best in the MIAC this season. He was also the first leg of the Johnnies' 400-yard freestyle relay team that recorded a time of 3:29.37 in an exhibition (would have finished second overall).

IN THE MIAC
50-Yard Freestyle
1. Liam Noble, 21.83
5. Colby Kern, 22.18
10. Ethan Huber, 22.88

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

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

500-Yard Freestyle
3. Carter Larson, 4:56.25
7. Connor Thayer, 5:08.47
10. Colby Kern, 5:14.76

1,000-Yard Freestyle
1. Carter Larson, 10:24.94
5. Connor Thayer, 10:47.37
8. Joe Koller, 11:09.77

50-Yard Backstroke
2. Joe Koller, 25.31
5. Alex Heer, 26.26
6. Colby Kern, 26.37
9. Spencer Atkinson, 26.80
10. T.J. Klinkner, 27.21

100-Yard Backstroke
2. Joe Koller, 54.00
6. Liam Noble, 56.04
7. Alex Heer, 56.10
8. Spencer Atkinson, 56.41
9. Ethan Huber, 56.92
10. T.J. Klinkner, 57.34

200-Yard Backstroke
3. Joe Koller, 2:00.83
5. Ethan Huber, 2:07.09
6. Spencer Atkinson, 2:08.74
9. T.J. Klinkner, 2:10.00

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

100-Yard Breaststroke
5. Jack Mehus, 1:02.98
6. Andrew East, 1:03.02
9. Dylan Fleischhacker, 1:04.07

200-Yard Breaststroke
3. Ethan Huber, 2:21.04
7. Joe Koller, 2:25.10

50-Yard Butterfly
4. Andrew East, 25.29
7. Jack Mehus, 25.45
8. Colby Kern, 25.51
9. Alex Heer, 25.52
10. Joe Koller, 25.75

100-Yard Butterfly
5. Colby Kern, 54.29
8. Alex Heer, 55.04
10. Langston Phillion, 55.34

200-Yard Butterfly
2. Alex Heer, 2:04.31
3. Langston Phillion, 2:04.42
9. Andrew East, 2:16.29
10. Spencer Atkinson, 2:17.42

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
10. Jack Mehus, 2:08.23

1-Meter Dive (6 Dives)
1. Jack Grabinski, 259.65
2. Christian Pfau, 189.10
4. Henry Braun, 160.35
7. Sean Fisher, 72.55

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