Results
ST. PETER, Minn. - Gustavus Adolphus handed Saint John's swimming and diving a 201-86 loss on Saturday, Jan. 29, in St. Peter.
SJU did not compete in the two dives, but won three events and totaled 24 top-five times.
Junior
Joe Koller (Savage, Minn./Shakopee) won the 200-yard backstroke (1:58.42), while freshman
Liam Noble (Plymouth, Minn./Benilde-St. Margaret's) touched the wall first in the 100-yard freestyle (47.93) and second in the 100-yard backstroke (56.38).
The Johnnies' 200-yard freestyle relay (Kern, Noble, Larson,
Beau Brinkman) recorded the team's other win in 1:25.63.
Sophomore
Alex Heer (St. Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall) claimed second in the 200-yard butterfly (2:03.51) and a pair of freshmen,
Carter Larson (Sartell, Minn./Sartell-St. Stephen) and
Colby Kern (Delano, Minn.), joined him with runner-up performances. Larson placed second in the 200- (1:45.68) and 500-yard (4:56.68) freestyles, and Kern was second in the 50-yard freestyle (21.74).
The Johnnies compete at Division I Minnesota's First Chance Meet on Friday-Saturday, Feb. 4-5, at the Jean Freeman Aquatic Center in Minneapolis. The divers, meanwhile, travel to St. Peter for Gustavus' diving invitational at 2 p.m. Saturday in St. Peter.