Results

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Saint John's swimming and diving earned a 201.5-94.5 win over St. Olaf last night (Friday, Nov. 4) in the Warner Palaestra Pool.

SJU won 13 of the 16 events and collected 32 top-three marks/times.

Sophomore Liam Noble (Plymouth, Minn./Benilde-St. Margaret's) placed first in the 100-yard backstroke (54.75) and 100-yard butterfly (54.28), while a pair of freshmen also won two events on the evening. Clay Megaw (Monticello, Minn.) touched the wall first in the 100- (1:02.89) and 200-yard (2:22.99) breaststrokes, while Carsten Reuter (St. Cloud, Minn./Tech) did the same in the 50- (22.08) and 100-yard (48.54) freestyles.

Sophomore Carter Larson (Sartell, Minn./Sartell-St. Stephen), the reigning MIAC Men's Swimming Athlete of the Week, took first in the 200-yard freestyle (1:48.04) and second in the 500-yard freestyle (5:04.31).

Senior Ethan Huber (Mitchell, S.D.) won the 200-yard backstroke (2:07.07) and took second in the 200-yard freestyle (1:52.49), and sophomore Connor Thayer (Prior Lake, Minn.) claimed top honors in the 1,000-yard freestyle (10:42.81).

Senior Jack Grabinski (Sauk Rapids, Minn./Sauk Rapids-Rice) won both the 1- (280.35) and 3-meter (293.85) dives, edging his younger brother, sophomore Eli Grabinski (Sauk Rapids, Minn./Sauk Rapids-Rice), in both events (275.95 and 255.50).

SJU claimed first place in both the 200-yard medley (1:39.59; Beau Brinkman, Megaw, Noble, Reuter) and 400-yard freestyle (3:17.40; Noble, Reuter, Colby Kern, Larson) relays.

The Johnnies host Hamline for a 4:30 p.m. dual meet next Friday, Nov. 11, in Collegeville.