The Saint John's swimming and diving team splits for two meets this weekend, beginning with the swimmers competing 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 11 a.m. Saturday in St. Peter.

SPECTATOR POLICY AT MINNESOTA: The University of Minnesota requires attendees at indoor events to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or proof of a negative, third-party COVID-19 test within 72 hours of the event. 

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: This weekend's first session is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Friday, followed by start times at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday. The meet will not have diving or relay events.

Friday (6 p.m.)
100 Fly
100 Breast
500 Free
200 IM
50 Free

Saturday 
11 a.m.
400 IM
200 Free
100 Back
1,650 Free

6 p.m. 
200 Back
100 Free
200 Breast
200 Fly

WHO WILL BE THERE: In addition to the host Gophers, the Johnnies (non-MIAC qualifiers) are scheduled to be joined by Carleton, Gustavus Adolphus, Hamline, St. Olaf, Division I St. Thomas and Wisconsin-Eau Claire.

DIVERS HEAD TO GUSTAVUS: The Johnnie dive team was unable to compete in last weekend's dual in St. Peter and will face the Gusties Saturday morning. GAC's diving invitational is scheduled to include multiple teams, but only SJU and the Gusties on the men's side.

A LOOK AT THE JOHNNIES: Saint John's took a 201-86 loss against Gustavus last 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) took first in 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 other win came from the Johnnies' 200-yard freestyle relay (Kern, Noble, Larson, Beau Brinkman) who won the event in 1:25.63.

Sophomore Alex Heer (St. Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall) placed 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).

IN THE MIAC: The Johnnies currently boast 22 top-5 marks/times in the MIAC.

50-Yard Freestyle
2. Liam Noble, 21.13
3. Colby Kern, 21.46
6. Steven Froehle, 21.63
9. Beau Brinkman, 21.90

100-Yard Freestyle
1. Liam Noble, 46.67
5. Ethan Huber, 47.84
6. Colby Kern, 47.90
8. Carter Larson, 48.07
10. Steven Froehle, 48.40

200-Yard Freestyle
4. Carter Larson, 1:45.07
5. Colby Kern, 1:46.24
7. Connor Thayer, 1:46.39

500-Yard Freestyle
5. Carter Larson, 4:48.53
6. Connor Thayer, 4:51.21

1,000-Yard Freestyle
7. Carter Larson, 10:24.94
10. Connor Thayer, 10:41.24

50-Yard Backstroke
1. Joe Koller, 24.21
5. Alex Heer, 25.09
7. T.J. Klinkner, 25.57

100-Yard Backstroke
1. Joe Koller, 51.62
6. Liam Noble, 53.59
8. Spencer Atkinson, 54.23
10. Beau Brinkman, 54.86

200-Yard Backstroke
1. Joe Koller, 1:54.24
8. T.J. Klinkner, 2:03.75
9. Alex Heer, 2:03.78
10. Spencer Atkinson, 2:04.28

50-Yard Breaststroke
3. Dylan Fleischhacker, 27.83
6. Jack Mehus, 28.34

100-Yard Breaststroke
7. Dylan Fleischhacker, 1:01.47
10. Jack Mehus, 1:01.68

200-Yard Breaststroke
6. Brogan O'Donnel, 2:17.34

50-Yard Butterfly
6. Colby Kern, 24.79
8. Alex Heer, 24.85
10. Liam Noble, 25.12

100-Yard Butterfly
5. Colby Kern, 53.21
6. Alex Heer, 53.31
7. Liam Noble, 53.53

200-Yard Butterfly
4. Alex Heer, 2:00.11
9. Langston Philion, 2:04.42

100-Yard Individual Medley
2. Ethan Huber, 54.31
6. Andrew East, 55.62
7. Joe Koller, 55.68
8. Jack Mehus, 55.95

200-Yard Individual Medley
1. Ethan Huber, 1:56.50
4. Joe Koller, 1:59.61

1-Meter Dive (6 Dives)
1. Jack Grabinski, 269.80
4. Eli Grabinski, 240.45
6. Connor Reed, 219.70
7. Christian Pfau, 207.65
8. Henry Braun, 160.35

3-Meter Dive (6 Dives)
1. Jack Grabinski, 285.30
2. Eli Grabinski, 216.25
5. Christian Pfau, 212.15
6. Connor Reed, 204.38
8. Henry Braun, 150.50
9. Sean Fisher, 79.15