Results
NORTHFIELD, Minn. – Saint John's swimming and diving won six events and totaled 22 top-three finishes in a 167.5-130.5 loss at Carleton on Saturday, Jan. 21.
Sophomore
Carter Larson (Sartell, Minn./Sartell-St. Stephen) led SJU with two wins – in the 50- (21.96) and 200-yard (1:47.38) freestyles – and a third-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle (5:03.04).
On the boards, senior
Jack Grabinski (Sauk Rapids, Minn./Sauk Rapids-Rice), sophomore
Eli Grabinski (Sauk Rapids, Minn./Sauk Rapids-Rice) and senior
Connor Reed (Elk River, Minn./Spectrum) swept both the 1- and 3-meter dives in order.
Sophomore
Colby Kern (Delano, Minn.) took first in the 200-yard freestyle (1:47.38) and second in the 100-yard butterfly (55.11), while freshman
Carsten Reuter (St. Cloud, Minn./Tech) placed second (22.20) in the 50-yard freestyle (22.20) and in the 100-yard freestyle (49.47), 0.52 of a second behind Carleton's Josh Wu.
Freshman
Clay Megaw (Monticello, Minn.) touched the wall second in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:02.01) and third in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:18.98).
Four other Johnnies placed third:
-Senior
Ethan Huber (Mitchell, S.D.) in the 400-yard individual medley (4:33.46);
-Sophomore
Langston Philion (Maple Grove, Minn.) in the 200-yard butterfly (2:03.57);
-Sophomore
Zach Ruoff (Melrose, Minn./Melrose Area) in the 100-yard freestyle (49.90);
-Sophomore
Connor Thayer (Prior Lake, Minn.) in the 1,650-yard freestyle (18:06.59)
The Johnnies' 200-yard freestyle relay (Reuter, Kern, Larson,
Beau Brinkman) took first in 1:27.58 and the 200-yard medley relay (
Joe Koller, Megaw, Kern, Reuter) was second (1:39.76).
The competition was the first since Dec. 2-4 for SJU, which was without two of the top swimmers in the MIAC: sophomore
Liam Noble (Plymouth, Minn./Benilde-St. Margaret's) and freshman
Brayden Slavik (Green Isle, Minn./Chaska). Noble holds the MIAC's top time in five events (50-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle, 100-yard backstroke, 50-yard butterfly and 100-yard butterfly), while Slavik is second in three events (500-yard freestyle, 1,000-yard freestyle, 1,650-yard freestyle) and top-five in two others.
SJU returns home to host Gustavus Adolphus for a 1 p.m. dual meet next Saturday, Jan. 28, in the Warner Palaestra Pool.
