Results

NORTHFIELD, Minn. – Saint John's swimming and diving won 10 events in a 160-83 dual victory at St. Olaf on Saturday, Nov. 4, in the Skoglund Center Natatorium.

The Johnnies totaled 24 top-three finishes on the afternoon.

Two Johnnies - junior Carter Larson (Sartell, Minn./Sartell-St. Stephen) and sophomore Brayden Slavik (Green Isle, Minn./Chaska) - won two events on the day. Larson took first in the 100- (47.99) and 200-yard (1:48.63) freestyles, while Slavik touched the wall first in the 100-yard backstroke (54.11) and 1,000-yard freestyle (10:06.62).

The Johnnies swept the top-three times in the 100 Free as junior Colby Kern (Delano, Minn.) took second in 49.88, 0.01 ahead of freshman Alex King (Minot, N.D.) in third. King also won the 200-yard individual medley (2:01.52).

Junior Langston Philion (Maple Grove, Minn.) placed first in the 100-yard butterfly (54.31), while sophomore Clay Megaw (Monticello, Minn.) and freshman Simon Nyangamoi (Harrisburg, S.D.) went 1 (1:00.02)-2 (1:03.12) in the 100-yard breaststroke.

Junior Connor Thayer (Prior Lake, Minn.) took first in the 500-yard freestyle (5:08.30) and second, behind Slavik, in the 1,000 Free (10:43.61).

Junior Eli Grabinski (Sauk Rapids, Minn./Sauk Rapids-Rice) made his 2023-24 debut and won the 1-meter dive with a score of 270.07, and took second on the 1-meter board (162.00). Freshman Cody Watts (St. Cloud, Minn./Tech) took third in both the 1- (148.88) and 3-meter (241.12) dives.

SJU's 200-yard freestyle relay (Larson, Carsten Reuter, Thayer, Nyangamoi) won the race by over two seconds in 1:29.27, while the 200-yard medley (Slavik, Megaw, Philion, Kern) finished second, 0:00.12 behind the Oles in 1:38.72.

The Johnnies face Wisconsin-Eau Claire at 1 p.m. next Saturday, Nov. 11, at St. Catherine in St. Paul.