Saint John's hosts Gustavus Adolphus for a dual meet this Saturday, Feb. 1, in the Warner Palaestra Pool. Diving begins at 9:30 a.m., followed by swimming competition at 2 p.m. – Live Video

A LOOK AT THE JOHNNIES: Saint John's won 10 of the 15 events in a 161-139 road victory last Saturday (Jan. 25) at Carleton. The Johnnies totaled 22 top-three performances.

Junior Brayden Slavik (Green Isle, Minn./Chaska), the two-time reigning MIAC Men's Swimming Athlete of the Week at the time, led SJU with three individual wins on the day: the 100-yard backstroke (53.11), 200-yard backstroke (1:55.49) and 200-yard individual medley (1:58.42).

Junior Clay Megaw (Monticello, Minn.) was next with two wins, the 100- (1:00.05) and 200-yard (2:15.90) breaststrokes, and classmate Carsten Reuter (St. Cloud, Minn./Tech) took first in the 50-yard freestyle (22.23).

Senior Colby Kern (Delano, Minn.) won the 200-yard freestyle (1:47.59) and claimed second in the 100-yard freestyle (49.04), while senior Carter Larson (Sartell, Minn./Sartell-St. Stephen) touched the wall first in the 100-yard freestyle (47.98) and was second in the 50-yard version (22.37).

Senior Eli Grabinski (Sauk Rapids, Minn./Sauk Rapids-Rice) and sophomore Cody Watts (St. Cloud, Minn./Tech) finished second (274.65/290.65) and third (252.65/231.45) in the 1- and 3-meter dives, respectively.

Senior Connor Thayer (Prior Lake, Minn.) placed second in the 500- (5:03.52) and third in the 200-yard (1:52.55) freestyles, and freshman Jason Jones (Monticello, Minn.) did the same in the 100- (1:02.60) and 200-yard (2:20.99) breaststrokes, respectively.

SJU won both the 200-yard freestyle (1:26.15; Liam Noble, Larson, Reuter, Kern) and 200-yard medley (1:36.88; Slavik, Megaw, Noble, Larson) relays.

TWO YEARS AGO: Last year's dual between the two schools was canceled and Gustavus won the meeting two years ago (Jan. 28, 2023) in Collegeville. The Johnnies won four events and collected 21 top-three finishes in the 185-114 defeat.

Megaw won the 100-yard breaststroke (1:00.97) and took second in the 200-yard version (2:17.94).

Senior Langston Philion (Maple Grove, Minn.) and Kern touched the wall 1 (2:02.32)-2 (2:05.13) in the 200-yard butterfly. Philion also claimed third in the 100-yard butterfly (54.87), while Kern took third in the 100-yard freestyle (48.92).

The Johnnies, led by Jack Grabinski '23, swept the top-four scores in both diving events. Grabinski scored a 277.45 on the 1-meter board and a 309.65 in the 3-meter event. Connor Reed '23, Eli Grabinski and Christian Pfau '23 followed in second (252.35/284.55), third (249.30/281.10) and fourth (223.55/224.55), respectively.

Larson finished second in the 200-yard freestyle (1:47.03) and third in the 500-yard freestyle (4:57.88), while Joe Koller '23 took second in both the 100- (55.03) and 200-yard (2:03.98) backstrokes.

Reuter was the Johnnies' other second-place finisher in the 50-yard freestyle (21.87).

Ethan Huber '23 placed third behind Koller in the 200-yard backstroke (2:04.70) and Thayer finished third in the 1,000-yard freestyle (10:28.09).

SJU's 200-yard freestyle (1:26.25; Kern, Reuter, Larson, Brinkman) and 200-yard medley (1:37.91; Koller, Megaw, Kern, Larson) finished second.

IN THE MIAC: SJU currently boasts 41 top 10 times in the MIAC so far this season, including 22 in the top five. 
 
50-Yard Freestyle 
3. Liam Noble, 21.30 
4. Carsten Reuter, 21.31 
7. Colby Kern, 21.59 
8. Carter Larson, 21.65 
9. Brayden Slavik, 21.80 
 
100-Yard Freestyle 
1. Carter Larson, 46.32 
3. Liam Noble, 46.87 
5. Colby Kern, 47.36 
7. Brayden Slavik, 47.48 
8. Carsten Reuter, 47.50 
 
200-Yard Freestyle 
1. Carter Larson, 1:42.58 
4. Colby Kern, 1:44.09 
5. Brayden Slavik, 1:45.26 
8. Carsten Reuter, 1:46.53 
 
500-Yard Freestyle 
1. Brayden Slavik, 4:34.69 
2. Carter Larson, 4:42.14 
9. Connor Thayer, 4:58.76 
 
1,000-Yard Freestyle 
1. Brayden Slavik, 9:37.89 
2. Carter Larson, 10:13.50 
 
1,650-Yard Freestyle 
1. Brayden Slavik, 15:54.60 
8. Connor Thayer, 17:43.68 
 
50-Yard Backstroke 
1. Liam Noble, 24.31 
2. Brayden Slavik, 24.44 
 
100-Yard Backstroke 
1. Brayden Slavik, 51.88 
5. Liam Noble, 52.89 
 
200-Yard Backstroke 
2. Brayden Slavik, 1:54.76 
 
50-Yard Breaststroke 
6. Clay Megaw, 27.99 
 
100-Yard Breaststroke 
8. Clay Megaw, 1:00:21 
 
200-Yard Breaststroke 
9. Clay Megaw, 2:15.79 
 
50-Yard Butterfly 
2. Liam Noble, 23.93 
8. Langston Philion, 24.63 
9. Colby Kern, 24.74 
 
100-Yard Butterfly 
4. Liam Noble, 51.81 
7. Langston Philion, 52.79 
8. Colby Kern, 53.36 
 
200-Yard Butterfly 
8. Langston Philion, 2:01.64 
 
100-Yard Individual Medley 
9. Langston Philion, 58.79 
10. Clay Megaw, 58.98 
 
200-Yard Individual Medley 
4. Brayden Slavik, 1:58.36 
 
400-Yard Individual Medley 
1. Brayden Slavik, 4:05:58 
10. Langston Philion, 4:27.40