Results

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Saint John's swimming and diving won 10 of the 16 events in a dramatic, 150-149 dual victory over Gustavus Adolphus on Saturday, Feb. 1, in the Warner Palaestra Pool.

The Johnnies' 200-yard freestyle relay (Reuter, Larson, Noble, Kern) clinched the victory with a win in 1:25.05 ahead of GAC (1:25.93) in the meet's final event.

The dual win was the first for the Johnnies over the Gusties in 27 years - Jan. 24, 1998 (132-111 in St. Peter).

Senior Eli Grabinski (Sauk Rapids, Minn./Sauk Rapids-Rice) swept the diving events with an 11-dive score of 507.95 in the 1-meter event and a 524.00 on the 3-meter board. His mark in the 1-meter dive was the second-best in program history, while the 3-meter score was a career best and good for third on SJU's list.

Three Johnnies won two swimming events on the day. Senior Carter Larson (Sartell, Minn./Sartell-St. Stephen) touched the wall first in the 500-yard freestyle (4:52.22) and led three Johnnies in succession in the 1,000-yard freestyle (10:02.00). 

In addition to clinching the dual victory as the fourth leg of SJU's 200-yard freestyle relay, senior Colby Kern (Delano, Minn.) won the 100- (47.79) and 200-yard (1:45.53) freestyles. 

Junior Brayden Slavik (Green Isle, Minn./Chaska) took first in both the 200-yard backstroke (1:54.53) and 400-yard individual medley (4:15.65), and claimed second in the 100-yard backstroke (52.41).

Another junior, Carsten Reuter (St. Cloud, Minn./Tech), won the 50-yard freestyle (21.59) and was second behind Kern in the 100-yard version (48.19).

Senior Langston Philion (Maple Grove, Minn.) finished second in the 200-yard butterfly (2:01.27) and junior Clay Megaw (Monticello, Minn.) was second in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:14.83). Sophomore Cody Watts (St. Cloud, Minn./Tech) claimed second on both the 1- (432.25) and 3-meter (400.35) boards and the 200-yard medley relay (Slavik, Megaw, Noble, Reuter) placed second (1:36.69).

The Johnnies split for two meets next weekend, beginning with the two-day Division I Minnesota Challenge on Friday (5 p.m.) and Saturday (11 a.m./5 p.m.), Feb. 7-8, in Minneapolis. The Dodd Road Diving Invitational, hosted by Carleton, is 11 a.m. Saturday in Northfield.