Results 

ROCHESTER, Minn. – Saint John's swimming and diving finished ninth out of 10 teams at the MIAC vs. WIAC Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 17. 

The Johnnies totaled 302 points to finish fifth among the MIAC teams at the meet, behind St. Olaf in third (644), Carleton in fourth (627), Gustavus Adolphus in fifth (617.5) and Macalester in sixth (595). 

Sophomore Lincoln Cochran (Helena, Mont./Capital) led the Johnnies with the best finish of the day – a fifth in the 200-yard individual medley in 2:05.22. He also took 12th in the 400-yard medley with a 4:35.02. 

Junior Jason Jones (Monticello, Minn.) finished seventh in the 100-yard breaststroke with a 1:01.66. His time was third among MIAC swimmers. He also took 11th in the 200-yard race of the same stroke in 2:22.60. 

Freshman Rowan Lesmeister (Minneapolis, Minn./Roosevelt) led four Johnnies who placed in the top 20 in the 200-yard breaststroke, finishing seventh in 2:20.55. He also took 13th in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:02.91. Sophomore Dylan Murphy (Hamel, Minn./Wayzata) finished 17th in the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:29.40, followed by senior Brennan Close (Princeton, Minn.) in 19th (2:31.54). 

Sophomore Vincent Schulze (Eden Prairie, Minn.) added a pair of 10th place finishes in the 200-yard freestyle (1:49.26) and 100-yard freestyle (49:13). 

Sophomore Braydon Ohrtman (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) was 13th to lead the Johnnies in the 500-yard freestyle (5:10.21) and 14th in the 200-yard free (1:50.30).  

Freshman Lucas Penn (Greenley, Colo./Windsor) took 14th in the 400-yard individual medley (4:36.11) and 15th in the 500-yard freestyle (5:11.08), while classmate Sean Dolder (Mound, Minn./Westonka) took 19th in the 200-yard backstroke (2:20.22). 

Diving at Carleton  

Freshman Ethan Jakobs (Montevideo, Minn.) was SJU's sole diver on the leaderboard, taking 10th in both the 1-meter (144.75) and 3-meter (133.95) dives. Junior Henry Hilgendorf (Owatonna, Minn.) totaled 348.90 in prelims on the 1-meter board, which would've won the event, but he did not compete in the finals. 

SJU hosts Macalester for a 1 p.m. dual meet on Saturday, Oct. 24, in the Warner Palaestra pool.