Saint John's swimming and diving hosts Macalester for a 1 p.m. dual meet this Saturday, Oct. 24, in the Warner Palaestra Pool.  

A LOOK AT THE JOHNNIES: Saint John's finished ninth out of 10 teams at the MIAC vs. WIAC Invitational last Saturday (Oct. 17) in Rochester. 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 last Saturday (Oct. 17). 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.

A LOOK AT THE SCOTS: Macalester tallied 595 points to take sixth at last Saturday's MIAC vs. WIAC Invitational. Junior Kean Pajarillaga placed third in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:00.19 and took sixth in the 100-yard backstroke in 54.37. Freshman Tim Havlick started his collegiate career with a pair of top-10 swims, including a sixth-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke. He also placed 10th in the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:22.06.

Senior Thomas Moore posted a seventh-place finish in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:06.22. Junior Bode Thompson took eighth in the 200-yard butterfly in 2:06.63, while freshman Sam Oyler finished eighth in the 100-yard backstroke in 54.99.

LAST YEAR'S DUAL MEET: Macalester edged SJU 155-143 last Oct. 25 (2025) in St. Paul. The Johnnies won six events and totaled 24 top-three performances.  

Brayden Slavik '26 and senior Cody Watts (St. Cloud, Minn./Tech), respectively – combined for four wins on the day. Slavik claimed first place in two individual events – winning the 100-yard backstroke by more than a second with a time of 52.23 and the 500-yard freestyle in 4:43.78. The next closest finisher in the 500-yard freestyle took second 22 seconds later.  

Watts, meanwhile, swept the diving competition, taking first in the 1- (237.70) and 3-meter boards (243.80). Hilgendorf was second in the 1-meter (227.20) and third in the 3-meter (209.30).  

Senior Trevor Barton (Buffalo, Minn.) won the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:37.41, followed by senior Luis Flores (Hugo, Minn./Mahtomedi) in second with a time of 10:51.49. Barton also took second in the 200-yard individual medley with a 2:07.76. 

Clay Megaw '26 added another first-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke, touching the wall .06 seconds faster than Macalester senior Will St. John, who won two other events Saturday afternoon. Megaw was also second in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:17.39). 

Ohrtman took second in the 200-yard freestyle (1:49.66), 0.29 away from Macalester sophomore Max Taufen in first. Carsten Reuter '26 was second in the 50-yard freestyle (21.97) and two seconds away from the top two times in the 100-yard butterfly (56.60). He missed first in the 100-yard freestyle by a margin of 0.37 and second by 0.18. 

SJU's top two relay teams took second in both the 200-yard medley and 200-yard freestyle events. The 200 medley group of Andrew Roggeman '26, Megaw, sophomore David Lammers (Willmar, Minn.) and Reuter finished with a time of 1:41.83. The freestyle group of Ohrtman, Schulze, Lammers and Slavik touched the wall in 1:29.19.