Results

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Saint John's swimming and diving won nine of 16 events in a dramatic, 149-148 dual victory over Macalester on Saturday, Oct. 24, in the Warner Palaestra Pool. 

The Johnnies' 200-yard freestyle relay (Ohrtman, Peetz, Betts, Schulze) clinched the victory with a win in 1:28.92 ahead of MAC (1:29.73) in the meet's final event. 

The dual win avenged the 155-143 loss to the Scots a year ago in St. Paul. SJU has won nine of the last 10 dual meetings dating back to Jan. 17, 2004. 

Freshman Lucas Penn (Greenley, Colo./Windsor) picked up SJU's first victory of the day, winning the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:46.94. Senior Trevor Barton (Buffalo, Minn.) was second with a 10:47.79. Penn also won the 500-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 5:07.10. Barton was just behind in him that race as well, taking second with a 5:07.70.

In addition to his relay contributions, sophomore Braydon Ohrtman (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) also took first in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:50.11. He was fourth in the 100-yard freestyle (49.66) behind classmate Vincent Schulze (Eden Prairie, Minn.) in second with a 49.07. 

Schulze also won the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 22.27. Senior Ben Edwards (Burnsville, Minn.) finished third (23.27) and freshman Bruce Peetz (Tomahawk, Wis.) fifth (23.73) to score points for SJU. 

Sophomore Tanner Betts (Stacy, Minn./Chisago Lakes) led the Johnnies in the backstroke, finishing third in the 100-yard (58.54) and fourth in the 200-yard (2:13.97). 

Junior Jason Jones (Monticello, Minn.) led a Johnnie contingent that claimed three of the top five spots in the 100-breast. Jones touched the wall in 1:00.16 for first, followed by freshman Rowan Lesmeister (Minneapolis, Minn./Roosevelt) in third (1:02.83) and sophomore Lincoln Cochran (Helena, Mont./Capital) in fourth (1:04.18). Cochran also finished second in the 200-yard individual medley (2:04.38)

Senior Luis Flores (Hugo, Minn./Mahtomedi) finished third in the 200-yard fly (2:21.96), followed by sophomore David Lammers (Willmar, Minn.) in fourth (2:22.69). 

Senior Cody Watts (St. Cloud, Minn./Tech) won the 1-meter diving with 261.05 points on six dives. Junior Henry Hilgendorf (Owatonna, Minn.) finished second (191.35) and freshman Ethan Jakobs (Montevideo, Minn.) finished fourth (144.95). Watts also claimed the 3-meter board with a 260.55. Hilgendorf (188.95) and Jakobs (118.7) were second and fourth again, respectively. 

The Johnnies face St. Olaf for a neutral-site dual meet at 10 a.m. next Saturday, Oct. 31, at St. Kate's in St. Paul.