Saint John's swimming and diving returns to the pool this weekend with two events. SJU competes at the two-day First Chance Meet hosted by Division I Minnesota on Friday-Saturday, Feb. 6-7, at the Jean Freeman Aquatic Center in Minneapolis, while the divers travel further south for the Dodd Road Diving Invitational on Feb. 7 at Carleton in Northfield.

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AT MINNESOTA: This weekend's First Chance meet starts at 5 p.m. Friday, followed by an 11 a.m. session on Saturday.

AT CARLETON: Carleton's Dodd Road Diving Invitational is scheduled for an 11 a.m. start on Saturday.

A LOOK AT THE JOHNNIES: Saint John's won 12 of the 16 events in a 157-143 victory over Carleton back on Jan. 24 in Collegeville. The Johnnies registered 20 top-three performances. Three seniors posted a total of seven individual wins, while SJU swept the diving competition against Carleton's All-American diving squad. 

Senior Brayden Slavik (Green Isle, Minn./Chaska) won three events, including a pool-record time of 16:10.20 in the 1,650-yard freestyle. The previous pool record was 16:23.13 set by St. Olaf's Ryan Palmer in 2000.

The reigning MIAC Men's Swimming Athlete of the Week at the time was also first in the 200-yard backstroke (1:56.32) and 200-yard individual medley (1:57.65), collecting three individual event wins for the second week in a row. 

Slavik was also the final leg of the Johnnies' first-place, 200-yard freestyle relay (Reuter, Hovda, Schulze, Slavik) in 1:26.91. The 200-yard medley relay (Roggeman, Megaw, Reuter, Schulze) was second (1:39.38).

Senior Carsten Reuter (St. Cloud, Minn./Tech) dominated the short sprints, finishing first in the 50- (21.92) and 100-yard (48.90) freestyles.

Senior Clay Megaw (Monticello, Minn.) joined his classmates with a pair of wins on Senior Day, sweeping the breaststroke events with times of 59.69 seconds (100-yard) and 2:12.90 (200-yard).

Junior Cody Watts (St. Cloud, Minn./Tech) topped the reigning MIAC Men's Diving Athlete of the Week and last season's MIAC Diver of the Year, the Knights' Hans Anderson, to win the 1- (273.70) and 3-meter (238.65) dives. Sophomore Henry Hilgendorf (Owatonna, Minn.) was third on the 1-meter board (201.90), while senior Tim Rotter (Blaine, Minn.) took third in the 3-meter dive (191.70).

Freshman Vincent Schulze (Eden Prairie, Minn.) added another victory for the home team, touching the wall first in the 200-yard freestyle (1:47.91) and second, 0.26 of a second behind his first-place teammate Reuter, in the 100-yard version of the same stroke. 

Junior Trevor Barton (Buffalo, Minn.) claimed first in the 500-yard freestyle (4:57.57) and took second in the 200-yard freestyle (1:49.31).

Freshman Braydon Ohrtman (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) followed Barton in the 500-yard freestyle (5:01.97) for second. Sophomore Jason Jones (Monticello, Minn.) and freshman Lincoln Cochran (Helena, Mont./Capital) added a pair of third-place finishes, with Jones finishing the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:02.60 and Cochran the 200-yard individual medley in 2:06.70.

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Slavik and Watts were named the MIAC Men's Swimming and Diving Athletes of the Week, respectively, on Jan. 27. The weekly honor was Slavik's sixth of the season (third-consecutive) and 12th of his career, while Watts' award was his fourth of the season and sixth of his three-year career.

Hilgendorf, meanwhile, was named the MIAC Men's Diver of the Week this past Tuesday (Feb. 3) after he led the NCAA Division III competitors Jan. 31 at the St. Cloud State Diving Invitational, posting an 11-dive score of 391.35 on the 1-meter board to finish third overall.

IN THE MIAC: The Johnnies currently tout 31 top-10 scores/times in the MIAC this season, including seven in the top slot (five by Slavik, one each by Reuter and Watts).

50-Yard Freestyle
1. Carsten Reuter, 21.11
t8. Vincent Schulze, 21.71

100-Yard Freestyle
1. Brayden Slavik, 46.92
2. Carsten Reuter, 47.05

200-Yard Freestyle
4. Vincent Schulze, 1:45.55
5. Brayden Slavik, 1:46.06
6. Carsten Reuter, 1:46.27

500-Yard Freestyle
1. Brayden Slavik, 4:30.15
8. Trevor Barton, 4:52.39

1,000-Yard Freestyle
1. Brayden Slavik, 9:30.13
9. Trevor Barton, 10:28.81

1,650-Yard Freestyle
1. Brayden Slavik, 15:43.14
7. Trevor Barton, 17:15.02

50-Yard Backstroke
5. Brayden Slavik, 24.83

100-Yard Backstroke
4. Brayden Slavik, 52.23

200-Yard Backstroke
4. Brayden Slavik, 1:56.32

50-Yard Breaststroke
3. Clay Megaw, 27.48

100-Yard Breaststroke
6. Clay Megaw, 59.69

200-Yard Breaststroke
6. Clay Megaw, 2:12.74
8. Lincoln Cochran, 2:14.27

200-Yard Individual Medley
4. Brayden Slavik, 1:58.25

400-Yard Individual Medley
1. Brayden Slavik, 4:04.88
6. Lincoln Cochran, 4:18.11

1-Meter Dive (6 Dives)
1. Cody Watts, 281.60
3. Henry Hilgendorf, 227.20
4. Tim Rotter, 216.50
8. Nate Krotzer, 132.05

3-Meter Dive (6 Dives)
2. Cody Watts, 327.40
3. Henry Hilgendorf, 312.00
4. Tim Rotter, 300.15
8. Nate Krotzer, 151.90