The Johnnies’ swimming and diving team hosts Carleton for Senior Day at noon this Saturday, Jan. 24, in the Warner Palaestra Pool. – Live Video
A LOOK AT THE JOHNNIES: Saint John’s won eight events and recorded 26 top-five marks/times in a 173-126 loss at Gustavus Adolphus last Saturday (Jan. 17) in St. Peter.
Senior Brayden Slavik (Green Isle, Minn./Chaska) led the Johnnies with three individual wins on the day. He touched the wall first in the 400-yard individual medley (4:14.02), 500-yard freestyle (4:51.03) and 1,000-yard freestyle (9:51.90).
Junior Cody Watts (St. Cloud, Minn./Tech) swept the diving events, taking first in the 1- (496.85) and 3-meter (438.80), while senior Tim Rotter (Blaine, Minn.) claimed second in both (409.60 in the 1- and 358.15 on the 3-meter board). Sophomore Henry Hilgendorf (Owatonna, Minn.) was third in the 1- (395.85) and fourth in the 3-meter dive (287.50).
Senior Carsten Reuter (St. Cloud, Minn./Tech) won the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 21.77 seconds and took fifth (56.34), 0.05 behind sophomore Jackson Hovda (Sartell, Minn./Sartell-St. Stephen) in fourth (56.29) in the 100-yard butterfly.
Senior Clay Megaw (Monticello, Minn.) posted a first-place time in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:13.58) and was second in the 100-yard version (1:00.40).
Freshman Vincent Schulze (Eden Prairie, Minn.) accounted for the Johnnies’ eighth win, the 200-yard freestyle (1:46.61), and claimed second in the 100-yard event (48.49).
Two other Johnnies posted a pair of top-five times on the day. Junior Trevor Barton (Buffalo, Minn.) was third in the 1,000-yard freestyle (10:28.81) and fourth in the 500-yard freestyle (5:08.68), while sophomore Jason Jones (Monticello, Minn.) took fifth in both the 100- (1:02.55) and 200-yard (2:21.05) breaststrokes.
SJU’s other top-five times:
-Freshman Tanner Betts (Stacy, Minn./Chisago Lakes), third in the 100-yard backstroke (58.83);
-Freshman Lincoln Cochran (Helena, Mont./Capital), third in the 400-yard individual medley (4:28.61);
-Freshman Braydon Ohrtman (Highlands Ranch, Colo.), fourth in the 200-yard freestyle;
-Senior Andrew Roggeman (St. Cloud, Minn./Tech), fourth in the 100-yard backstroke (58.88).
SJU’s 400-yard freestyle relay (Ohrtman, Schulze, Reuter, Lammers) finished second (3:16.91) and the 200-yard medley relay (Slavik, Megaw, Lammers, Schulze) was fourth (1:39.33).
LAST YEAR’S DUAL: SJU won 10 of the 15 events in a 161-139 road victory at Carleton last Jan. 25 (2025) in Northfield. The Johnnies totaled 22 top-three performances.
Slavik led SJU with three individual wins on the day: the 100-yard backstroke (53.11), 200-yard backstroke (1:55.49) and 200-yard individual medley (1:58.42).
Megaw was next with two wins, the 100- (1:00.05) and 200-yard (2:15.90) breaststrokes, and Reuter took first in the 50-yard freestyle (22.23).
Colby Kern ’25 won the 200-yard freestyle (1:47.59) and claimed second in the 100-yard freestyle (49.04), while Carter Larson ’25 touched the wall first in the 100-yard freestyle (47.98) and was second in the 50-yard version (22.37).
Eli Grabinski ’25 Watts finished second (274.65/290.65) and third (252.65/231.45) in the 1- and 3-meter dives, respectively.
Connor Thayer ’25 placed second in the 500- (5:03.52) and third in the 200-yard (1:52.55) freestyles, and Jones did the same in the 100- (1:02.60) and 200-yard (2:20.99) breaststrokes, respectively.
SJU won both the 200-yard freestyle (1:26.15; Noble, Larson, Reuter, Kern) and 200-yard medley (1:36.88; Slavik, Megaw, Noble, Larson) relays.
IN THE MIAC: The Johnnies currently tout 33 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
t6. Vincent Schulze, 21.71
100-Yard Freestyle
1. Brayden Slavik, 46.92
2. Carsten Reuter, 47.05
200-Yard Freestyle
3. Vincent Schulze, 1:45.55
4. Brayden Slavik, 1:46.06
5. Carsten Reuter, 1:46.27
500-Yard Freestyle
1. Brayden Slavik, 4:30.15
6. Trevor Barton, 4:52.39
1,000-Yard Freestyle
1. Brayden Slavik, 9:30.13
7. Trevor Barton, 10:28.81
1,650-Yard Freestyle
1. Brayden Slavik, 15:43.14
5. Trevor Barton, 17:15.02
9. Luis Flores, 17:48.41
50-Yard Backstroke
5. Brayden Slavik, 24.83
100-Yard Backstroke
4. Brayden Slavik, 52.23
200-Yard Backstroke
4. Brayden Slavik, 1:57.13
50-Yard Breaststroke
3. Clay Megaw, 27.48
100-Yard Breaststroke
5. Clay Megaw, 59.83
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
9. Lincoln Cochran, 2:01.01
400-Yard Individual Medley
1. Brayden Slavik, 4:04.88
5. 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
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