SJU Swim & Dive and St. Olaf End Even in Impartial-Web site Twin

By: Jordan Modjeski, SJU Assistant Director of Athletic Communications

Results 

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Saint John’s swimming and diving tied in a twin with St. Olaf on Saturday, Nov. 1, at St. Catherine’s Butler Center. 

SJU received seven occasions and totaled 25 top-three performances for 147 factors. The tie was the second in program historical past on document after a 150-150 draw at Carleton on Jan. 23, 2016.

Senior Brayden Slavik (Green Isle, Minn./Chaska) received all of his particular person occasions and led considered one of two Johnnie relays to victory, whereas junior Cody Watts (St. Cloud, Minn./Tech) swept the diving competitors for the third consecutive week.  

Slavik received the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 9:58.26 – practically a minute sooner than the second place Ole – and was first within the 200-yard backstroke in 1:57.77. The 400-yard freestyle relay, which featured Slavik within the fourth leg, received with a time of three:14.09. Freshman Braydon Ohrtman (Highlands Ranch, Colo.), senior Carsten Reuter (St. Cloud, Minn./Tech) and freshman Vince Schulze (Eden Prairie, Minn.) joined Slavik within the relay win.

Watts helped Saint John’s to vital factors within the diving competitors that evened the rating between the 2 groups. He posted a 427.35 on the 3-meter and a 421.60 on the 1-meter. The diving competitors featured a podium filled with Johnnies, as senior Tim Rotter (Blaine, Minn.) completed second on each boards with a 314.60 (3-meter) and a 359.75 (1-meter). Sophomore Nate Krotzer (Blaine, Minn./Spring Lake Park) was third on the 3-meter (235.10) and sophomore Henry Hilgendorf (Owatonna, Minn.) took third on the 1-meter (350.60). 

Ohrtman additionally received the 200-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 1:49.95 and was second within the 500-yard freestyle behind teammate junior Trevor Barton (Buffalo, Minn.) in first (5:05.72). Barton added one other podium look within the 200-yard butterfly (2:16.04) 

Senior Clay Megaw (Monticello, Minn.) added two particular person second-place finishes within the 100- (1:02.03) and 200-yard breaststrokes (2:20.93). He additionally contributed to the second place 200-yard medley relay (1:38.72) alongside Slavik, freshman David Lammers (Willmar, Minn.) and Schulze. Sophomore Jason Jones (Monticello, Minn.) was simply behind Megaw within the 100-yard breaststroke with a 1:03.82. 

Reuter was second within the 100-yard freestyle (49.52) and third within the 50-yard of the identical stroke (22.06), in addition to the 100-yard butterfly (56.55). Freshman Lincoln Cochran (Helena, Mont./Capital) added SJU’s ultimate second place contact within the 200-yard particular person medley (2:07.99). He was additionally third within the 200-yard breaststroke (2:22.08). 

Freshman Tanner Betts (Stacy, Minn./Chisago Lakes) swam a 12:03.30 for third within the 1,000-yard freestyle, senior Andrew Roggeman (St. Cloud, Minn./Tech) was third within the 100-yard backstroke (58.82) and Schulze took third within the 100-yard freestyle (50.34). 

The Johnnies journey to Wisconsin-La Crosse for a twin meet subsequent Saturday, Nov. 8. Diving competitors begins at 9 a.m., adopted by swimming occasions at 1:30 p.m.