Johnnie Swim & Dive Faces Gustavus Saturday

By: Ryan Klinkner, SJU Director of Athletic Communications

Saint John’s returns to competitors with a 1 p.m. twin meet at Gustavus Adolphus this Saturday, Jan. 17, in St. Peter. – Live Video

A LOOK AT THE JOHNNIES: Saint John’s completed sixth out of eight groups on the three-day Rochester Invitational, hosted by Division II St. Cloud State, again on Dec. 4-6. The host Huskies received the meet with 2,001 factors, adopted by Wisconsin-La Crosse (1,418) and NAIA St. Ambrose of Iowa (1,408.5). SJU was fourth amongst DIII colleges behind La Crosse, Wisconsin-Eau Claire (1407.5) and Carleton (786). 

Senior Brayden Slavik (Green Isle, Minn./Chaska) received the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:30.15, which surpassed the NCAA B-cut time of 4:31.24. He set the SJU document within the occasion final yr with a 4:29.49. His time was 9 seconds in need of the DIII A-cut time and two seconds quicker than the Division II B minimize.  

He added his second B-cut time of the weekend within the 1,650-yard freestyle with a time of 15:43.14 to win the occasion. He beat the minimize time by almost seven seconds – one other occasion by which he set the SJU document (15:32.98) in finally February’s MIAC Championships. His distance swim was 13 seconds quicker than the second-place swimmer from SCSU. 

Slavik additionally completed second within the 400-yard particular person medley (4:04.88) and was a member of three SJU freestyle relay groups, two of which completed within the high 10. 

Junior Cody Watts (St. Cloud, Minn./Tech) led SJU on the boards, taking fourth within the 1-meter (365.35) and sixth on the 3-meter dive (322.65). 

Sophomore Henry Hilgendorf (Owatonna, Minn.) completed seventh within the 3-meter dive (312.00) and sixth within the 1-meter (337.55), simply forward of teammate senior Tim Rotter (Blaine, Minn.), who was eighth on the 1-meter dive (312.90) and tenth on the 3-meter (300.15). 

Freshman Lincoln Cochran (Helena, Mont./Capital) took twelfth within the 400-yard particular person medley (4:18.11) and thirteenth in each the 200-yard breaststroke (2:14.27) and 200-yard particular person medley (2:01.01) and twenty third within the 100-yard breaststroke (1:01.76). He was SJU’s high finisher in 4 of his swims over the week.  

Freshman Vincent Schulze (Eden Prairie, Minn.) touched the wall tenth within the 200-yard freestyle (1:45.55), sixteenth within the 50-yard freestyle (21.71) and thirty ninth within the 100-yard freestyle (49.35). 

Senior Carsten Reuter (St. Cloud, Minn./Tech) led SJU within the 100-yard freestyle (47.05), taking ninth to win the comfort ultimate after inserting tenth within the prelims. He added a 14th place end within the 200-yard freestyle (1:47.10). 

Senior Clay Megaw (Monticello, Minn.) collected an eleventh place end within the 200-yard breaststroke (2:12.74), 14th within the 100-yard breaststroke (59.88) and twenty third within the 100-yard particular person medley (1:00.19). 

Junior Trevor Barton (Buffalo, Minn.) added a twelfth place contact behind Slavik within the 1,650-yard freestyle (17:15.02), a seventeenth within the 500-yard freestyle (4:52.39) and completed twenty first within the 400-yard particular person medley (4:30.03). 

Freshman Braydon Ohrtman (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) completed with a pair of twenty second in freestyle finals, claiming the mark in each the 200- (1:48.83) and 500-yard (5:00.99) freestyles. 

Sophomore Jason Jones (Monticello, Minn.) was nineteenth within the 200-yard breaststroke (2:15.31), tied for twentieth within the 100-yard breaststroke (1:01.37) and completed twenty third within the 200-yard particular person medley (2:05.13). 

Junior Luis Flores (Hugo, Minn./Mahtomedi) was twentieth in each the 200-yard butterfly (2:08.83) and 1,650-yard freestyle (17:48.41), and twenty second within the 400-yard particular person medley (4:33.28). 

Sophomore Riley Yerks (Hutchinson, Minn.) touched the wall twenty second within the 200-yard backstroke (2:06.60) and twenty fourth within the 100-yard backstroke (58.05), whereas junior Brennan Close (Princeton, Minn.) took twenty third within the 1,650-yard freestyle (19:17.84) and twenty fourth within the 200-yard breaststroke (2:21.13). Senior Joe Fuller (Omaha, Neb./Creighton Prep) capped the SJU performances with a twenty fourth within the 100-yard particular person medley (1:06.19). 

SJU’s relays: 

-400-yard freestyle (Slavik, Reuter, Schulze, Cochran), 14th (3:11.93) 

-800-yard freestyle (Barton, Slavik, Schulze, Ohrtman), sixth (7:10.45)  

-200-yard freestyle (Reuter, Ohrtman, Schulze, Slavik), seventh (1:25.73) 

-200-yard medley (Yerks, Jones, Flores, Ohrtman), twenty eighth (1:43.80) 

-400-yard medley (Betts, Jones, Cochran, Ohrtman), twenty eighth (3:44.71)

ANOTHER ATHLETE OF THE WEEK HONOR: Slavik was named the MIAC Men’s Swimming Athlete of the Week Dec. 9 for his efficiency on the Rochester Invitational. The honor was his fourth of the season and tenth of his profession.

LAST YEAR: SJU received 10 of the 16 occasions in a dramatic, 150-149 twin victory over Gustavus Adolphus final Feb. 1 (2025) within the Warner Palaestra Pool. The Johnnies’ 200-yard freestyle relay (Reuter, Larson, Noble, Kern) clinched the victory with a win in 1:25.05 forward of GAC (1:25.93) within the meet’s ultimate occasion.

The twin win was the primary for the Johnnies over the Gusties in 27 years – Jan. 24, 1998 (132-111 in St. Peter).

Eli Grabinski ’25 swept the diving occasions with an 11-dive rating of 507.95 within the 1-meter occasion and a 524.00 on the 3-meter board. His mark within the 1-meter dive was the second-best in program historical past, whereas the 3-meter rating was a profession finest and good for third on SJU’s record.

Three Johnnies received two swimming occasions on the day. Carter Larson ’25 touched the wall first within the 500-yard freestyle (4:52.22) and led three Johnnies in succession within the 1,000-yard freestyle (10:02.00). 

In addition to clinching the twin victory because the fourth leg of SJU’s 200-yard freestyle relay, Colby Kern ’25 received the 100- (47.79) and 200-yard (1:45.53) freestyles. 

Slavik took first in each the 200-yard backstroke (1:54.53) and 400-yard particular person medley (4:15.65), and claimed second within the 100-yard backstroke (52.41).

Reuter received the 50-yard freestyle (21.59) and was second behind Kern within the 100-yard model (48.19).

Langston Philion ’25 completed second within the 200-yard butterfly (2:01.27) and Megaw was second within the 200-yard breaststroke (2:14.83). Watts claimed second on each the 1- (432.25) and 3-meter (400.35) boards and the 200-yard medley relay (Slavik, Megaw, Noble, Reuter) positioned second (1:36.69).

IN THE MIAC: The Johnnies at present tout 34 top-10 scores/occasions within the MIAC this season, together with seven within the high slot (5 by Slavik, one every by Reuter and Watts).

50-Yard Freestyle

1. Carsten Reuter, 21.54

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

8. Trevor Barton, 10:34.96

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

10. Trevor Barton, 4:30.03

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