Johnnies Break up for Ultimate Tune-Up Earlier than MIAC Championships

By: Ryan Klinkner, SJU Director of Athletic Communications

Saint John’s swimming and diving returns to the pool this weekend with two occasions. SJU competes on the two-day First Chance Meet hosted by Division I Minnesota on Friday-Saturday, Feb. 6-7, on the Jean Freeman Aquatic Center in Minneapolis, whereas the divers journey additional 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 begins at 5 p.m. Friday, adopted by an 11 a.m. session on Saturday.

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

A LOOK AT THE JOHNNIES: Saint John’s gained 12 of the 16 occasions in a 157-143 victory over Carleton again on Jan. 24 in Collegeville. The Johnnies registered 20 top-three performances. Three seniors posted a complete of seven particular person wins, whereas SJU swept the diving competitors in opposition to Carleton’s All-American diving squad. 

Senior Brayden Slavik (Green Isle, Minn./Chaska) gained three occasions, together with a pool-record time of 16:10.20 within the 1,650-yard freestyle. The earlier pool report was 16:23.13 set by St. Olaf’s Ryan Palmer in 2000.

The reigning MIAC Men’s Swimming Athlete of the Week on the time was additionally first within the 200-yard backstroke (1:56.32) and 200-yard particular person medley (1:57.65), amassing three particular person occasion wins for the second week in a row. 

Slavik was additionally the ultimate 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 brief sprints, ending first within 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 occasions with occasions of 59.69 seconds (100-yard) and a pair of:12.90 (200-yard).

Junior Cody Watts (St. Cloud, Minn./Tech) topped the reigning MIAC Men’s Diving Athlete of the Week and final 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), whereas senior Tim Rotter (Blaine, Minn.) took third within the 3-meter dive (191.70).

Freshman Vincent Schulze (Eden Prairie, Minn.) added one other victory for the house crew, touching the wall first within the 200-yard freestyle (1:47.91) and second, 0.26 of a second behind his first-place teammate Reuter, within the 100-yard model of the identical stroke. 

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

Freshman Braydon Ohrtman (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) adopted Barton within 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 ending the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:02.60 and Cochran the 200-yard particular person medley in 2:06.70.

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Slavik and Watts have been 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 twelfth of his profession, whereas Watts’ award was his fourth of the season and sixth of his three-year profession.

Hilgendorf, in the meantime, was named the MIAC Men’s Diver of the Week this previous Tuesday (Feb. 3) after he led the NCAA Division III rivals Jan. 31 on the St. Cloud State Diving Invitational, posting an 11-dive rating of 391.35 on the 1-meter board to complete third general.

IN THE MIAC: The Johnnies presently tout 31 top-10 scores/occasions within the MIAC this season, together with seven within the prime slot (5 by Slavik, one every 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