swimming & Diving
2025-26 SEASON PREVIEW
The Saint John’s swimming and diving team is coming off one of its best seasons in two decades a year ago. The Johnnies captured nine MIAC titles in 2024-25, nearly doubling 2023-24’s five. SJU finished second of six teams at the MIAC Championships, its third second-place finish in four seasons.
Nationally, Saint John’s ranked 36th—the best national ranking since 2004-05 (22nd). SJU collected three All-America honors, its most since 2010-11 (six). But, with five graduating All-MIAC performers, the pool inside the Warner Palaestra will feature plenty of new faces as SJU looks to build off that success.
DIVING PROWESS
Junior Cody Watts (St. Cloud, Minn./Tech) returns to lead the Johnnie diving corps after participating at last season’s NCAA Diving Regional. He finished 10th in the 1-meter dive (392.50) and 15th on the 3-meter board (361.95). He collected his second All-MIAC honor with a third-place score in the 1-meter dive at the MIAC Championships for the second year in a row. Watts has already been named the MIAC Diver of the Week (his third career honor) after winning the 11-diver versions of both the 1- (335.05) and 3-meter (302.25) boards at Hamline’s Diving Invitational on Oct. 11. Watts will look to replace Eli Grabinski ‘25 on the podium after Grabinski earned a pair of All-America honors at the 2025 NCAA Division III Championships. He finished eighth in the 1-meter dive with a score of 463.70 to become the first Johnnie diver to finish in the top eight at nationals since 2021 J-Club Hall of Honor inductee John Deters ‘92 in 1992 (fifth in the 3-meter dive and eighth on the 1-meter board).
Joining Watts on the boards this season is senior Tim Rotter (Blaine, Minn.), sophomore Henry Hilgendorf (Owatonna, Minn.) and freshman Austin Durfee (West Valley City, Utah/Kearns). Rotter finished fifth on both the 1- (383.35) and 3-meter (386.95) dives at last season’s MIAC meet, while Hilgendorf was seventh on each. Sophomore Nate Krotzer (Blaine, Minn./Spring Lake Park), who traditionally swims backstroke for the
Johnnies, scored four points with a 13th-place finish on the 1-meter at the conference meet.
REWARDING RELAYS
The Johnnies took home first in three of five relays at the 2025 conference meet. SJU touched the wall first in the 200-yard (1:22.21), 400-yard (3:03.22) and 800-yard (6:46.79) freestyle relays. SJU finished second in the 200 medley (1:32.63) – behind Gustavus Adolphus’ 1:31.17 – and the 400 medley (3:23.50) – trailing GAC’s 3:20.82.
TWO WITH TITLES
A pair of senior Johnnies, Carsten Reuter (St. Cloud, Minn./Tech) and Brayden Slavik (Green Isle, Minn./Chaska), each won individual MIAC championships in 2025. Reuter won the 50-yard free (20.56) and is a three-time MIAC champion and 11-time All-MIAC honoree. His championship time of 20.56 ranks second on the program all-time list behind national champion Matt Zelen ’99. Slavik, meanwhile, is the reigning MIAC Swimmer of the Year after Gustavus fifthyear Peyton Richardson, who shared the award with Slavik after earning the most individual points at the 2025 conference meet, graduated. Slavik broke three program records, including two of his own, to win the 400-yard IM (4:00.12), 500-yard free (4:29.49) and 1,650-yard free (15:32.98).
The titles in the 400-yard IM and 1,650yard free were the second-consecutive for Slavik, who also served as the first leg of the Johnnies’ 800-yard free relay that broke the school record with a time of 6:46.79 to win the program’s first MIAC championship in the event. He enters this season as a six-time MIAC champion (five individual and one relay) and 10-time AllMIAC honoree (top three at the conference meet). Slavik earned All-America honorable mention honors with a 15th-place finish in the 1,650-yard free – the program’s first in the event – at the 2025 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships.
UPPERCLASSMEN LEADERSHIP
Sixteen returning upperclassmen combined
for 227 individual points for SJU last season. In total, the group has scored 530 points in their careers. Reuter, Slavik and Watts earned five All-MIAC honors and four championships. Reuter, Slavik and senior Clay Megaw (Monticello, Minn.) all swam on at least one of SJU’s five All-MIAC relays. Megaw finished sixth in the 100-yard breaststroke (58.34) and ninth in the 200yard version (2:10.58) at the 2025 conference meet. He currently owns the fourth fastest times in SJU history in both events.
FRESHMEN POINTS
A trio of sophomores scored points for SJU at the MIAC Championships as freshmen in 2025. Riley Yerks (Hutchinson, Minn.) took 11th in the 200-yard back (2:02.59) for six points. Jason Jones (Monticello, Minn.) combined for 13 total, taking seventh in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:12.99), 12th in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:00.37) and 16th in the 200-yard IM (2:02.90).
SJU’S 2025-26 SCHEDULE
The Johnnies open the season Saturday, Oct. 18, in a triangular with Hamline and Minnesota-Morris in one of two home meets in the Warner Palaestra Pool. SJU then travels for four duals: Macalester (Oct. 25), St. Olaf (Nov. 1), Wisconsin-La Crosse (Nov. 8) and Division II St. Cloud State (Nov. 8.). The team competes at the Rochester Invitational – hosted by St. Cloud State – in their final meet of 2025 from Dec. 4-6. SJU starts 2026 at the Luther Sprint Invitational (Jan. 10) before traveling to Gustavus Adolphus for a dual on Jan. 17. The dual-meet schedule is capped by Senior Day against Carleton on Jan. 24. Two more road meets, including a diving invitational, lead up to the 2026 MIAC Championships on Feb. 11-14 at the University of Minnesota’s Jean Freeman Aquatic Center in Minneapolis. The 2026 NCAA Division III Championships are scheduled for March 18-21 at the IUPUI Natatorium in Indianapolis, Ind.
N T H E F I E L D
CHAMPIONS
I N L O G I S T I C S
2025-26 ROSTER
Name Yr Event
Hometown / High School
MAX ARNTSON JR. FREE LINDSTROM, MINN. / CHISAGO LAKES
ELIJAH AVENT JR. FLY/FREE MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. / ST. ANTHONY VILLAGE
TREVOR BARTON JR. FREE/IM BUFFALO, MINN. / BUFFALO
TANNER BETTS FR. BACK/FREE STACY, MINN. / CHISAGO LAKES
BRENNAN CLOSE JR. BREAST/IM PRINCETON, MINN. / PRINCETON
LINCOLN COCHRAN FR. BREAST/IM HELENA, MONT. / CAPITAL
AUSTIN DURFEE FR. DIVING WEST VALLEY CITY, UTAH / KEARNS
BEN EDWARDS JR. FLY/IM BURNSVILLE, MINN. / BURNSVILLE
LUIS FLORES JR. FREE HUGO, MINN. / MAHTOMEDI
JOE FULLER SR. BREAST/FREE OMAHA, NEB. / CREIGHTON PREP
DYLAN GASPARD SO. FLY/FREE VICTORIA, MINN. / WACONIA
HENRY HILGENDORF SO. DIVING OWATONNA, MINN. / OWATONNA
JASON JONES SO. BREAST/IM MONTICELLO, MINN. / MONTICELLO
NATE KROTZER SO. BACK BLAINE, MINN. / SPRING LAKE PARK
DAVID LAMMERS FR. FLY/FREE WILLMAR, MINN. / WILLMAR
OWEN LOMMEL FR. BREAST/FREE BUFFALO, MINN. / BUFFALO
HENRY LUETMER SR. FREE MEDINA, MINN. / ORONO
CLAY MEGAW SR. BREAST MONTICELLO, MINN. / MONTICELLO
DYLAN MURPHY FR. BREAST/IM HAMEL, MINN. / WAYZATA
SIMON NYANGAMOI JR. BACK/IM HARRISBURG, S.D. / HARRISBURG
BRAYDON OHRTMAN FR. FREE HIGHLANDS RANCH, COLO. / HIGHLANDS RANCH
CARSTEN REUTER SR. FLY/FREE ST. CLOUD, MINN. / TECH
ANDREW ROGGEMAN SR. BACK/FREE ST. CLOUD, MINN. / TECH
TIM ROTTER SR. DIVING BLAINE, MINN. / BLAINE
CAMERON SCHREIFELS SR. BACK/FREE SARTELL, MINN. / SARTELL-ST. STEPHEN
VINCENT SCHULZE FR. FREE EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN. / EDEN PRAIRIE
BRAYDEN SLAVIK SR. FREE GREEN ISLE, MINN. / CHASKA
CODY WATTS JR. DIVING ST. CLOUD, MINN. / TECH
RILEY YERKS SO. FREE/IM HUTCHINSON, MINN. / HUTCHINSON
COACHING STAFF
BEN GILL
Ben Gill enters his seventh season as SJU’s head swimming and diving coach in 2025-26.
During his tenure, his athletes have recorded 120 All-MIAC performances, 32 during the 2024-25 season alone. That includes 20 conference championships (counting relays), seven alone coming a year ago when he was also named MIAC men’s coach of the year.
As a team, SJU has finished second or third in all six of his previous seasons as head coach.
Under his watch, three athletes have qualified for the NCAA Division III national meet and he has coached four AllAmericans (two during a COVID-abbreviated schedule in 2020-21 when there was no national meet).
The 2007 St. Cloud State University graduate previously served as the head men’s and women’s coach at Loras (Iowa) College.
The Duhawks sent athletes to nationals in each of his final three seasons at the school and collected six All-America honors. His Loras teams totaled 64 AllConference honors, including 14 conference champions.
Prior to Loras, Gill was the head coach at the La Crosse (Wis.) Area Family YMCA from 2014-15. Eight of Gill’s athletes qualified for YMCA Nationals and his team placed third at the YMCA state meet, in which multiple state champions were crowned across different age groups.
He was also a graduate assistant coach at his alma mater for two seasons (2012-14) and coached nine Division II AllAmericans. The SCSU women won back-to-back Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference championships during his tenure there.
Gill’s coaching experience also includes stops at the St. Cloud YMCA (2011-12), the Fox Cities YMCA in Appleton, Wis. (200911) and as an assistant at the College of Saint Benedict (200708). Gill was also a deck coach at Stanford’s swim camp during the summer of 2008.
2024-25 Season:
• The Johnnies finished second out of six teams Feb. 19-22 at
the 2025 MIAC Championships and 36th out of 47 teams March 19-22 at the NCAA Division III Championships. Brayden Slavik ‘26 was named the MIAC Co-Swimmer of the Year while Gill was awarded the conference’s Coach of the Year title. Diver Eli Grabinski ‘25 and Slavik both qualified for the national meet, each earning All-America honors. Grabinski finished eighth on the 1-meter board and 14th on the 3-meter, while Slavik took 15th in the 1,650-yard freestyle.
2023-24 Season:
• SJU swimming and diving finished third out of six teams at the MIAC Championships. Eli Grabinski ’25 won the 3-meter dive and was named the MIAC Men’s Diver of the Year for the third-straight season, while Carter Larson ’25 placed first in both the 100- and 200-yard freestyles and Brayden Slavik ’26 won the 400-yard individual medley and 1,650-yard freestyle to give SJU a total of five conference titles, the program’s most since 2003 (6). Grabinski competed at the NCAA Regional in Ohio and just missed qualifying for one of the six NCAA bids and was an alternate for the NCAA Championships. He finished fourth in the 1-meter dive and sixth on the 3-meter board.
Additional Coaching Staff
Elise Morell Diving Coach Second Season
Elise (Genereux) Morell is in her fifth season as an assistant coach in 2025-26. A 2012 graduate of Saint Benedict, Morell qualified for the MIAC Championships in the 1- and 3-meter dives all four years, and finished 12th on both boards as a senior in 2012. After graduating from CSB, Morell coached the boys’ and girls’ diving squads at St. Cloud Apollo High School for seven seasons.
50 Freestyle
20.03 1999 MATT ZELEN
20.61 2023 LIAM NOBLE
20.70 2011 ARMANDO MOSS
20.71 2015 PAUL KNAAK
20.79 2013 LOGAN ARNOLD 100 Freestyle
45.01 1999 MATT ZELEN
45.36 2017 KENNY BERGMAN
45.61 2011 ARMANDO MOSS
45.68 2023 LIAM NOBLE
45.71 2013 LOGAN ARNOLD
200 Freestyle
1:39.82 2024 CARTER LARSON
1:41.05 2013 LOGAN ARNOLD
1:42.27 2011 TY NIMENS
1:42.53 2024 COLBY KERN
1:42.69 2003 JIM ARNOLD
500 Freestyle
4:32.97 2024 BRAYDEN SLAVIK
4:33.17 2012 JOSH SEABURG
4:38.05 2023 CARTER LARSON
4:40.74 1986 PAUL EURE
4:41.81 2011 JIMMY FOLEY
1,000 Freestyle
9:30.45 2024 BRAYDEN SLAVIK
9:58.46 2010 JIMMY FOLEY
10:00.67 1986 PAUL EURE
10:01.46 2022 CARTER LARSON 10:02.04 2005 ERIC ANDERSON
1,650 Freestyle
15:48.67 2024 BRAYDEN SLAVIK
16:31.52 2005 ERIC ANDERSON
16:31.57 2011 JIMMY FOLEY
16:35.69 2022 CARTER LARSON
16:43.24 1997 MATT SHARP
100 Butterfly
48.82 1997 MATT ZELEN
50.56 2016 J OSE ALVAREZ
50.85 2011 ARMANDO MOSS
51.22 2023 CARSTEN REUTER 51.24 1995 PAT UNDERHILL
TOP TIMES
200 Butterfly
1:54.36 2012 JOSH SEABURG 1:56.72 2006 JOSH SWENSON
1:57.00 2014 JOSE ALVAREZ
1:57.83 2024 LANGSTON PHILION
1:57.89 2009 KEVIN KUBAT
1:57.89 2009 TY NIMENS 100 Backstroke
50.77 2023 LIAM NOBLE
50.88 2022 JOE KOLLER
51.28 2014 BRADEN MCCORMACK
51.55 2015 JOSE ALVAREZ
51.76 2006 CASEY LARSON
200 Backstroke
1:51.44 2022 JOE KOLLER
1:54.25 2016 JOSE ALVAREZ 1:54.79 2019 MICK OLSON
1:54.85 2014 BRADEN MCCORMACK
1:55.21 2000 LUKE VESTRUM 100 Breaststroke
56.58 2013 PRESTON MARSH
57.18 2005 LUKE PROKOP
57.49 2020 MITCHELL DOCKENDORF
57.57 2024 CLAY MEGAW
57.86 2014 JOE DUXBURY
200 Breaststroke
2:02.81 2005 LUKE PROKOP
2:08.70 2004 PHILIP NIELSEN
2:09.00 1988 PAT BESKAR
2:09.01 2024 CLAY MEGAW
2:09.05 2010 JESSE OTIS
200 IM
1:52.90 2013 PRESTON MARSH
1:54.22 2002 LUKE VESTRUM
1:54.60 2019
MITCHELL DOCKENDORF
1:54.37 2016 JOSE ALVAREZ
1:54.74 2010 TY NIMENS
400 IM
4:02.01 2012 JOSH SEABURG
4:03.98 2024 BRAYDEN SLAVIK
4:09.54 1994 PHIL STEGER
4:10.88 2023 ETHAN HUBER
4:11.12 2005 ERIC ANDERSON
200 Freestyle Relay
1:22.31 2023 REUTER, NOBLE, KERN, BRINKMAN
1:23.04 2015 URNESS, DUXBURY, KNAAK, BERGMAN
1:23.05 2013 MARSH, DUXBURY, KNAAK, ARNOLD
1:23.43 2022 KERN, NOBLE, LARSON, BRINKMAN
1:23.43 1996 ZELEN, STEVEN, UNDERHILL, SCHMITZ
400 Freestyle Relay
3:04.46 2015 KNAAK, DUXBURY, URNESS, BERGMAN
3:04.53 2023
REUTER, NOBLE, KERN, LARSON
3:04.55 2011 MOSS, NIMENS, SEABURG, WILLIAMS
3:05.08 2013 MARSH, KNAAK, TRIGGS, ARNOLD
3:05.97 2017 KONSOR, HELLER, URNESS, BERGMAN
800 Freestyle Relay
6:48.30 2023
LARSON, REUTER, KERN, HUBER
6:50.32 2024
LARSON, THAYER, KERN, SLAVIK
6:51.61 2011 MOSS, NIMENS, WILLIAMS, SEABURG
6:53.68 2011 NIMENS, FOLEY, WILLIAMS, SEABURG
6:54.75 2010 NIMENS, FOLEY, OTIS, SEABURG
200 Medley Relay
1:32.34 2013 B. MCCORMACK, MARSH DUXBURY, ARNOLD
1:33.04 2016 B. MCCORMACK, MAGEE, M. MCCORMACK, KNAAK
1:33.06 2023 KOLLER, MEGAW NOBLE, BRINKMAN
1:33.25 2014 B. MCCORMACK, DUXBURY, ALVAREZ, KNAAK
1:33.49 2015 ALVAREZ, DUXBURY, KONSOR, KNAAK
400 Medley Relay
3:27.37 2022 KOLLER, FLEISCHHACKER, HEER, NOBLE
3:27.49 2014 B. MCCORMACK, DUXBURY, ALVAREZ, KNAAK
3:28.49 2016 B. MCCORMACK, MAGEE, ALVAREZ, KNAAK
3:28.52 2023 NOBLE, MEGAW, EAST, REUTER
3:28.64 2015 ALVAREZ, DUXBURY, STINAR, KNAAK
1M Dive Dual (6 Dives)
328.15 2012 WES SCHLICHTING 315.00 1991 JOHN DETERS 288.60 2020 JACK GRABINSKI 287.20 1991 BRET BEECHER 280.30 1983 DEAN ROLL
1M Dive Championship (11 Dives)
558.55 1991 JOHN DETERS 507.20 1991 BRET BEECHER 503.85 2023 JACK GRABINSKI
497.05 2011 WES SCHLICHTING 474.05 1983 DEAN ROLL
3M Dive Dual (6 Dives) 367.70 1989 JOHN DETERS 314.50 1989 ERIC BOYER 309.65 2023 JACK GRABINSKI 307.95 2012 WES SCHLICHTING 293.55 1984 DEAN ROLL
3M Dive Championship (11 Dives)
592.70 1992 JOHN DETERS 542.05 2021 JACK GRABINSKI 503.30 2011 WES SCHLICHTING 492.10 1980 STEVE REMOLE 489.05 2023 CONNOR REED
2 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
178 ALL-AMERICAN PERFORMANCES
40 TOP THREE MIAC FINISHES
13 ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS AWARDS
TOP 5 FINISHES
50 Freestyle
1. 20.70 2011 ARMANDO MOSS
2. 20.72 1996 MATT ZELEN
3. 20.90 1983 TOM KUBINSKI
4. 20.95 2012 LOGAN ARNOLD
5. 20.99 2022 LIAM NOBLE
100 Freestyle
1. 45.44 1996 MATT ZELEN
2. 45.61 2011 MANDO MOSS
3. 45.93 2013 PRESTON MARSH
4. 46.00 2023 CARSTEN REUTER
5. 46.09 2012 LOGAN ARNOLD
200 Freestyle
1. 1:42.90 2022 CARTER LARSON
2. 1:43.45 2020 ETHAN HUBER
3. 1:43.63 2014 ANDREW URNESS
4. 1:44.52 2014 KENNY BERGMAN
5. 1:45.16 2023 CARSTEN REUTER
500 Freestyle
1. 4:41.34 2023 BRAYDEN SLAVIK
2. 4:43.26 2022 CARTER LARSON
3. 4:45.99 2020 ETHAN HUBER
4. 4:46.40 2003 KIP WINDEN
5. 4:47.85 2022 CONNOR THAYER
1000 Freestyle
1. 9:53.66 2023 BRAYDEN SLAVIK
2. 10:01.46 2022 CARTER LARSON
3. 10:06.94 1997 MATT SHARP
4. 10:12.41 1985 PAUL DEMORETT
5. 10:12.96 2003 ERIC ANDERSON 1650 Freestyle
1. 16:19.67 2023 BRAYDEN SLAVIK
2. 16:35.69 2022 CARTER LARSON
3. 16:43.24 1997 MATT SHARP
4. 16:47.04 2003 KIP WINDEN
5. 16:49.86 2003 ERIC ANDERSON
100 Butterfly
1. 50.57 1996 MATT ZELEN
2. 51.22 2023 CARSTEN REUTER
3. 51.24 1995 PAT UNDERHILL
4. 52.21 2024 ALEX KING
5. 52.31 2022 ANDREW EAST
200 Butterfly
1. 1:57.00 2014 JOSE ALVAREZ
2. 1:58.18 1994 STEVE ESPELAND
3. 1:59.50 2005 JOSH SWENSON
4. 1:59.88 2006 KEVIN KUBAT
5. 2:00.42 2021 ALEX HEER
100 Backstroke
1. 51.89 2012 LOGAN ARNOLD
2. 52.09 2013 BRADEN MCCORMACK
3. 52.10 2013 MATTHEW MCCORMACK
4. 52.17 2018 MITCHELL DOCKENDORF
5. 52.25 1996 MATT ZELEN
200 Backstroke
1. 1:55.21 2000 LUKE VESTRUM
2. 1:55.65 2013 BRADEN MCCORMACK
3. 1:56.49 2018 MICK OLSON
4. 1:57.79 2020 ETHAN HUBER
5. 1:58.58 2008 ANDY HAPPE
100 Breaststroke
1. 56.58 2013 PRESTON MARSH
2. 57.92 2023 CLAY MEGAW
3. 58.25 2003 LUKE PROKOP
4. 59.65 2016 JACOB UPTON
5. 59.93 2020 DYLAN FLEISCHHACKER
200 Breaststroke
1. 2:04.78 2003 LUKE PROKOP
2. 2:10.19 2023 CLAY MEGAW
3. 2:11.2 2016 JACOB UPTON
4. 2:11.43 1993 PHIL STEGER
5. 2:11.70 2001 PHILIP NIELSEN
200 Individual Medley
1. 1:52.90 2013 PRESTON MARSH
2. 1:55.40 2024 ALEX KING
3. 1:55.52 2014 JOSE ALVAREZ
4. 1:55.62 2018 MITCHELL DOCKENDORF
5. 1:56.29 2000 LUKE VESTRUM
400 Individual Medley
1. 4:13.38 2024 ALEX KING
2. 4:13.74 1993 PHIL STEGER
3. 4:16.38 2013 NOLAN BAUER
4. 4:16.87 2014 JOSE ALVAREZ
5. 4:17.40 2023 BRAYDEN SLAVIK
1-Meter Dive (6 Dives)
1. 288.60 2020 JACK GRABINSKI
2. 272.15 2020 CONNOR REED
3. 249.20 2024 CODY WATTS
4. 244.85 2014 JUSTIN WOLLIN
5. 240.75 2009 WES SCHLICHTING
1-Meter Dive (11 Dives)
1. 481.10 2020 JACK GRABINSKI
2. 469.75 2020 CONNOR REED
3. 454.70 2022 ELI GRABINSKI
4. 419.50 2024 CODY WATTS
5. 401.35 2020 CHRISTIAN PFAU
3-Meter Dive (6 Dives)
1. 306.60 2020 JACK GRABINSKI
2. 243.10 2020 CONNOR REED
3. 233.40 2009 WES SCHLICHTING
4. 224.35 2015 JOSH TOMPOROWSKI
5. 220.50 2024 CODY WATTS
3-Meter Dive (11 Dives)
1. 505.05 2020 JACK GRABINSKI
2. 487.70 2022 ELI GRABINSKI
3. 436.60 2020 CONNOR REED
4. 388.25 1980 DEAN ROLL
5. 383.85 2024 CODY WATTS
2012
ALL-MIAC HONOREES
(since 2012)
LOGAN ARNOLD CHAMPION 100-YARD BACKSTROKE
LOGAN ARNOLD THIRD 50-YARD FREESTYLE
LOGAN ARNOLD THIRD 100-YARD FREESTYLE
LOGAN ARNOLD THIRD 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
JOE DUXBURY THIRD 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
BEN MAAKESTAD THIRD 800-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
TY NIMENS THIRD 200-YARD FREESTLE RELAY
TY NIMENS THIRD 800-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
JESSE OTIS THIRD 800-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
WES SCHLICHTING SECOND 3-METER DIVE
WES SCHLICHTING THIRD 1-METER DIVE
JOSH SEABURG* CHAMPION 200-YARD BUTTERFLY
JOSH SEABURG CHAMPION 400-YARD INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
JOSH SEABURG CHAMPION 500-YARD FREESTYLE
JOSH SEABURG THIRD 800-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
CONNOR TRIGGS THIRD 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
2013 LOGAN ARNOLD SECOND 50-YARD FREESTYLE
LOGAN ARNOLD SECOND 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
LOGAN ARNOLD THIRD 200-YARD FREESTLE RELAY
LOGAN ARNOLD SECOND 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
LOGAN ARNOLD THIRD 200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY
JOE DUXBURY THIRD 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
JOE DUXBURY THIRD 200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY
PAUL KNAAK THIRD 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
PAUL KNAAK 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
PRESTON MARSH SECOND 100-YARD BREASTSTROKE)
PRESTON MARSH THIRD 200-YARD INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY)
PRESTON MARSH THIRD 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
PRESTON MARSH SECOND 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
PRESTON MARSH THIRD 200-YARD MEDLEY FREESTYLE
BRADEN MCCORMACK THIRD 200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY
CONNOR TRIGGS SECOND 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
2014 JOE DUXBURY THIRD 200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY
PAUL KNAAK THIRD 200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY
BRADEN MCCORMACK THIRD 100-YARD BACKSTROKE
BRADEN MCCORMACK THIRD 200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY
MATTHEW MCCORMACK THIRD 200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY
2015 JOSE ALVAREZ SECOND 100-YARD BACKSTROKE
JOSE ALVAREZ THIRD 200-YARD BACKSTROKE
KENNY BERGMAN CHAMPION 100-YARD FREESTYLE
KENNY BERGMAN CHAMPION 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
KENNY BERGMAN SECOND 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
JOE DUXBURY CHAMPION 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
JOE DUXBURY SECOND 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
PAUL KNAAK CHAMPION 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
PAUL KNAAK SECOND 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
ANDREW URNESS CHAMPION 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
ANDREW URNESS SECOND 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
2016 JOSE ALVAREZ THIRD 200-YARD INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY)
JOSE ALVAREZ THIRD 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
KENNY BERGMAN CHAMPION 100-YARD FREESTYLE
KENNY BERGMAN THIRD 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
PAUL KNAAK SECOND 100-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
PAUL KNAAK THIRD 50-YARD FREESTYLE
PAUL KNAAK THIRD 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
PAUL KNAAK THIRD 200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY
SAM KONSOR THIRD 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
CONNOR MAGEE THIRD 200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY
BRADEN MCCORMACK THIRD 200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY
MATTHEW MCCORMACK THIRD 200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY
JUSTIN WOLLIN THIRD 1-METER DIVE
2017 KENNY BERGMAN CHAMPION 100-YARD FREESTYLE
KENNY BERGMAN SECOND 50-YARD FREESTYLE
KENNY BERGMAN THIRD 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
KENNY BERGMAN SECOND 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
LUKE HELLER SECOND 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
SAM KONSOR THIRD 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
SAM KONSOR SECOND 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
CURTIS NOECKER THIRD 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
ANDREW URNESS THIRD 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
ANDREW URNESS SECOND 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
2018 AIDAN CULLOTON THIRD 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
MITCHELL DOCKENDORF THIRD 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
MITCHELL DOCKENDORF THIRD 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
MITCHELL DOCKENDORF THIRD 400-YARD MEDLEY RELAY
LUKE HELLER THIRD 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
LUKE HELLER THIRD 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
LUKE HELLER THIRD 400-YARD MEDLEY RELAY
DEVIN MURPHY THIRD 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
CURTIS NOECKER THIRD 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
CURTIS NOECKER THIRD 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
RYAN PAULEY THIRD 400-YARD MEDLEY RELAY
JAKE UPTON THIRD 400-YARD MEDLEY RELAY
2020 BEAU BRINKMAN THIRD 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
BEAU BRINKMAN THIRD 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
MITCHELL DOCKENDORF THIRD 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
MITCHELL DOCKENDORF THIRD 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
STEVEN FROEHLE THIRD 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
STEVEN FROEHLE THIRD 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
JACK GRABINSKI^ CHAMPION 3-METER DIVE
JACK GRABINSKI SECOND 1-METER DIVE
ETHAN HUBER THIRD 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
ETHAN HUBER THIRD 400-YARD FREESTYLE
CONNOR REED THIRD 1-METER DIVE
2022 BEAU BRINKMAN SECOND 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
DYLAN FLEISCHHACKER SECOND 200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY
DYLAN FLEISCHHACKER SECOND 400-YARD MEDLEY RELAY
ELI GRABINSKI& CHAMPION 1-METER DIVE
ELI GRABINSKI CHAMPION 3-METER DIVE
ALEX HEER SECOND 400-YARD MEDLEY RELAY
ETHAN HUBER SECOND 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
ETHAN HUBER SECOND 800-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
COLBY KERN SECOND 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
COLBY KERN SECOND 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
COLBY KERN SECOND 200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY
COLBY KERN SECOND 800-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
JOE KOLLER CHAMPION 100-YARD BACKSTROKE
JOE KOLLER CHAMPION 200-YARD BACKSTROKE
JOE KOLLER SECOND 200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY
JOE KOLLER SECOND 400-YARD MEDLEY RELAY
ALL-MIAC HONOREES
CARTER LARSON SECOND 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
CARTER LARSON SECOND 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
CARTER LARSON SECOND 800-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
LIAM NOBLE SECOND 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
LIAM NOBLE SECOND 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
LIAM NOBLE SECOND 200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY
LIAM NOBLE SECOND 400-YARD MEDLEY RELAY
LIAM NOBLE THIRD 50-YARD FREESTYLE
CONNOR REED SECOND 1-METER DIVE
CONNOR REED SECOND 3-METER DIVE
CONNOR THAYER SECOND 800-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
2023 BEAU BRINKMAN SECOND 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
BEAU BRINKMAN SECOND 200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY
ELI GRABINSKI& CHAMPION 3-METER DIVE,
ELI GRABINSKI SECOND 1-METER DIVE
JACK GRABINSKI CHAMPION 1-METER DIVE
ETHAN HUBER SECOND 800-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
COLBY KERN SECOND 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
COLBY KERN SECOND 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
COLBY KERN SECOND 800-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
JOE KOLLER SECOND 100-YARD BACKSTROKE
JOE KOLLER SECOND 200-YARD BACKSTROKE
JOE KOLLER SECOND 200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY
CARTER LARSON SECOND 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
CARTER LARSON SECOND 800-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
CLAY MEGAW SECOND 200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY
LIAM NOBLE CHAMPION 100-YARD BACKSTROKE
LIAM NOBLE SECOND 50-YARD FREESTYLE
LIAM NOBLE SECOND 100-YARD FREESTYLE
LIAM NOBLE SECOND 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
LIAM NOBLE SECOND 200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY
LIAM NOBLE SECOND 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
CONNOR REED SECOND 3-METER DIVE
CONNOR REED THIRD 1-METER DIVE
CARSTEN REUTER THIRD 100-YARD FREESTYLE
CARSTEN REUTER SECOND 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
CARSTEN REUTER SECOND 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
CARSTEN REUTER SECOND 800-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
2024 ELI GRABINSKI^ CHAMPION 3-METER DIVE
ELI GRABINSKI SECOND 1-METER DIVE
COLBY KERN SECOND 200-YARD FREESTYLE
COLBY KERN SECOND 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
COLBY KERN SECOND 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
COLBY KERN SECOND 800-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
CARTER LARSON CHAMPION 100-YARD FREESTYLE
CARTER LARSON CHAMPION 200-YARD FREESTYLE
CARTER LARSON SECOND 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
CARTER LARSON SECOND 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
CARTER LARSON SECOND 800-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
LIAM NOBLE SECOND 50-YARD FREESTYLE
LIAM NOBLE SECOND 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
LIAM NOBLE SECOND 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
LIAM NOBLE THIRD 100-YARD BACKSTROKE
CARSTEN REUTER SECOND 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
CARSTEN REUTER SECOND 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
BRAYDEN SLAVIK CHAMPION 400-YARD INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
BRAYDEN SLAVIK CHAMPION 1,650-YARD FREESTYLE
BRAYDEN SLAVIK SECOND 500-YARD FREESTYLE
BRAYDEN SLAVIK SECOND 800-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
CONNOR THAYER SECOND 800-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
CODY WATTS THIRD 1-METER DIVE 2025 ELI GRABINSKI SECOND
COLBY KERN CHAMPION 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
COLBY KERN CHAMPION 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
COLBY KERN CHAMPION 800-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
COLBY KERN SECOND 200-YARD FREESTYLE
CARTER LARSON CHAMPION 100-YARD FREESTYLE
CARTER LARSON CHAMPION 200-YARD FREESTYLE
CARTER LARSON CHAMPION 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
CARTER LARSON CHAMPION 800-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
CARTER LARSON SECOND 500-YARD FREESTYLE
CARTER LARSON CHAMPION 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
CARTER LARSON SECOND 400-YARD MEDLEY RELAY
CLAY MEGAW SECOND 200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY
CLAY MEGAW SECOND 400-YARD MEDLEY RELAY
LIAM NOBLE CHAMPION 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
LIAM NOBLE CHAMPION 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
LIAM NOBLE SECOND 200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY
LIAM NOBLE SECOND 400-YARD MEDLEY RELAY
CARSTEN REUTER CHAMPION 50-YARD FREESTYLE
CARSTEN REUTER CHAMPION 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
CARSTEN REUTER CHAMPION 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
CARSTEN REUTER SECOND 200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY
CARSTEN REUTER THIRD 100-YARD FREESTYLE
BRAYDEN SLAVIK% CHAMPION 400-YARD INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
BRAYDEN SLAVIK CHAMPION 500-YARD FREESTYLE
BRAYDEN SLAVIK CHAMPION 1,650-YARD FREESTYLE
BRAYDEN SLAVIK CHAMPION 800-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
BRAYDEN SLAVIK SECOND 200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY
BRAYDEN SLAVIK SECOND 400-YARD MEDLEY RELAY
CONNOR THAYER CHAMPION 800-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
CODY WATTS THIRD 1-METER DIVE
^MIAC Co-Diver of the Year
&MIAC Diver of the Year
*MIAC Swimmer of the Year
%MIAC Co-Swimmer of the Year
HUBER NOBLE BRINKMAN
team travel
The Saint John’s swimming and diving team takes an annual training trip to Puerto Rico during winter break between the first and second semesters. It’s a time to enjoy the tropical weather while putting in valuable work in the pool.
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swim & Dive Facilities
Warner Palaestra Pool
The Warner Palaestra pool is home to the Johnnie swimming and diving team. The pool was built as part of the original Warner Palaestra Athletic Complex in 1973. The Warner Palaestra Pool includes a regulation sized, eight-lane, 25-yard pool, one-meter and three-meter spring boards and a fivemeter platform.
The Warner Palaestra Pool is also open to club sport and general student use during the course of the academic year. Saint John’s water polo has seen significant success in the Warner Palaestra pool in recent years.
a sense of connection
That’s what Saint John’s University junior Cole Stencel enjoys most about life in Collegeville.
The connection the physics major on a pre-engineering track feels with his professors and peers in the classroom, the connection he feels with his coaches and teammates on the Johnnies cross country and track and field teams, and the connection he feels to the natural beauty that surrounds him each and every day.
“We talk a lot about community here, but it’s really true,” Stencel said. “This is a very tight-knit place. You get to know everyone really well and you form lasting relationships. It’s also a very outdoorsy college, which is something I really enjoy. There are lakes right outside your door. There are acres and acres of woods and trails. I don’t know of any other campus that has this many natural resources.”
A Maple River High School graduate, Stencel made the dean’s list last semester and is also involved in SJU Campus Ministry.
“They really encourage you to get involved in the community here and that’s a good thing,” Stencel said. “Campus life makes up such a big part of the college experience. I’ve met so many people who I know are going to be my friends for a lifetime.”
Stencel’s interest in engineering springs from his father, Jay, a civil engineering instructor at South Central College in Mankato.
“That’s how I first got acquainted with the field and the concepts,” said Cole, who plans to attend graduate school, then pursue a career in the mechanical engineering field. “He was the one who told me to check out the kind of jobs that are available and everything engineering
entails. The more I got to know about it, the more it appealed to me.”
Stencel said the individual attention he gets from his professors at SJU is helping prepare him for future success.
“I feel really comfortable here,” he said. “There’s a big sense of belonging. There’s a lot of one-on-one time with the faculty. If I have a question, I feel like I can go to any of my professors and talk it over with them. That means a lot.”
But Stencel said his SJU experience would likely not have been possible were it not for the assistance scholarships have provided. He currently receives the John Drahmann Memorial Scholarship, as well as an academic achievement and alumni referral scholarship.
“That helped cut my bill more than in half right away, which made coming here so much more achievable,” he said.
“I just want to say thank you to all the donors who make it possible for students like me to be immersed in this amazing college experience. Without them, I wouldn’t be here. So I’m extremely grateful.”
ALL-AMERICANS (since
1986
CHRIS BARTA 4TH 100 BACK
CHRIS BARTA 10TH 400 MEDLEY RELAY
PAT BESKAR 10TH 400 MEDLEY RELAY
PAUL EURE 14TH 500 FREE
TOM KUBINSKI 7TH 400 FREE RELAY
TOM KUBINSKI 8TH 50 FREE
TOM KUBINSKI 10TH 400 MEDLEY RELAY
DOUG LAWRENCE 7TH 400 FREE RELAY
MATT LAWRENCE 7TH 400 FREE RELAY
MATT LAWRENCE 10TH400 MEDLEY RELAY
CHRIS STUART 7TH 400 FREE RELAY
1987 CHRIS BARTA 4TH 100 BACK
CHRIS BARTA 9TH 200 BACK
CHRIS BARTA 12TH 400 MEDLEY RELAY
PAT BESKAR 12TH 400 MEDLEY RELAY
PAT BESKAR 12TH 200 BREAST
MATT LAWRENCE 12TH 400 MEDLEY RELAY
JOHN NEWHOUSE 12TH 400 MEDLEY RELAY
1988 CHRIS BARTA 4TH 200 BACK
CHRIS BARTA 10TH 100 BACK
CHRIS BARTA 11TH 400 MEDLEY RELAY
CHRIS BARTA 15TH 200 MEDLEY RELAY
PAT BESKAR 10TH 200 FREE RELAY
PAT BESKAR 11TH 400 MEDLEY RELAY
PAT BESKAR 15TH 200 MEDLEY RELAY
ERIC BOYER 10TH 1M DIVE
JAMES CASEY 10TH 400 FREE RELAY
PAUL DEMORETT 14TH 800 FREE RELAY
KEN KRULL 10TH 200 FREE RELAY
KEN KRULL 10TH 400 FREE RELAY
KEN KRULL 11TH 400 MEDLEY RELAY
KEN KRULL 14TH 800 FREE RELAY
KEN KRULL 15TH 200 MEDLEY RELAY
MARK LANGE 10TH 200 FREE RELAY
MARK LANGE 10TH 400 FREE RELAY
MARK LANGE 15TH 200 MEDLEY RELAY
MATT LAWRENCE 10TH 400 FREE RELAY
MATT LAWRENCE 14TH 800 FREE RELAY
JOHN NEWHOUSE 11TH 400 MEDLEY RELAY
JOHN NEWHOUSE 14TH 800 FREE RELAY
ROB SCHMIDT 10TH 200 FREE RELAY
1989 JAMES CASEY 5TH 200 FREE RELAY
JAMES CASEY 6TH 400 FREE RELAY
JOHN DETERS 12TH 3M DIVE
CHAD KELLY 5TH 200 FREE RELAY
CHAD KELLY 6TH 400 FREE RELAY
KEN KRULL 5TH 200 FREE RELAY
KEN KRULL 6TH 400 FREE RELAY
MARK LANGE 5TH 200 FREE RELAY
MARK LANGE 6TH 400 FREE RELAY
1990 MARK BISCAN 15TH 400 MEDLEY RELAY
ERIC BOYER 7TH 1M DIVE
JAMES CASEY 14TH 200 FREE RELAY
JAMES CASEY 14TH 800 FREE RELAY
JAMES CASEY 15TH 200 MEDLEY RELAY
JAMES CASEY 15TH 400 FREE RELAY
JAMES CASEY 15TH 400 MEDLEY RELAY
JOHN DETERS 2ND 3M DIVE
JOHN DETERS 3RD 1M DIVE
CHAD KELLY 14TH 200 FREE RELAY
CHAD KELLY 14TH 800 FREE RELAY
CHAD KELLY 15TH 200 MEDLEY RELAY
CHAD KELLY 15TH 400 FREE RELAY
KEN KRULL 14TH 200 FREE RELAY
KEN KRULL 14TH 800 FREE RELAY
KEN KRULL 15TH 200 MEDLEY RELAY
KEN KRULL 15TH 400 FREE RELAY
KEN KRULL 15TH 400 MEDLEY RELAY
LEE PRINKKILA 14TH 800 FREE RELAY
MIKE SIMONET 14TH 200 FREE RELAY
MIKE SIMONET 15TH 200 MEDLEY RELAY
MIKE SIMONET 15TH 400 FREE RELAY
MIKE SIMONET 15TH 400 MEDLEY RELAY
1991 BRET BEECHER 7TH 1M DIVE
JOHN DETERS 1ST 1M DIVE
JOHN DETERS 5TH 3M DIVE
1992 JOHN DETERS 5TH 3M DIVE
JOHN DETERS 8TH 1M DIVE
1994 PHIL STEGER 11TH 400 IM
1995 PAT UNDERHILL 11TH 50 FREE
PAT UNDERHILL 12TH 100 FLY
1996 JAKE BASTIEN 10TH 200 MEDLEY RELAY
JAKE BASTIEN 15TH 800 FREE RELAY
KRIS BOWMAN 10TH 200 MEDLEY RELAY
KRIS BOWMAN 14TH 400 MEDLEY RELAY
MARK SCHMITZ 7TH 400 FREE RELAY
MARK SCHMITZ 11TH 200 FREE RELAY
MARK SCHMITZ 14TH 400 MEDLEY RELAY
MARK SCHMITZ 15TH 800 FREE RELAY
PHIL STEGER 7TH 400 FREE RELAY
PHIL STEGER 15TH 800 FREE RELAY
CARL STEVENS 11TH 200 FREE RELAY
PAT UNDERHILL 7TH 400 FREE RELAY
PAT UNDERHILL 10TH 200 MEDLEY RELAY
PAT UNDERHILL 11TH 200 FREE RELAY
PAT UNDERHILL 14TH 400 MEDLEY RELAY
PAT UNDERHILL 15TH 800 FREE RELAY
MATT ZELEN 2ND 100 FREE
MATT ZELEN 7TH 400 FREE RELAY
MATT ZELEN 10TH 200 MEDLEY RELAY
MATT ZELEN 11TH 200 FREE RELAY
MATT ZELEN 12TH 50 FREE
MATT ZELEN 14TH 400 MEDLEY RELAY
1997 MATT ZELEN 6TH 100 FLY
1998 MATT ZELEN 4TH 100 FLY
MATT ZELEN 4TH 100 FREE
MATT ZELEN 7TH 50 FREE
MATT ZELEN 1ST 50 FREE
MATT ZELEN 2ND 100 FLY
MATT ZELEN 3RD 100 FREE
2002 JIM ARNOLD 6TH 200 FREE RELAY
JIM ARNOLD 9TH 200 MEDLEY RELAY
JIM ARNOLD 10TH 400 FREE RELAY
AARON BIDLE 6TH 200 FREE RELAY
LUKE VESTRUM 6TH 200 FREE RELAY
LUKE VESTRUM 9TH 200 MEDLEY RELAY
LUKE VESTRUM 10TH 400 FREE RELAY
CHRIS WALDORF 6TH 200 FREE RELAY
CHRIS WALDORF 9TH 200 MEDLEY RELAY
CHRIS WALDORF 10TH 400 FREE RELAY
DAVID WILLIAMS9TH 200 MEDLEY RELAY
DAVID WILLIAMS10TH 400 FREE RELAY
2003 JIM ARNOLD 8TH 50 FREE JIM ARNOLD 8TH 100 FREE JIM ARNOLD 16TH 200 FREE LUKE PROKOP 14TH 200 BREAST
2004 LUKE PROKOP 11TH 200 BREAST
PROKOP 13TH 100 BREAST 2005 JOEY CHAPMAN 13TH 200 FREE RELAY JOEY CHAPMAN 15TH 400 MEDLEY RELAY
JOEY CHAPMAN 16TH 400 FREE RELAY
SAM CHRISTIANSON 13TH 200 FREE RELAY
SAM CHRISTIANSON 16TH 400 FREE RELAY
KERRY O’NEILL 13TH 200 FREE RELAY
KERRY O’NEILL 15TH 400 MEDLEY RELAY
KERRY O’NEILL 16TH 400 FREE RELAY
LUKE PROKOP 3RD 200 BREAST
LUKE PROKOP 13TH 100 BREAST
LUKE PROKOP 15TH 400 MEDLEY RELAY
DAVID WILLIAMS 13TH 200 FREE RELAY
DAVID WILLIAMS 15TH 400 MEDLEY RELAY
DAVID WILLIAMS 16TH 400 FREE RELAY
2011 MANDO MOSS 15TH 800 FREE RELAY
TY NIMENS 15TH 800 FREE RELAY
WES SCHLICHTING 14TH 3M DIVE
WES SCHLICHTING 16TH 1M DIVE
JOSH SEABURG 15TH 800 FREE RELAY
MICHAEL WILLIAMS 15TH 800 FREE RELAY
2020 JACK GRABINSKI CSCAA - DIVING
2021 JACK GRABINSKI CSCAA - DIVING
CONNOR REED CSCAA - DIVING
2025 ELI GRABINSKI 8TH 1M DIVE
ELI GRABINSKI 14TH 3 DIVE
BRAYDEN SLAVIK 15TH 1,650-YARD FREESTYLE
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swimming & Diving in the sju j-club hall of honor
Pat Haws ’72 (inducted 2019)
Pat Haws (head coach, inducted 2019) - The swimming and diving coach at Saint John’s from 1973 to 1998, Pat Haws built the program into an MIAC power. During his tenure, his teams placed in the top three at the conference championships in 23 of 25 seasons –including 15 runner-up finishes. There were also 11 finishes in the top 25 at the Division III national meet. In all, his swimmers earned All-American honors 40 times and won two national championships. There was also one U.S. Olympic Trials Qualifier.
Matt Zelen (swimmer, inducted 2019) - Matt Zelen became just the second SJU swimmer or diver to win a national title when he won the 50-yard freestyle at the NCAA Division III national meet in 1999. But by then, he had already had earned All-American distinction at nationals six times as a freshman, sophomore and junior. He also finished second in the 100-yard butterfly and third in the 100-yard freestyle that year, giving him a total of nine All-American performances in all. That went along with 13 MIAC titles in individual events and relays as well as four other second-place finishes at the conference meet. He remains the
school record holder in three events – the 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle and 100 butterfly.
Jon Deters (diver, inducted 2021) A transfer from Iowa State at the semester break of his freshman year, Jon Deters went on to qualify for the NCAA Division III national meet four-straight seasons - earning All-American honors seven times. That included his junior season when he earned the program’s first national title by winning the 1-meter competition. He also won three-straight MIAC titles in both the 1 and 3-meter competitions during his time at the school.
Jon Habben (swimmer, inducted 2022) Habben was the first Johnnie swimmer to touch the wall as an MIAC champion when he won the 50yard freestyle at the conference meet as
a freshman in 1976. Two years later, he became the first SJU swimmer to touch the wall as an All-American when he finished 10th in the same event at the 1978 NCAA Division III championships. All told, Habben won a total of eight MIAC titles and qualified for nationals four times.
Tom Kubinski (swimmer, inducted 2023) A standout at Osseo High School, Tom Kubinski went on to win two conference titles in the 100 freestyle and three-straight in the 50 freestyle during his time at SJU. His time in the 50 at the 1983 MIAC meet –20.90 seconds – was not only a pool and conference record, but made him the first swimmer at the Division III level to break the 21-second mark in the event. He finished sixth in the 50 at nationals this season, then eighth as both a sophomore and senior. In total, he earned All-MIAC honors on eight occasions and All-American honors six times.
Luke Vestrum (swimmer, inducted 2024) Vestrum finished his career with nine conference titles (counting relays), second in program history only to Zelen’s 13. As a junior, he earned All-American distinction three times at that season’s Division III national meet as the Johnnies finished sixth in the 200 freestyle relay, ninth in the 200 medley relay and 10th in the 400 freestyle relay. He has continued to swim after college, competing at the U.S. Masters level. He holds five Minnesota Masters state records and won the national title in the 50 breaststroke in his age group, while placing second in the 50 freestyle, backstroke and butterfly in 2017. He was also the national runner-up in the 50 backstroke in 2015.
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