<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3KbZxB_0wDR1GXP00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3KbZxB_0wDR1GXP00" width="1920" height="1080" ><figcaption>(image courtesy of Graham Miller)</figcaption></figure>MORRIS, Minn. – Saint John's swimming and diving won 11 of the 12 events in the season-opening, 172-50 win at Minnesota-Morris on Friday night, Oct. 18.Seven different Johnnies won individual events and the visitors registered 29 top-three finishes on the evening.A pair of Johnnies, senior Eli Grabinski (Sauk Rapids, Minn./Sauk Rapids-Rice) and junior Brayden Slavik (Green Isle, Minn./Chaska), won two events. Grabinski took first in the 1- (279.10) and 3-meter (254.20) dives, while Slavik touched the wall first in the 100-yard backstroke (53.80) and 500-yard freestyle (4:48.24).Four other Johnnie seniors also took first place:-Colby Kern (Delano, Minn.) in the 200-yard freestyle (1:49.28);-Carter Larson (Sartell, Minn./Sartell-St. Stephen) in the 100-yard freestyle (48.32);-Liam Noble (Plymouth, Minn./Robbinsdale Armstrong) in the 100-yard butterfly (54.55);-Langston Philion (Maple Grove, Minn.) in the 400-yard individual medley (4:44.45).Junior Clay Megaw (Monticello, Minn.) added a victory in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:03.38), while SJU's 400-yard freestyle (3:25.24; Larson, Max Arntson, Jason Jones, Jackson Hovda) and 400-yard medley (3:42.95; Slavik, Jones, Reuter, Kern) relays claimed first.The Johnnies host the Cougars for a 1 p.m. dual meet tomorrow (Saturday, Oct. 19) at the Warner Palaestra Pool in Collegeville.</div></body>

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SJU Wins Season Opener at Morris, 172-50

MORRIS, Minn. – Saint John's swimming and diving won 11 of the 12 events in the season-opening, 172-50 win at Minnesota-Morris on Friday night, Oct. 18. Seven different Johnnies won individual events and the visitors registered 29 top-three finishes on the evening. A pair of Johnnies, senior Eli Grabinski...