SOUIX CITY, Iowa - The Gustavus Adolphus College men's swimming and diving team opened their 2026-27 season on Saturday with a pair of competitions: a dual against the Morningside University Mustangs, falling 157-48, and a triangular against the University of St. Thomas Tommies and the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Phoenix. 

Dual: Morningside
 
Jack Reilly finished as the runner-up in the 100 backstroke with a time of 57.96. 
 
Patee Britton had two top-three finishes, placing second in the 100 butterfly (54.92) and third in the 200 IM (2:04.83).
 
In the freestyle events, three Gusties had top-three finishes: Tyler Kauffman in the 50 (22.91), Finn Berry in the 100 (51.50) and Jonah Ohrtman in the 500 (5:25.48). Bentley Smith and Ohrtman had the top Gustavus finishes in the 1000 (11:53.17) and 200 (1:57.11) freestyle events, respectively.
 
In the 100 breaststroke, Tyler Jellum led the Gusties with a fourth place finish at 1:03.42.
 
Gustavus placed second in the 200 medley relay (1:42.42) and third in the 200 freestyle relay (1:36.89).
 
Triangular: St. Thomas, UW-Green Bay
 
Ben Kell led the Gusties freestyle events, placing fifth in the 1000 (10.13.78) and ninth in the 500 (4.59.10). Theodore Solensky placed sixth in the 50 free with a time of 21.58. Elliot Bartell was the top GAC finish in the 100 free, placing seventh at 47.76. Landon Vaupel was eighth in the 200 free at 1:49.94.
 
Bartel placed third in the 100 butterfly, swimming the event in 50.14. Kell placed sixth in the 200 fly at 2:00.23.
 
In the backstroke events, Josh Wallin took fourth in the 100 with a time of 51.79. Aidynn Havermann finished fifth in the 200 back (1:58.21).
 
Mason Krings led Gustavus in the breaststroke, placing fifth in the 200 (2:10.29) and seventh in the 100 (58.66).
 
Havermann placed third in the 200 IM with a time of 1:57.59.
 
Gustavus placed third in the 200 medley relay (1:32.43) and fifth in the 400 freestyle relay (3:12.97).

Coach Quote
 
"I was very pleased with the performances this weekend, both at Morningside and up at St. Thomas," said Gustavus head coach Jon Carlson. "I think the swimmers down at Morningside did a great job, especially for being the first meet of the year. The men had some great racing and the women came out on top, which when we're a split squad I didn't quite expect so I was very pleased with their performances up at St. Thomas."
 
"It's always great when you get an opportunity to compete against Division I teams," said Carlson. "We had some good racing against a lot of very top end swimmers, and I think it gets the team excited to know that they can stay with some swimmers that are going very fast, especially for how early we are in the season. I'm looking forward to the pentathlon next weekend and the rest of the fall season to see if we can build off what we did this past weekend."
 
Up Next
 
The Gusties host their Alumni/Intrasquad Pentathlon on Saturday, October 10.