ROCHESTER, Minn. – The Macalester College men's swimming & diving team opened the 2026-27 season at the MIAC-WIAC Border Battle on Saturday at the Rochester Aquatic Center. The Scots tallied 595 points to take sixth out of 10 teams.

Junior Kean Pajarillaga (Saipan, Marianas Pacific/Grace Christian Academy) posted two top-10 finishes on the day. Pajarillaga placed third in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:00.19 and took sixth in the 100-yard backstroke in 54.37. First year Tim Havlick (Colorado Springs, Colo./William J. Palmer) started his collegiate career with a pair of top-10 swims, including a sixth-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke. He also placed 10th in the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:22.06.

Senior Thomas Moore (Philadelphia, Pa./Science Leadership Academy) began his fourth year with a seventh-place finish in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:06.22. Junior Bode Thompson (Blacksburg, Va./Blacksburg) took eighth in the 200-yard butterfly in 2:06.63, while first year Sam Oyler (Chicago, Ill./Univ. of Chicago Laboratory Schools) finished eighth in the 100-yard backstroke in 54.99.

Macalester competes at Saint John's on Saturday, Oct. 24 in a dual meet that begins at 1:00 p.m. in Collegeville, Minn.

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