Sauter consistently qualified for finals and scored tons of points for his team this past week at the Malone Invitational, which consisted of 14 teams (Division II and Division III) from around the region. One of the senior's most notable results came in the first leg of the 200 Medley Relay, when he broke his own school record (25.13) with a time of 24.70 in the 50 Backstroke. Sauter also had strong individual results in the 60 Free (21.98, 7 points, 2nd place of C-Final), 100 Back (55.77, 13 points, 6th place of B-Final) and 100 Free (47.83, 16 points, 3rd place of B-Final).