Results

GENEVA, Ohio – Saint John's University's 4x100-meter relay won the second heat with a time of 40.94 seconds in its prelim at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Thursday, May 23, at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio. 

The relay – sophomore Nick Gannon (St. Paul, Minn./Hill-Murray), senior Drew Schoenbauer (New Prague, Minn.), sophomore Brady Labine (Detroit Lakes, Minn.) and sophomore Ryan Miller (Maple Grove, Minn./Totino-Grace) – advances to the event's final at 12:05 p.m. ET Saturday, May 25. 

The time of 40.94 seconds was good for second out of the 16 teams. John Carroll (Ohio) posted the fastest time at 40.85 seconds. The top two times from each heat, plus the next five times, advanced to Saturday's final.

The Johnnies' school-record time of 40.78 seconds, registered May 16 in La Crosse, Wis., was the fastest among the 16 teams competing Thursday.

The foursome finished 12th out of 16 teams in the prelims at last year's NCAA Championships.

Junior Kai Barber's (Minneapolis, Minn./Totino-Grace) shot-put prelim (and final) begins at 11:30 a.m. ET Friday, May 24, while Miller and Schoenbauer compete in the 100-meter dash prelims at 3:45 p.m. ET.