Saint John's track & field hosts the annual Meet of Saints at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 4, in Clemens Stadium. 
 
TRACK DEDICATION: Saint John's will dedicate the track within Clemens Stadium in honor of former track and field head coach Tim Miles '76 following Saturday's meet (approximately 2 p.m.). A reception with Miles will immediately follow at Brother Willie's Pub in Sexton Commons. 

MILES: The 2018 cross country season was the 40th as the Johnnies' head coach for Miles, who also led the track and field team for 36 seasons (1980-2015) and still assists the program. He produced a winning track and field program that finished among the MIAC's top two squads 23 times, including five MIAC championships (1997, 1999, 2005, 2007, 2011). Miles won MIAC Coach of the Year honors in 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2011. At the national level, Miles' student-athletes put together 61 NCAA Division III All-America performances, including five national titles. 

His cross country program has finished among the MIAC's top two squads in 24 of the past 39 seasons with nine MIAC titles (1981, 1982, 1983, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2006 and 2007). He has had 22 cross country teams qualify for the national meet, with 17 recording top-15 finishes. 

As an athlete at Saint John's, Miles was an All-MIAC performer in cross country and the MIAC six-mile run champion and steeplechase runner-up on the track as a senior in 1976.

MIAC DECATHLON: Sophomore Ryan Thompson (Minneapolis, Minn./Edina) is currently fourth out of 15 competitors after the first five events of the MIAC Decathlon held yesterday (May 2) at Carleton. He won the 100- (11.52) and 400-meter (51.15) dashes, and finished fourth in the shot put (10.99 meters). Thompson begins the final five events today with the 110-meter hurdles at 10:30 a.m.
 
A LOOK AT THE JOHNNIES: Saint John's won seven events and finished second out of 14 teams at Macalester's Bolstorff Twilight last Thursday (April 25) in St. Paul. St. Thomas won the meet with 165.5 points, followed by SJU (156), Division I Minnesota (68) and Hamline (63).
 
Sophomore Ryan Miller (Maple Grove, Minn./Totino-Grace) improved his season-best time to win the 100-meter dash in 10.58 seconds, 0.01 from the school record he set last year. The time is the sixth fastest in NCAA Division III this season. Senior Drew Schoenbauer (New Prague, Minn.) finished second (10.90), while freshman Jack Young (Cold Spring, Minn./Rocori) and junior Randall Clintsman (Maplewood, Minn./Hill-Murray) followed in fifth (11.27) and sixth (11.29), respectively.
 
The Johnnies claimed the top three times in the 200-meter dash, led by Schoenbauer in 22.34 seconds. Freshman Omavi Collison (Nassau, Bahamas/St. Anne's) finished just behind him in second (22.38) and Miller took third (22.62).
 
SJU also won both hurdle competitions. Senior Max Martin (Minneapolis, Minn./Wayzata) won the 110-meter version with a season-best time of 15.29 seconds, while sophomore Brady Labine (Detroit Lakes, Minn.) placed first the 400 meters hurdles with a season-best time of 54.75 seconds, which is good for 27th in Division III.
 
Seniors James Mathison (Stewartville, Minn.) and Dan Allen (White Bear Lake, Minn.) went 1 (9:41.21)-2 (9:49.14) with season-best times in the steeplechase.
 
Junior Collin Trout (Cloquet, Minn.) finished second, first among Division III competitors, in the triple jump (13.66 meters) and senior Kevin Lamb (Avon, Minn./Albany) claimed third in the 1,500 meters (4:06.09).
 
SJU's 4x100-meter relay (Labine, Schoenbauer, Young, Miller) took first in 41.53 seconds, the second-fastest time in school history, and the 4x400-meter relay (Collison, Jackson Devereaux, Johnson, Labine) won in 3:20.89.
 
Junior Kai Barber (Minneapolis, Minn./Totino-Grace) finished fifth, first among Division III throwers, in the discus (46.61 meters). He did not compete in the shot put, where he has the fourth-best mark in Division III (17.05 meters).
 
Freshman Shawn Schindler (Maple Grove, Minn.) and sophomore Tyler Johnson (Waverly, Minn./Buffalo) placed fifth in the pole vault (4.27 meters) and 400-meter dash (51.37), respectively.
 
LAST YEAR'S MEET: SJU won seven events and finished second out of three teams at last year's Meet of Saints at St. Thomas. The host Tommies totaled 154 points to take first place, followed by SJU (116) and St. Olaf (42). The Johnnies recorded 10 top-two marks/times on the afternoon.

Sophomore Nick Gannon (St. Paul, Minn./Hill-Murray) won the 100-meter dash with a season-best time of 11.02 seconds, while Miller took first in the 200-meter dash (22.67).

Martin won the 110-meter hurdles with a season-best time of 15.56 seconds. The Johnnies' 4x100-meter relay (Josh Gilliam, Labine, Charles Haik, Miller) won with the 38th-fastest time in Division III, 42.02 seconds, while the 4x400-meter relay (Ben Frederickson, Devereaux, Martin, David-Earl Russell) also claimed first (3:23.60).

Lamb took second with a season-best time of 1:56.11 in the 800 meters and Trout tied for second in the triple jump (13.23 meters).
 
IN THE MIAC: The Johnnies currently boast 23 top-10 marks/times in the MIAC this season.
 
100-Meter Dash
1. Ryan Miller, 10.58 (7th nationally)
3. Drew Schoenbauer, 10.72 (25th nationally)
8. Jack Young, 11.07
 
200-Meter Dash
1. Drew Schoenbauer, 21.55 (16th nationally)
3. Ryan Miller, 21.98
5. Omavi Collison, 22.05
 
400-Meter Dash
4. Omavi Collison, 49.00
 
800 Meters
8. Kevin Lamb, 1:56.38
 
1,500 Meters
9. Kevin Lamb, 4:04.47
10. James Mathison, 4:04.60
 
110-Meter Hurdles
3. Max Martin, 15.29
 
400-Meter Hurdles
2. Brady Labine, 54.75 (37th nationally)
 
Steeplechase
5. James Mathison, 9:41.21
8. Dan Allen, 9:49.14
 
High Jump
10. Sam Rademacher, 1.83m
 
Pole Vault
2. Shawn Schindler, 4.50m
 
Triple Jump
1. Michael Wallace, 13.98m (41st nationally)
2. Collin Trout, 13.81m 
 
Shot Put
1. Kai Barber, 17.05m (4th nationally)
 
Discus Throw
3. Kai Barber, 46.61m (44th nationally)
8. Eli Mollet, 44.51m
 
Hammer Throw
9. Kai Barber, 48.42m
 
Javelin
9. Kyle McKinney, 48.15m