Results
COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Saint John's track and field finished second out of four teams at the annual Meet of Saints held Saturday, May 4, in Clemens Stadium.
Following the meet, SJU dedicated the track within the stadium in honor of current cross country and former head track and field head coach
Tim Miles '76.
St. Thomas won the meet with 143 points, followed by SJU (128), Concordia-Moorhead (106) and St. Olaf (63).
The Johnnies won five individual events and posted 16 top-three marks/times on the day.
Sophomore
Ryan Miller (Maple Grove, Minn./Totino-Grace) won the 100-meter dash (10.67) and classmate
Nick Gannon (St. Paul, Minn./Hill-Murray) took third (11.20).
SJU recorded the top three times in the 200-meter dash, led by senior
Drew Schoenbauer's (New Prague, Minn.) first-place recording of 22.37 seconds. Miller and freshman
Omavi Collison (Nassau, Bahamas/St. Anne's) followed in second (22.41) and third (22.46), respectively.
Sophomore
Brady Labine (Detroit Lakes, Minn.) claimed first with a season-best time of 54.46 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles, which is good for 35th in NCAA Division III, and freshman
Danny Welshons (Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata) placed third in the 110-meter variety.
Junior
Collin Trout (Cloquet, Minn.) won the triple jump with a season-best mark of 13.83 meters, while senior
James Mathison (Stewartville, Minn.) and freshman
Nathan Meyer (Iowa City, Iowa/Regina) crossed the finish line first (9:48.75) and third (10:41.08), respectively, in the four-man steeplechase.
Junior
Kai Barber (Minneapolis, Minn./Totino-Grace) finished second with a career-best mark of 52.80 meters in the hammer throw and third in the discus (43.58 meters). Freshman
Shawn Schindler (Maple Grove, Minn.) recorded a second-place mark in the pole vault with a height of 4.48 meters.
Sophomores
Jackson Devereaux (Elko New Market, Minn./Lakeville South) and
David-Earl Russell (Hawthorne, Calif./Verbum Dei) finished second (50.91) and third (51.22), respectively, in the 400-meter dash, while senior
Kevin Lamb (Avon, Minn./Albany) claimed third with a season-best time (1:56.36) in the 800 meters.
The Johnnies compete at the 2019 MIAC Outdoor Championships on Friday and Saturday, May 10-11, at St. Thomas' O'Shaughnessy Stadium in St. Paul.