Results

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Saint John's track and field won eight events en route to its third meet victory of the season on Saturday, Feb. 15, at the Donald McNeely Spectrum in Collegeville.

The Johnnies recorded 24 top-three marks/times to finish with 275.5 points, followed by Concordia-Moorhead in second (141.5) and NAIA Jamestown (N.D.) claimed third (84.5).

Junior Ryan Miller (Maple Grove, Minn./Totino-Grace) won both the 60- (6.95) and 200-meter (22.58) dashes, while freshman Maguire Petersen (Hutchinson, Minn.), the reigning MIAC Men's Field Athlete of the Week, won the high jump with a mark of 2.01 meters. Freshman Jared Meier (Jordan, Minn./Shakopee) followed Petersen in third (1.83 meters). Petersen also took second in the long jump (6.25 meters), six inches ahead of freshman Michael Miller (Maple Grove, Minn./Totino-Grace) in third place.

A pair of Johnnies went 1-2 with season-best marks in the triple jump. Senior Collin Trout (Cloquet, Minn.) won the event with a leap of 14.36 meters and sophomore Michael Wallace (Nassau, Bahamas/St. Anne's) took second (14.03 meters).

The Johnnies claimed the top three times in the 3,000 meters, led by freshman Lloyd Young (Bloomington, Minn./Kennedy) in 8:55.14. Senior Trey Collins (Plentywood, Mont./Royalton) and freshman Tom Nemanich (Red Wing, Minn.) followed in second (9:00.76) and third (9:19.83), respectively.

Freshman Jared Stanke (Anoka, Minn./Elk River) won the 60-meter hurdles (8.65) and sophomore Danny Welshons (Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata) took third (8.99). In similar fashion, sophomore Shawn Schindler (Maple Grove, Minn.) won the pole vault (4.40 meters) and freshman Joe Stauffer (Cambridge, Minn./Cambridge-Isanti) earned third-place honors (4.10 meters).

A pair of freshmen, Alexei Hensel (Buffalo, Minn.) and Sam Rengo (Esko, Minn.), went second (2:00.72) and third (2:01.44) in the 800 meters.

Sophomore Dillon Diekmann (Lake Elmo, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall) crossed the finish line second in the 5,000 meters (15:52.74) and four other Johnnies placed third in other events: sophomore Jack Young (Cold Spring, Minn./Rocori) in the 200-meter dash (22.94), junior Tyler Johnson (Waverly, Minn./Buffalo) in the 400-meter dash (52.94), freshman Mitch Grand (Hutchinson, Minn.) in the 1,000 meters (2:35.86) and sophomore Eli Mollet (Jefferson, S.D./Bishop Heelan Catholic) in the weight throw (16.25 meters).

SJU's 4x200-meter relay (Mack Maroushek, Nathan Walsh, Charles Haik, Seth Cattoor) won in 1:33.81 and the 4x400-meter relay (Johnson, Alex Peters, Hensel, Jacob Reding) finished second (3:35.74).

The Johnnies travel to St. Olaf for the final qualifier before the 2020 MIAC Indoor Championships (Feb. 28-29) at 10:30 a.m. next Saturday, Feb. 22, in Northfield.