USTFCCCA Release

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Saint John's University's Joe Vardas was named the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association's (USTFCCCA) Central Region Indoor Men's Assistant Coach of the Year on Wednesday, March 11.

Vardas, who is in his 22nd season mentoring the hurdles and jumps at SJU, is currently coaching the region's top high jumper (freshman Maguire Petersen) and top two triple jumpers (senior Collin Trout and sophomore Michael Wallace).

Five Johnnies compete at the 2020 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships this Friday and Saturday, March 13-14, at the JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem, N.C. Junior Drew Dockendorf (Sauk Rapids, Minn./Holdingford) is the first to compete in the pole vault at 11 a.m. ET Friday, while junior Ryan Miller's (Maple Grove, Minn./Totino-Grace) prelim in the 60-meter dash starts at 3:50 p.m. ET. 

Petersen opens the final day of competition in the high jump at 11 a.m. Saturday, followed by Trout and Wallace in the triple jump at 2 p.m. ET. The 60-meter dash final is penciled in for a 3:30 p.m. ET start Saturday.