Results
COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. - Saint John's track and field won seven events en route to a triangular victory on Saturday, Feb. 13, in the Donald McNeely Spectrum.
SJU tallied 25 top-three marks/times for a total of 134 points, followed by Gustavus Adolphus (121) and Augsburg (39). Five of SJU's seven individual winners were sophomores and 14 of the 25 top-three placers were underclassmen (two freshmen and 12 sophomores). The home team did not compete in the long jump or 4x400-meter relay.
The Johnnies recorded the top five places in two events, the 3,000 meters and the weight throw. Sophomore
Mitch Grand (Hutchinson, Minn.) led the SJU pack in the 3,000 meters with a time of 9:06.84. Junior
Nathan Meyer (Iowa City, Iowa/Regina) and freshman
James Leon (Walnut, Calif./Bishop Amat) followed in second (9:25.67) and third (9:29.65), respectively.
In the weight throw, sophomore
Gavin Rupp (Villard, Minn./Minnewaska Area) led the way with a personal-best mark of 16.92 meters. Junior
Eli Mollet (Jefferson, S.D./Bishop Heelan Catholic) was close behind in second (16.78 meters) and freshman
Damian Camperud (Sabin, Minn./Barnesville) claimed third (14.85 meters).
SJU also claimed the top four heights in the pole vault. Senior
Drew Dockendorf (Sauk Rapids, Minn./Holdingford) won the event with a mark of 4.40 meters and sophomore
Joe Stauffer (Cambridge, Minn./Cambridge-Isanti) finished second (4.25 meters) with a personal best. Junior
Shawn Schindler (Maple Grove, Minn.) and freshman
Joe Charbonneau (New Richmond, Wis.) both reached 4.10 meters.
Three Johnnie high jumpers competed uncontested. Sophomore
Maguire Petersen (Hutchinson, Minn.) made his season debut and won the event with a height of 1.85 meters. Junior
Sam Rademacher (Marshall, Minn.) and sophomore
Jared Meier (Jordan, Minn./Shakopee) both topped out at 1.70 meters.
Senior
Ryan Miller (Maple Grove, Minn./Totino-Grace) won the 60-meter dash (6.94) and sophomore
Lloyd Young (Bloomington, Minn./Kennedy) posted the top time in the 5,000 meters (15:06.97).
Junior
Michael Wallace (Nassau, Bahamas/St. Anne's) was the top collegiate finisher in the triple jump (13.47 meters), though former teammate
Collin Trout '20 won the event with a mark of 14.25 meters. Sophomore
Alex Crnkovich (Omaha, Neb./Mount Michael Benedictine) followed in third (12.38 meters).
Sophomore
Alex Peters (Minneapolis, Minn./Blaine) was the Johnnies' seventh winner on the day in the 200-meter dash (24.00).
Senior
Brady Labine (Detroit Lakes, Minn.) finished second in the 400-meter dash (52.06) and sophomore
Will Mattock (Maryville, Mo.) placed second in the 800 meters (2:04.01).
Sophomores
Jared Stanke (Anoka, Minn./Elk River) and
Mason DeGross (New Prague, Minn.) claimed second (9.09) and third (9.35), respectively, in the 60-meter hurdles.
Sophomore
Jaeden Frost (Omro, Wis.) took second in the shot put (13.71 meters) and Mollet finished third (13.22 meters).
SJU's 4x200-meter relay (
Matt Gish,
Hillary Makori,
Jack Young, Labine) finished second (1:32.73) and the "B" relay (
Seth Cattoor,
Charles Haik,
Carson Davis,
Skylar Keller) was third (1:36.00).
The Johnnies travel to take on Bethel for a 2 p.m. dual next Saturday, Feb. 20, in Arden Hills.