Eleven members of the Saint John's track and field team travel to Waverly, Iowa, for the Division III Elite Indoor Championships, hosted by Wartburg, this Friday and Saturday (March 12-13). – Live Results | Live Video | Heat Sheets

WHO'S GOING: The following 11 Johnnies are visiting Iowa this weekend.

-Sophomore Kevin Arthur (Champlin, Minn./Champlin Park), 47th nationally in the 60-meter dash (7.04)
-Senior Drew Dockendorf (Sauk Rapids, Minn./Holdingford), 10th nationally in the pole vault (4.73 meters)
-Sophomore Jaeden Frost (Omro, Wis.), 25th nationally in the shot put (14.78 meters)
-Sophomore Mitch Grand (Hutchinson, Minn.), 31st nationally in the mile run (4:18.06)
-Sophomore Alexei Hensel (Buffalo, Minn.), 28th nationally in the 800 meters (1:56.62)
-Senior Ryan Miller (Maple Grove, Minn./Totino-Grace), 17th nationally in the 60-meter dash (6.94)
-Sophomore Gavin Rupp (Villard, Minn./Minnewaska Area), 16th nationally in the weight throw (17.28 meters)
-Junior Shawn Schindler (Maple Grove, Minn.), 34th nationally in the pole vault (4.35 meters)
-Sophomore Joe Stauffer (Cambridge, Minn./Cambridge-Isanti), 39th nationally in the pole vault (4.30 meters)
-Junior Michael Wallace (Nassau, Bahamas/St. Anne's), 19th nationally in the triple jump (13.88 meters)
-Sophomore Lloyd Young (Bloomington, Minn./Kennedy), 16th nationally in the 5,000 meters (15:06.97)

THE SCHEDULE: This weekend's tentative schedule, as it pertains to SJU's competitors, is listed below.

Friday
-10 a.m.: Weight Throw (Rupp)
-11 a.m.: Pole Vault (Dockendorf, Schindler, Stauffer)
-1 p.m.: Triple Jump (Wallace)
-2 p.m.: Mile Run (Grand)
-4:05 p.m.: 60-Meter Dash Prelims (Arthur, Miller)
-4:35 p.m.: 5,000 Meters (Young)

Saturday
-10 a.m.: Shot Put (Frost)
-12:20 p.m.: 800 Meters (Hensel)
-12:50 p.m.: 60-Meter Dash Finals

THE MEET STRUCTURE: The individual events will be decided with the setup below.

Track
-60-Meter Dash: 2-heat prelim, the heat winners and next 6 fastest times advance to the final.
-800 Meters: 2-heat final.
-Mile Run: 2-heat final.
-5,000 Meters: 1-heat final.

Field
-Pole Vault: "Five alive"/5 vaulters at a time. The first five vaulters jump and when one clears a height or fails to, the next vaulter is brought in to keep the group at five.
-Shot Put/Triple Jump/Weight Throw: 2 flights with 3 preliminary attempts. The top 9, plus ties, advance to the final.

FAMILIAR NAMES: Three of the 11 Johnnies competing this weekend qualified for the 2020 NCAA Division III Indoor Championships: Dockendorf, Miller and Wallace. In 2020, Dockendorf tied for second nationally with an SJU-record (indoor or outdoor) height of 5.03 meters in the pole vault and Wallace tied for 18th (14.39 meters) in the triple jump.

A two-time national entrant outdoors and an All-American (second place) in May 2019 in the 100-meter dash, Miller was poised to make his first NCAA indoor appearance in the 60-meter dash last March. He finished in a tie for 16th nationally in the event with a school-record time of 6.90 seconds. 

A LOOK AT THE JOHNNIES: Saint John's won its 4-team invitational last Saturday (March 6) in the Donald McNeely Spectrum. The Johnnies won six events and totaled 15 top-three finishes/marks on the afternoon for 167 points, followed by St. Thomas (146), Concordia (89) and Gustavus Adolphus (71).

The Johnnies recorded the 60-meter dash's top three times, led by Miller in 7.03 seconds. Arthur was an eyelash behind in 7.04 and junior Jack Young (Cold Spring, Minn./Rocori) was third (7.15). Young also posted a season-best time of 22.83 seconds to place second in the 200-meter dash (22.83).

Dockendorf won the pole vault with a season-best height of 4.73 meters and Schindler followed in second (4.35 meters).

The Johnnies did well in the distance-running events, as Lloyd Young and junior Andy Goldsmith (Tulsa, Okla./Cascia Hall) won the 3,000 meters (8:54.92) and 5,000 meters (15:36.87), respectively. Grand crossed the finish line with a season-best time of 4:18.00 to take second in the mile run.

Rupp finished second in the weight throw, first among collegiate competitors, with a toss of 17.28 meters. The mark tied him for 12th in NCAA Division III.

Wallace took first in the triple jump (13.88 meters) and sophomore Alex Crnkovich (Omaha, Neb./Mount Michael Benedictine) claimed third (12.71 meters).

Sophomore Maguire Petersen (Hutchinson, Minn.) and junior Sam Rademacher (Marshall, Minn.) finished 2 (1.90 meters)-3 (1.85 meters) in the high jump, while Hensel placed third in the 800 meters (1:56.62).