Final Results

NORTHFIELD, Minn. - Saint John's track and field won its first MIAC indoor team championship on Saturday, Feb. 26, at Carleton's Recreation Center in Northfield.

The Johnnies won the 11-team field with 185 points, followed by Concordia-Moorhead (139), St. Olaf (106), Bethel (91) and Carleton (75).

SJU won two more individual conference titles and totaled 15 top-eight finishes Saturday.

Junior Maguire Petersen (Hutchinson, Minn.) followed yesterday's record-setting win in the heptathlon with his second conference title of the meet in the high jump (2.04 meters). Freshman Alec Ungar (Eden Prairie, Minn./Chanhassen) collected his second All-MIAC honor (top three individually, champion relay) in his first MIAC indoor meet with a third-place finish in the high jump (1.91 meters). He earned the first with a second-place mark last night in the long jump. Senior Sam Rademacher (Marshall, Minn.) tied Ungar at 1.91 meters but cleared 1.81 on his second attempt, to Ungar's first, and lost the tie-breaker into fourth place.

Junior Elijah Wade (Waco, Texas/Vanguard College Prep) won the MIAC title with a season-best leap of 14.05 meters in the triple jump, while senior Michael Wallace (Nassau, Bahamas/St. Anne's) collected the third All-MIAC honor of his career with a third-place finish (13.78 meters).

Sophomore Tommy Allen (Woodbury, Minn./St. Paul Academy), like Ungar, also collected his second All-MIAC distinction of the meet with a second-place finish in the 1,000 meters (2:29.96). He claimed third in Friday's 800-meter race. Junior Alexei Hensel (Buffalo, Minn.), who recorded the fifth-fastest time in the 800, was sixth (2:33.31) Saturday in the 1,000.

Senior Jack Young (Cold Spring, Minn./Rocori) earned his first All-MIAC accolade as an individual (the other two are as members of conference-champion relays) with a third-place finish in the 200-meter dash (22.73). Junior Kevin Arthur (Champlin, Minn./Champlin Park) followed just a hair behind in fifth (22.76).

The Johnnies' 4x200-meter relay (Seth Cattoor, Kevin Arthur, Jack Young, Omavi Collison) finished second (1:30.54) and the 4x400-meter relay (Jorge Hernandez, Collison, Allen, Labine) was fourth (3:27.03).

Junior Jaeden Frost (Omro, Wis.) took fifth in the shot put with a toss of 14.37 meters, two spots ahead of junior Eli Mollet (Jefferson, S.D./Bishop Heelan Catholic, Iowa) in seventh (13.96 meters).

Junior Mitch Grand (Hutchinson, Minn.) was fifth in the 3,000 meters (8:33.37) and senior Brady Labine (Detroit Lakes, Minn.) claimed seventh in the 600 meters (1:25.07).

SJU travels to Iowa for Wartburg's Qualifier at 10 a.m. next Saturday, March 5. The meet serves as the last opportunity for student-athletes to qualify for the NCAA Division III Indoor Championships March 25-26 in Winston-Salem, N.C.