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A LOOK AT THE JOHNNIES: Saint John's track and field won 12 events at its home opener last Saturday (April 9) in Clemens Stadium. In addition to the open meet, junior Maguire Petersen (Hutchinson, Minn.) also won the two-day SJU Decathlon on Sunday (April 10).

The Johnnies totaled 26 top-three marks/times in the meet.
 
A pair of Johnnies, junior Kevin Arthur (Champlin, Minn./Champlin Park) and freshman Alec Ungar (Eden Prairie, Minn./Chanhassen), won two individual events on the day. Arthur, the reigning MIAC Men's Track Athlete of the Week, won the 100-meter dash (10.89) and senior Jack Young (Cold Spring, Minn./Rocori) was third (11.19), 0.01 from second place. Arthur also took first in the 200-meter dash in 21.97, while Young and senior Seth Cattoor (Marshall, Minn.) were second (22.37) and third (23.00), respectively.
 
Ungar, meanwhile, won the high jump (1.95 meters) and long jump (6.64 meters).
 
Senior Brady Labine (Detroit Lakes, Minn.) led the way in the 400-meter hurdles (55.12) and senior Mack Maroushek (Red Wing, Minn.) was third (59.61).
 
A pair of Joes, sophomore Joe Charbonneau (New Richmond, Wis.) and junior Joe Stauffer (Cambridge, Minn./Cambridge-Isanti), went 1 (4.57 meters)-2 (4.25 meters) in the pole vault, while sophomore Tommy Allen (Woodbury, Minn./St. Paul Academy) won the 1,500 meters (3:57.15) and junior Mitch Grand (Hutchinson, Minn.) took third (4:00.95).
 
Junior Alexei Hensel (Buffalo, Minn.) placed first in the 800 meters (1:58.37) and classmate Nathan Clausing (Big Lake, Minn.) followed in third (1:58.95).
 
SJU's other individual event wins:
 
-Senior Omavi Collison (Nassau, Bahamas/St. Anne's) in the 400-meter dash (49.73);
-Junior Jaeden Frost (Omro, Wis.) in the hammer throw (48.24 meters);
-Junior Brett Hague (Brainerd, Minn.) in the javelin throw (54.29 meters).
 
Senior Michael Wallace (Nassau, Bahamas/St. Anne's) led the collegiate competitors with a second-place finish in the triple jump (12.79 meters). Former teammate Collin Trout '20 won the event with a mark of 13.15 meters. Junior Justus White (Cottage Grove, Minn./Park) claimed second in the 110-meter hurdles (16.76).
 
The Johnnies' 4x100-meter relay (Young, Arthur, Labine, Cattoor) took first in 41.97 seconds and the 4x400-meter relay (Ryan Conzemius, Hensel, Clausing, Allen) was second (3:27.18).
 
Junior Gavin Rupp (Villard, Minn./Minnewaska Area) and Frost placed second (42.21 meters) and third (40.24 meters), respectively, in the discus. Senior Nathan Meyer (Iowa City, Iowa/Regina) and senior Andy Goldsmith (Tulsa, Okla./Cascia Hall) did the same in second (9:46.38) and third (9:49.15) in the steeplechase.

DECATHLON WIN FOR AOW: Petersen earned his third MIAC Men's Field Athlete of the Week honor (first outdoors) on Tuesday (April 12) thanks to his win at the 15-man, SJU Decathlon with a total of 6,402 points. The score is good for third-best in NCAA Division III so far this outdoor season and fifth in program history. Over half of the decathlon's participants were non-Division III: five from Division I St. Thomas, one from Division II Minnesota-Duluth and two from NAIA Clarke (Iowa).
 
He entered the final day in first place with 3,577 points, 175 points ahead of UST's Nate Raddatz and stood at the starting line of the final event Sunday, the 1,500-meter run, with a 144-point lead. Petersen claimed third with a time of 5:12.85, to Raddatz's third-place finish, to win the decathlon by a 59-point margin.
 
Petersen started the day with a third-place finish in the 110-meter hurdles (16.07) and took second in the discus (32.45 meters). He tied for fourth in the pole vault (3.85 meters) and claimed second (45.52), behind sophomore Logan Hennen (Prior Lake, Minn.) in first (46.71 meters), in the javelin. Hennen finished 14th overall (4,174 points).
 
Freshmen Max Lelwica (Brainerd, Minn.) and Anthony Thurk (St. Bonifacius, Minn./Waconia) finished seventh (5,157 points) and 12th (4,746 points), respectively. Lelwica placed third in the discus (32.40 meters) and Thurk's top finish Sunday was sixth in the javelin (39.25 meters).
 
Petersen's 2022 SJU Decathlon
-100-Meter Dash: second (11.47)
-Long Jump: fourth (6.51 meters)
-Shot Put: first (12.79 meters)
-High Jump: first (1.97 meters) 
-400-Meter Dash: second (52.86)
-110-Meter Hurdles: second (16.07)
-Discus Throw: second (32.45 meters)
-Pole Vault: t-fourth (3.85 meters)
-Javelin Throw: second (45.52 meters)
-1,500 Meters: ninth (5:12.85)

RANKINGS: SJU stayed at No. 3 in the latest U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) North Region rankings released April 12. Despite being three spots ahead of Bethel on the regional list, the Royals are ranked No. 23 nationally. 

USTFCCCA North Region Rankings
1. Wisconsin-La Crosse (No. 15 nationally)
2. Wisconsin-Oshkosh (No. 6 nationally)
3. SJU
4. Wisconsin-Stout (No. 11 nationally)
5. Wisconsin-Platteville (No. 10 nationally)

LAST NIGHT AT UST: Two Johnnie seniors, Shawn Schindler (Maple Grove, Minn.) and Matt Gish (Bemidji, Minn.), competed last night (Wednesday, April 13) at Division I St. Thomas' Tomcat Twilight in St. Paul. Schindler won the pole vault with a season-best height of 4.60 meters, which is good for 21st in Division III. Gish, meanwhile, claimed 17th (fifth among Division III participants) in the 200-meter dash (23.72) and 21st (sixth in Division III) in the 100-meter sprint (11.81).

TODAY IN CALIFORNIA: Junior Lloyd Young (Bloomington, Minn./Kennedy) won the third and final heat of the 10,000 meters - among 35 runners - with a time of 30:24.02 this morning (April 14). The time is the second-fastest in program history (John Cragg's 29:57.80 from 1970 stands as the record) and the 22nd-best in Division III this season.

Junior Alexei Hensel (Buffalo, Minn.) is scheduled to race later today in Heat 21 (out of 27) of the 800 meters.

THE REST OF SJU ON FRIDAY: Nine other Johnnies are scheduled to compete Friday in an assortment of events. 

9 a.m. PT: Hammer Throw (Brett Hague, Eli Mollet, Gavin Rupp)
10 a.m. PT: Long Jump (Alec Ungar, Michael Wallace)
10:00 a.m. PT: High Jump (Maguire Petersen, Alec Ungar)
2:10 p.m. PT: 100-Meter Dash (Jack Young)
3 p.m. PT: Triple Jump (Alec Ungar, Elijah Wade)
4 p.m. PT: Discus Throw (Eli Mollet, Gavin Rupp)
4 p.m. PT: Javelin Throw (Brett Hague, Maguire Petersen)
4:15 p.m. PT: 200-Meter Dash (Jack Young)
8:55 p.m. PT: 1,500 Meters (Tommy Allen, Alexei Hensel)

IN THE MIAC: Although it is very early in the MIAC's outdoor season, SJU currently boasts 44 top-10 marks/times, including 16 in the top three.

100-Meter Dash
1. Kevin Arthur, 10.67 (No. 9 in Division III)
5. Jack Young, 11.19
8. Seth Cattoor, 11.33

200-Meter Dash
1. Kevin Arthur, 21.50 (No. 11 in Division III)
4. Jack Young, 22.37

400-Meter Dash
4. Omavi Collison, 49.73

800 Meters
2. Tommy Allen, 1:57.95
5. Alexei Hensel, 1:58.37

1,500 Meters
3. Tommy Allen, 3:57.15
8. Mitch Grand, 4:00.95

5,000 Meters
3. Lloyd Young, 14:42.97 (No. 35 in Division III)

110-Meter Hurdles
7. Maguire Petersen, 16.07
10. Justus White, 16.39

400-Meter Hurdles
2. Brady Labine, 55.12 (No. 21 in Division III)
10. Mack Maroushek, 59.61

3,000-Meter Steeplechase
4. Nathan Meyer, 9:46.38
5. Andy Goldsmith, 9:49.15
6. Tom Nemanich, 9:50.54

High Jump
3. Maguire Petersen, 1.97m (No. 28 in Division III)
4. Alec Ungar, 1.95m (No. 32 in Division III)
8. Anthony Thurk, 1.88m
9. Sam Rademacher, 1.85m

Pole Vault
1. Shawn Schindler, 4.60m (No. 21 in Division III)
3. Joe Charbonneau, 4.57m (No. 32 in Division III)
7. Joe Stauffer, 4.25m

Long Jump
3. Alec Ungar, 6.64m
8. Maguire Petersen, 6.51m

Triple Jump
2. Elijah Wade, 13.48m 
3. Michael Wallace, 13.38m
10. Alex Crnkovich, 12.72m

Shot Put
9. Jaeden Frost, 13.37m

Discus
6. Gavin Rupp, 42.21m
8. Jaeden Frost, 40.24m

Hammer
5. Jaeden Frost, 48.24m
8. Brett Hague, 47.38m
9. Eli Mollet, 47.32m
10. Joe Mensen, 43.92m

Javelin
1. Brett Hague, 54.29m (No. 38 in Division III)
3. Maguire Petersen, 49.79m
6. Logan Hennen, 46.71m

Decathlon
1. Maguire Petersen, 6,402 (No. 3 in Division III)
2. Max Lelwica, 5,157 (No. 24 in Division III)
4. Anthony Thurk, 4,746 (No. 33 in Division III)
6. Logan Hennen, 4,174 (No. 42 in Division III)