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A LOOK AT THE JOHNNIES: Saint John's won its 13th outdoor team title, first since 2011, at the 2022 MIAC Championships last weekend (May 13-14) at Saint Mary's.

The Johnnies won five events Saturday (eight total for the two-day meet, nine total with the decathlon) for 218.25 points to win the 11-team field. St. Olaf was second (141), followed by Bethel (123) and Concordia-Moorhead (92.25).

Junior Kevin Arthur (Champlin, Minn./Champlin Park) became the first Johnnie since 1982 (Chuck Williams '83) to win both the 100- and 200-meter dashes in the same MIAC meet, and was the second leg on the Johnnies' first-place 4x100-meter relay.

Arthur won the 100-meter dash with a personal-best and MIAC-record time of 10.51 seconds. A three-time conference champion in the event, senior Ryan Miller (Maple Grove, Minn./Totino-Grace) earned his 11th All-MIAC honor (three indoors, eight outdoors) with a third-place finish (10.70). Senior Jack Young (Cold Spring, Minn./Rocori) was close behind in fourth (10.99).

Less than an hour later, Arthur took first in the 200-meter dash with a time of 21.51 seconds. Young was fourth (22.05), 0.17 of a second from third place.

SJU's 4x100-meter relay (Young, Arthur, Labine, Seth Cattoor) won the team's first conference title of the day - the Johnnies' third in the event in the last four seasons - in 41.53 seconds.

The Johnnies went 1-2 in the 800 meters, led by sophomore Tommy Allen's (Woodbury, Minn./St. Paul Academy) MIAC-champion time of 1:54.94. Junior Alexei Hensel (Buffalo, Minn.) was second in 1:56.06 for his first All-MIAC honor (top three individually, champion relay).

Senior Michael Wallace (Nassau, Bahamas/St. Anne's) won his second MIAC title in the triple jump, first outdoors, with a mark of 14.32 meters. Junior Elijah Wade (Waco, Texas/Vanguard College Prep) achieved All-MIAC distinction in third place (13.89 meters) and junior Alex Crnkovich (Omaha, Neb./Mount Michael Benedictine) was seventh (13.32 meters).

On Friday, the Johnnies claimed the top three places in the javelin, as senior Shawn Schindler (Maple Grove, Minn.) and sophomore Joe Charbonneau (New Richmond, Wis.) tied for the MIAC title at 4.56 meters. Both cleared the height on their first attempt. Junior Joe Stauffer (Cambridge, Minn./Cambridge-Isanti) followed in third (4.46 meters) for his first All-MIAC honor (top three individually, champion relay).

SJU picked up 22 points in the javelin, thanks to junior Brett Hague's (Brainerd, Minn.) champion distance of 61.96 meters. The mark is a personal best and the eighth-best in NCAA Division III this season. Junior Maguire Petersen (Hutchinson, Minn.), last week's MIAC decathlon champion, collected his second All-MIAC honor in second (53.56 meters) and sophomore Logan Hennen (Prior Lake, Minn.) was fifth (49.50 meters).

SJU's 4x800-meter relay team (Riley Berg, Will Mattock, Nathan Clausing, Dillon Diekmann) won the program's other conference title on Friday in 7:44.56.

For the first time since 1996 (four), three Johnnies scored team points in the high jump. Junior Maguire Petersen (Hutchinson, Minn.) earned his third All-MIAC honor of the meet with a second-place and season-best height, 2.05 meters. Freshman Alec Ungar (Eden Prairie, Minn./Chanhassen) followed in fifth (1.89 meters) and senior Sam Rademacher (Marshall, Minn.) was eighth (1.84 meters).

Junior Lloyd Young (Bloomington, Minn./Kennedy) crossed the finish line second (14:59.53) in the 5,000 meters, less than four seconds from the title, while junior Gavin Rupp (Villard, Minn./Minnewaska Area) collected his first All-MIAC honor with a second-place distance (46.38 meters) in the discus.

Senior Andy Goldsmith (Tulsa, Okla./Cascia Hall) earned All-MIAC honors with a third-place finish (9:35.99) in the steeplechase, and junior Tom Nemanich (Red Wing, Minn.) was right behind him in fourth (9:42.07) for the second consecutive season.

SJU's breakdown of the team scoring is below.

MIAC Champion (10 points)
-100-Meter Dash: Arthur, 10.51
-200-Meter Dash: Arthur, 21.51
-800 Meters: Allen, 1:54.94
-4x100-Meter Relay (J. Young, Arthur, Labine, Cattoor), 41.53
-4x800-Meter Relay (Berg, Mattock, Clausing, Diekmann), 7:44.56
-Decathlon: Petersen, 6,677 points (May 5-6)
-Javelin: Hague, 61.96m
-Triple Jump: Wallace, 14.32m

Tied for MIAC Champion (9 points)
-Pole Vault: Charbonneau, 4.56m
-Pole Vault: Schindler, 4.56m

2nd Place (8 points)
-800 Meters: Hensel, 1:56.06
-5,000 Meters: L. Young, 14:59.53
-Discus: Rupp, 46.38m
-High Jump: Petersen, 2.05m
-Javelin: Petersen, 53.56m

3rd Place (6 points)
-100-Meter Dash: Miller, 10.70
-4x400-Meter Relay: Labine, Hernandez, Collison, Conzemius), 3:20.44
-Pole Vault: Stauffer, 4.46m
-Steeplechase: Goldsmith, 9:35.99
-Triple Jump: Wade, 13.89m

4th Place (5 points)
-100-Meter Dash: J. Young, 10.99
-200-Meter Dash: J. Young, 22.05
-400-Meter Dash: Collison, 49.00
-400-Meter Hurdles: Labine, 54.37
-Steeplechase: Nemanich, 9:42.07

5th Place (4 points)
-Hammer: Frost, 50.28m
-High Jump: Ungar, 1.89m
-Javelin: Hennen, 49.50m
-Shot Put: Frost, 14.27m

7th Place (2 points)
-Decathlon: Lelwica, 5,549 points (May 5-6)
-Hammer: Mollet, 48.10m
-Shot Put: Mollet, 13.69m
-Triple Jump: Crnkovich, 13.32m

8th Place (1 point)
-Hammer: Hague, 45.46m

Tied for 8th Place (0.25 point)
-High Jump: Rademacher, 1.84m

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS/WHO'S GOING: SJU is scheduled to send 21 Johnnies to La Crosse, Wis.

Wednesday
All Track Events
7:50 p.m.: 1,500 Meters (Dillon Diekmann, Alexei Hensel, Lloyd Young)
8:25: Steeplechase
9:15: 5,000 Meters (Dylan Bartness, Eamon Cavanaugh, Andy Goldsmith)

Thursday
Field Events (starting at 3 p.m.)
-Long Jump
-High Jump
-Triple Jump (Michael Wallace)
-Pole Vault (Joe Charbonneau, Shawn Schindler, Joe Stauffer)
-Shot Put
-Javelin
-Hammer Throw (Eli Mollet)
-Discus (Gavin Rupp)

Track Events (starting at 4 p.m.)
-110-Meter Hurdles - Prelims
-100-Meter Dash - Prelims (Kevin Arthur, Adam Collins, Pierre Deutschlander, Ryan Miller, Josh Sletta)
30-Minute Break
-4x100-Meter Relay (Jack Young, Arthur, Brady Labine, Miller)
-110-Meter Hurdles - Finals
-100-Meter Dash - Finals
-400-Meter Dash
-400-Meter Hurdles
-800 Meters (Riley Berg, Hensel, Sam Rengo)
-200-Meter Dash (Arthur, Collins, Deutschlander, Sletta)
45-Minute Break
-4x400-Meter Relay

TO QUALIFY: For each men's individual event contested, including the decathlon, the top 20 declared student-athletes will be accepted into the competition (top 22 for women) and the top 16 declared relay teams will participate at the 2022 NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships May 27-29 at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio.

NATIONAL RANKS: The Johnnies currently boast 12 top-50 marks/times in NCAA Division III this spring, including four within the top-20/top-16 cut for nationals. 

100-Meter Dash
20. Kevin Arthur, 10.51

200-Meter Dash (20th is 21.29)
33. Kevin Arthur, 21.50

10,000 Meters (20th is 29:56.53)
41. Lloyd Young, 30:24.02

400-Meter Hurdles (20th is 53.44)
40. Brady Labine, 54.36

4x100-Meter Relay (16th is 41.15)
29. J. Young, Arthur, Labine, Cattoor; 41.53

High Jump
8. Maguire Petersen, 2.05m

Pole Vault (20th is 4.84m)
37. Joe Charbonneau, 4.70m
37. Shawn Schindler, 4.70m

Triple Jump (20th is 14.64m)
22. Michael Wallace, 14.56m

Discus (20th is 49.54m)
46. Gavin Rupp, 46.38m

Javelin
8. Brett Hague, 61.96m

Decathlon
5. Maguire Petersen, 6,677 points