CoSIDA Release

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Saint John's University senior Shawn Schindler (Maple Grove, Minn.) and junior Maguire Petersen (Hutchinson, Minn.) were named to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District VI cross country/track and field team on Thursday, May 26.

Nominees must be of a sophomore academic standing or better, with a 3.30 GPA or higher. 

The duo is now eligible for CoSIDA Academic All-America honors, which will be announced Wednesday, June 22. The Academic All-District and All-America teams are voted upon and selected by registered members of CoSIDA.

The CoSIDA Academic All-District honor is the second consecutive for Schindler, who graduated May 7 with a 3.98 GPA in nursing. He earned CoSIDA Academic All-America and All-America distinction, thanks to a fourth-place finish in the pole vault at the NCAA outdoor meet, last spring. Schindler qualified for his second straight NCAA Outdoor Championships with a season-best height of 4.86 meters, which was 17th nationally, May 19 week at the Wisconsin-La Crosse Qualifier and tied with sophomore Joe Charbonneau (New Richmond, Wis.) for the MIAC title at 4.56 meters. Schindler is a five-time All-Region honoree (two indoors, three outdoors) and competes in the event at 11 a.m. CT Saturday, May 28, at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio. 

A biology major (pre-chiropractic emphasis) with a 3.94 GPA, Petersen was named the recipient of the 2022 Fr. Wilfred Theisen Student-Athlete of the Year Award, sponsored by the J-Club, yesterday (May 25). The award recognizes an SJU varsity, senior student-athlete (or two) who has excelled in the classroom and in their sport. Petersen will be honored during the J-Club Hall of Honor induction ceremony on Homecoming Saturday, Oct. 1, in Collegeville.

The 2022 MIAC Outstanding Field Athlete in both the indoor and outdoor seasons, Petersen won the MIAC's decathlon for the second consecutive season with a total of 6,677 points, thanks to personal-best marks/times in six of the 10 events, May 5-6 at Carleton. The 6,677 points were good for fifth-most in NCAA Division III this season. He joined Steve Kimble '99 (1998-99) as the second Johnnie to win the MIAC decathlon twice, let alone back-to-back. Petersen also took second in both the high jump and javelin to bring his All-MIAC (top three individually, champion relay) total to eight (three indoors, five outdoors).

Petersen also qualified for this week's 2022 NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships in the high jump for the second straight year thanks to a mark of 2.05 meters, which was eighth-best in Division III. The height gave him second place May 13-14 at the MIAC Outdoor Championships.

A seven-time national entrant (three indoors, four outdoors) and nine-time All-Region honoree (four indoors, five outdoors), Petersen earned All-America honors with a sixth-place finish in the heptathlon at the NCAA Indoor Championships in March and tied for eighth in the high jump at last year's NCAA Outdoor Championships. 

He began the NCAA's decathlon with the 100-meter dash at 10:30 a.m. CT this morning (followed by the long jump, shot put, high jump and 400-meter dash) in Ohio. The final five events start at 9 a.m. CT Friday: 110-meter hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin and 1,500 meters. The high jump, meanwhile, is scheduled for 1 p.m. CT Friday.