Michael Wallace_Sean Donohue
Senior jumper Michael Wallace (image courtesy of Sean Donohue)

Johnnies Leap to New Heights at Tommie Twilight

5/4/2022 9:33:00 PM


Results

ST. PAUL, Minn. - A number of Saint John's track and field student-athletes improved their season-best marks/times at St. Thomas' Tommie Twilight on Wednesday, May 4, at O'Shaughnessy Stadium in St. Paul.

Junior Brett Hague (Brainerd, Minn.), the reigning MIAC Men's Field Athlete of the Week, won the javelin with another personal-best mark - 60.83 meters - that is good for ninth in NCAA Division III this season.

Senior Michael Wallace (Nassau, Bahamas/St. Anne's) recorded a PR of his own - 14.56 meters - to win the triple jump. The distance is the second-best mark is program history and is currently 12th in Division III this spring. Junior Elijah Wade (Waco, Texas/Vanguard College Prep) was third (13.47 meters).

Senior Shawn Schindler (Maple Grove, Minn.) finished second, first among Division III pole vaulters, with a season-best height of 4.70 meters. Sophomore Joe Charbonneau (New Richmond, Wis.) tied Schindler at 4.70, which is the top mark in the MIAC this season, but needed his third attempt (to Schindler's second) to clear the bar. Junior Joe Stauffer (Cambridge, Minn./Cambridge-Isanti) was fourth overall (4.25 meters).

Seniors Andy Goldsmith (Tulsa, Okla./Cascia Hall) and Nathan Meyer (Iowa City, Iowa/Regina) finished second (9:37.55) and third (9:51.59), respectively, in the steeplechase. Goldsmith's time was a personal-best and the fourth-fastest in the MIAC this spring.

Junior Kevin Arthur (Champlin, Minn./Champlin Park) placed second in the 200-meter dash (22.03) and sixth, first among Division III sprinters, with a time of 10.79 seconds in the 100-meter dash.

Senior Sam Rademacher (Marshall, Minn.) tied for second in the high jump (1.85 meters) and senior Brady Labine (Detroit Lakes, Minn.) was third in the 400-meter hurdles with a season-best time of 54.36 seconds. Junior Alexei Hensel (Buffalo, Minn.) was fourth overall, first among Division III runners, in the 1,500 meters (4:08.15).

Three Johnnies - sophomore Tommy Allen (Woodbury, Minn./St. Paul Academy), junior Riley Berg (Bemidji, Minn.) and junior Nathan Clausing (Big Lake, Minn.) - finished third (1:54.56), fifth (1:57.18) and seventh (1:57.98) overall in the 800 meters, but claimed 1-2-3 in the Division III ranks.

Junior Jaeden Frost (Omro, Wis.) placed fifth in the shot put (13.97 meters) and seventh in the hammer (44.84 meters). He was third among Division III throwers in both events.

SJU did not compete in the 110-meter hurdles, 4x100-meter relay or long jump.

A trio of Johnnies – junior Maguire Petersen (Hutchinson, Minn.) and freshmen Max Lelwica (Brainerd, Minn.) and Anthony Thurk (St. Bonifacius, Minn./Waconia) - compete at the MIAC Decathlon on Thursday and Friday, May 5-6, at Carleton's Laird Stadium in Northfield.

As a team, SJU returns to the road for St. Olaf's Ole Open at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 7, in Northfield.


 
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