Results

WEST SALEM, Wis. – Saint John's cross country finished 15th out of 27 teams at Wisconsin-La Crosse's Jim Drews Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 14.

The host Eagles, ranked No. 2 nationally, won the race with 32 points. Eight (Tommy Allen, Dylan Bartness, Eamon Cavanaugh, Aiden Chalmers, Vincent Kaluza, Max McCoy, Cole Stencel, Lloyd Young) of the 10 Johnnies who raced last Saturday (Oct. 7) at Dickinson's Pre-National Meet in Pennsylvania did not compete Saturday.

Sophomore Nick St. Peter (Maple Grove, Minn.) led SJU in 66th place out of 368 runners with a time of 26:52.

Junior Joe Gathje (Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson) was next in 105th (27:32), followed closely by classmate Ethan Leonard (Chaska, Minn.) in 109th (27:34) and sophomore Jacob Malecha (Lonsdale, Minn./New Prague) in 114th (27:40). Junior Aidan Thomas (Blaine, Minn./Totino-Grace) was SJU's fifth score in 172nd (28:23).

The Johnnies return to competition in two weeks for the 2023 MIAC Championships at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, on the Carleton campus in Northfield.