The Johnnies' track and field team competes at Division I Minnesota's Gopher Classic at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, in Minneapolis. – Live Results | Meet Information

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Field Events
-11:00 a.m.: Pole vault (men)
-11:10: Weight throw (men)
-11:30: High jump (men), long jump (both genders simultaneously)
-1:30 p.m.: High jump (men)
-2:30: Triple jump (both genders simultaneously) 
-3:30: Shot put (men)

Track Events
11:40 a.m.: 60-meter hurdles - prelims (M/W)
12:00 p.m.: 60-meter dash - prelims (M/W)
12:55: Mile run (M/W)
1:40: 60-meter hurdles - finals (W/M) 
1:50: 60-meter dash - finals (M/W)
2:00: 400-meter dash (M/W)
2:40: 800 meters (M/W) 
3:05: 600 meters (M/W)
3:25: 200-meter dash (M/W) 
4:20: 3,000 meters (M/W) 
5:00: 4x400-meter relay (M/W)

A LOOK AT THE JOHNNIES: Saint John's opened its 2023 track and field season by winning all 13 events against Minnesota-Morris last Saturday (Jan. 28) in the Donald McNeely Spectrum. The meet also included a number of SJU alumni.

Two SJU seniors - Kevin Arthur (Champlin, Minn./Champlin Park) and Jaeden Frost (Omro, Wis.) – were the top collegiate participants in two events. Arthur won both the 60-meter dash in 7.10 seconds (his prelim time was 7.01) and the 200-meter sprint (23.19). Frost took second in the shot put (14.49 meters), behind Kai Barber's '19 mark of 14.95, and second in the weight throw (15.82 meters). Former teammate Gavin Rupp '22 won the weight throw with a distance of 16.35 meters.

Other Johnnies who won events:

-Junior Joe Charbonneau (New Richmond, Wis.) in the pole vault (4.40 meters);
-Junior Carter Grove (Osakis, Minn.) in the 3,000 meters (8:54.17);
-Senior Brady Labine (Detroit Lakes, Minn.) in the 400-meter dash (52.31);
-Sophomore Max Lelwica (Brainerd, Minn.) in the 60-meter hurdles (9.30);
-Senior Will Mattock (Maryville, Mo.) in the 800 meters (2:03.43);
-Sophomore Zach Schaffer (Chaska, Minn.) in the long jump (6.29 meters);
-Sophomore Alec Ungar (Eden Prairie, Minn./Chanhassen) in the high jump (1.90 meters);
-Senior Elijah Wade (Waco, Texas/Vanguard College Prep) in the triple jump (13.26 meters);
-Junior Lloyd Young (Bloomington, Minn./Kennedy) in the mile run (4:19.45).

WHO WILL BE THERE: The Gophers and Johnnies are scheduled to be joined on the men's side by student-athletes from Augsburg, Buena Vista (Iowa), Division II Concordia-St. Paul, Hamline, Macalester, Minnesota-Morris, Northwestern (Minn.), St. Olaf and Wisconsin-Stout.

IN THE MIAC: With one meet in the books, SJU currently touts 19 top-10 marks/times in the MIAC this season.

60-Meter Dash
5. Kevin Arthur, 7.01

200-Meter Dash
9. Kevin Arthur, 23.19

Mile
3. Lloyd Young, 4:19.45

High Jump
3. Alec Ungar, 1.90 meters
7. Anthony Thurk, 1.80 meters
9. Alex Seiler, 1.75 meters

Pole Vault
1. Joe Charbonneau, 4.40 meters
5. Kole Guth, 4.10 meters
7. Max Doom, 3.95 meters
t9. Mason DeGross, 3.80 meters
t9. Josh Johnston, 3.80 meters

Long Jump
7. Zach Schaffer, 6.29 meters

Triple Jump
3. Elijah Wade, 13.26 meters
5. Alex Crnkovich, 12.77 meters

Shot Put
2. Jaeden Frost, 14.49 meters
10. Eli Mollet, 12.28 meters

Weight Throw
2. Jaeden Frost, 15.82 meters
4. Eli Mollet, 15.14 meters
6. Brett Hague, 14.16 meters