Saint John's junior Cole Stencel (Mapleton, Minn./Maple River) races at the 2025 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships at 10 a.m. ET Saturday, Nov. 22, at the Roger Millikin Cross Country Course in Spartanburg, S.C. – Live Results | Live Video

HOW HE MADE IT: Stencel achieved his first All-Region honor (top 35 individually) with a 23rd-place finish (25:31) out of 214 runners as SJU finished 13th out of 31 teams yesterday (Nov. 15) at the NCAA North Regional in Colfax, Wis.

He led SJU in all six varsity races this fall, including a fourth-place finish with a personal-best time of 25:26 to earn All-MIAC recognition (top 15) as the Johnnies finished fourth at the conference meet on Nov. 1 in St. Paul. Stencel was named the MIAC Athlete of the Week on Sept. 9.

AT THE REGIONAL: Saint John's finished 13th out of 31 teams at the 2025 NCAA North Regional last Saturday (Nov. 15) at Whitetail G.C. in Colfax, Wis. Top-ranked Wisconsin-La Crosse won the meet with 30 points, followed by No. 13 Wisconsin-Stevens Point (110), No. 12 Wisconsin-Platteville (120), No. 20 St. Olaf (128) and No. 27 Wisconsin-Whitewater (166). SJU was 13th with 352 points, one point behind Macalester in 12th (351) and six points from Carleton in 11th (346). Augsburg's Mohammed Bati won the race in 24:23.

Senior Eamon Cavanaugh (Oak Park, Ill./Oak Park and River Forest) was next for SJU after Stencel in 68th (26:17), followed by three Johnnies in succession: junior Vincent Kaluza (Cold Spring, Minn./Rocori) in 87th (26:44.1), senior Jacob Malecha (Lonsdale, Minn./New Prague) in 88th (26:44.7) and junior Lars Molenkamp (Almere, Netherlands/Oostvaarders College) in 89th (26:45.3).

Senior Nick St. Peter (Maple Grove, Minn.) and freshman Raegan Lopez (Lakeville, Minn./North) rounded out the Johnnies' seven in 115th (27:33) and 124th (27:41), respectively.

WHO IS THERE: Thirty-two teams comprise the championship field. Each of the 10 regional champions earned an automatic bid to nationals and 22 teams received an at-large berth. In addition, 70 individuals, not on qualifying teams, earned automatic selection based on their finish at the regional.

HONORS: To earn U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-America status, the student-athlete must finish in the race's top 40.