Results

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Saint John's track and field won three events and recorded 17 top-five finishes at its CSB/SJU Invitational on Saturday, Feb. 15, in the Donald McNeely Spectrum.

Senior Jackson McDowell (Centennial, Colo./Arapahoe) won the high jump at 2.03 meters and senior Zach Schaffer (Chaska, Minn.) took first in the long jump with a season-best mark of 7.06 meters. Freshman Anthony Sletta (St. James, Minn.) followed Schaffer in third (6.72 meters).

Junior Owen Montreuil (Jordan, Minn.) won the 600 meters in 1:22.70, followed by senior Tommy Allen (Woodbury, Minn./St. Paul Academy) in third (1:24.67) and sophomore Max McCoy (Bennington, Neb./Mount Michael Benedictine) in fifth (1:25.59).

Freshman Max Reis (West Fargo, N.D./Spectrum) won the 60-meter dash prelim with a season-best time of 6.92 seconds but did not compete in the final.

Sophomore Wyatt Witschen (Monticello, Minn.) finished second in the 400-meter dash (51.60), while sophomore Cole Stencel (Mapleton, Minn./Maple River) and senior Eamon Cavanaugh (Oak Park, Ill./Oak Park and River Forest) claimed second (4:24.68) and third (4:28.07), respectively, in the mile run.

Junior Nick St. Peter (Maple Grove, Minn.) led three Johnnies in succession with a second-place time of 2:31.98 in the 1,000 meters, followed by Lars Molenkamp (Almere, Netherlands/Oostvaarders College) and senior Joe Gathje (Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson) in third (2:37.00) and fourth (2:39.07), respectively.

Sophomore Andrew Withuski (Wahpeton, N.D.) tied for third in the pole vault with a height of 4.25 meters and junior Kole Guth (St. Peter, Minn.) tied for fifth (4.10 meters). Senior Joe Mensen (Hudson, Wis./Hill-Murray) took fifth with a season-best toss in the weight throw (14.95 meters).

SJU's 4x400-meter relay (Gathje, Aaron Freier, Molenkamp, Adam Marable) was second (3:37.03) and the 4x200-meter relay (Matt Hansen, Witschen, Andy White, Reis) was fifth (1:32.71).

The Johnnies travel south to compete at the MSU-Mankato Invitational – the final tune-up before the 2025 MIAC Indoor Championships Feb. 27-March 1 in Collegeville – at 3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21.