Results (La Crosse) | Final Results (Decathlon)

LA CROSSE, Wis. – Saint John's track and field completed its two-day CSB/SJU Multi-Event Qualifier and competed at Wisconsin-La Crosse's Qualifier on Wednesday night, May 14.

Freshman Max Reis (West Fargo, N.D./Spectrum) finished second in the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.56 seconds, but did not eclipse his season-best time of 10.46. The 10.46 enabled Reis to  enter the day tied for 20th in Division III.

Junior Mitchell Degen (Brainerd, Minn.) finished third in the javelin (57.70 meters) but did not surpass his season-best throw of 60.15 meters, which was 29th nationally.

Freshman Anthony Sletta (St. James, Minn.) and senior Zach Schaffer (Chaska, Minn.) placed fifth (7.01 meters) and sixth (6.99 meters), respectively, in the long jump, while junior Nick St. Peter (Maple Grove, Minn.) was fifth (1:53.01) and senior Tommy Allen (Woodbury, Minn./St. Paul Academy) took seventh (1:54.45) in the 800 meters.

Sophomore Wyatt Witschen (Monticello, Minn.) claimed sixth in the 400-meter dash (50.25) and two classmates finished seventh in two other events. Cole Stencel (Mapleton, Minn./Maple River) was seventh with a season-best time in the 1,500 meters (3:51.59) and Cooper Smith (Alvarado, Minn./East Grand Forks) was seventh in the 400-meter hurdles (54.16).

CSB/SJU Multi-Event Qualifier
Freshman Bailey Evans (Breckenridge, Minn.) finished second (6,005 points) and senior Anthony Thurk (St. Bonifacius, Minn./Waconia) was third (5,703).

The 6,005 points were a new SJU freshman record for Evans tallied two more personal bests – the 110-meter hurdles (16.93) and pole vault (3.40 meters) – on the final day of competition.

Thurk needed a big distance in the javelin to stay on pace to eclipse his season-best total of 6,378 points but fell just under nine meters short of his PR and did not compete in the decathlon's final event.

Evans
-100-Meter Dash: First (11.16) *Personal Best
-Long Jump: Third (6.18m) *Personal Best
-Shot Put: First (12.98m) *Personal Best
-High Jump: Third (1.81m) *Personal Best
-400-Meter Dash: Fourth (53.69)
-110-Meter Hurdles: Second (16.93) *Personal Best
-Discus: Third (31.68m)
-Pole Vault: Fourth (3.40m) *Personal Best
-Javelin : Second (44.99m)
-1,500 Meters: Second (5:11.07)

Thurk
-100-Meter Dash: Third (11.46) *Personal Best
-Long Jump: First (6.64m) 
-Shot Put: Second (12.29m)
-High Jump: Second (1.87m)
-400-Meter Dash: Third (53.27) *Personal Best
-110-Meter Hurdles: First (16.51)
-Discus: Second (32.53m)
-Pole Vault: First (4.10m) *T-Personal Best
-Javelin: Third (36.90m)
-1,500 Meters: ---

The top 22 declared student-athletes in each individual event and the top 16 declared relay teams will participate at the 2025 NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships May 22-24 at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio. The qualifiers are scheduled to be announced before 8 p.m. ET on Friday, May 16, on www.ncaa.com.