Results

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Saint John's track and field won its season-opening, four-team meet on Saturday, Jan. 24, in the Donald McNeely Spectrum.

The Johnnies won four events and totaled 17 top-three finishes for 165 points, followed by St. Scholastica (126), Wisconsin-Superior (76) and Minnesota-Morris (12).

The Johnnies recorded the top three times in the mile run, led by junior Cole Stencel's (Mapleton, Minn./Maple River) 4:22.07. Junior Lars Molenkamp (Almere, Netherlands/Oostvaarders College) and senior Nick St. Peter (Maple Grove, Minn.) followed in second (4:26.16) and third (4:29.10), respectively.

Like the mile, SJU also claimed the top-three places in the pole vault, all at 4.30 meters. Freshman Austin Mohr (Alexandria, Minn.) cleared the height on his first attempt to win the event, followed by Kole Guth (St. Peter, Minn.) and freshman Alex Chirhart (St. Cloud, Minn./Rocori).

Junior Bangaly Kaba (St. Cloud, Minn./Apollo) won the triple jump with a mark of 12.82 meters and freshman Aiden Jones (Pierz, Minn.) posted a victory in the 60-meter dash (7.04) with a second-place time in the 200-meter sprint (22.97).

Junior Cooper Smith (Alvarado, Minn./East Grand Forks) and Wyatt Witschen (Monticello, Minn.) led a six-man SJU contingent in the 400-meter dash in second (50.98) and third (51.46), respectively.

Sophomore Grady Minnerath (Cold Spring, Minn./Rocori) claimed second in the shot put (14.55 meters) and freshmen Ian Mills (Glenwood, Minn./Minnewaska Area) and Josh Pretasky (Chanhassen, Minn./Minnetonka) finished as a runner-up in the 3,000 meters (9:50.97) and long jump (6.13 meters), respectively.

Three SJU juniors earned third-place finishes:
-Bashir Amoud (St. Paul, Minn./Harding) in the 60-meter hurdles (8.76);
-Kieran Murnan (Lakeville, Minn./Holy Angels) in the 60-meter dash (7.14);
-Connor O'Brien (Belle Plaine, Minn.) in the high jump (1.74 meters).

The Johnnies host the CSB/SJU Invitational at 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30, in Collegeville.