Saint John's cross country splits for two races this Saturday, Oct. 17. The Johnnies and Saint Benedict host the CSB+SJU Autumn Classic at River Oaks G.C. in Cold Spring, while a dozen compete at Linfield's George Oja Invitational at Oak Knoll G.C. in Salem, Ore.

LIVE COVERAGE
-CSB+SJU Autumn Classic – Live Results
-Linfield's George Oja Invitational – Live Results

RACE TIMES
In Cold Spring
-10:15 a.m.: Women's 6k - Course Map
-11 a.m.: Men's 8k - Course Map

In Oregon
-10 a.m. PT/Noon CT

A LOOK AT THE JOHNNIES: Saint John's finished second out of 20 teams in the Maize Division race of Carleton's Running of the Cows two weeks ago (Oct. 3) in Northfield. Wisconsin-Eau Claire won the race with 95 points, followed by SJU (126), Luther (130), Bethel (149) and a tie between Kalamazoo and Wisconsin-Oshkosh (160).

Senior Cole Stencel (Mapleton, Minn./Maple River) finished first out of 326 runners with a personal-best, 8k time of 25:17. The time led all MIAC runners in either the Navy or Maize races.

Senior Vincent Kaluza (Cold Spring, Minn./Rocori) was next for the Johnnies in 11th with a time of 26:23 and classmate Max McCoy (Bennington, Neb./Mount Michael Benedictine) claimed 31st (26:56).

Freshman Quinn Carroll (West Fargo, N.D./Shanley) followed in 41st (27:04), sophomore Erick Montalvo (St. Paul, Minn./Roseville Area) in 50th (27:12) and senior Jacob Malecha (Lonsdale, Minn./New Prague) was close behind in 52nd (27:12) for the fifth spot.

REGIONAL RANKINGS: The Johnnies re-entered the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) North Region rankings at No. 9 last Tuesday (Oct. 6) and stayed put in yesterday's (Oct. 13) list.

USTFCCCA North Region Rankings
1. Wisconsin-La Crosse (No. 4 nationally)
2. Wisconsin-Stevens Point (No. 6 nationally)
3. Wisconsin-Whitewater (No. 28 nationally)
4. St. Olaf
5. Milwaukee School of Engineering, Wis.
6. Wisconsin-Stout
7. Carleton
8. Wisconsin-Eau Claire
9. SJU
10. Wisconsin-River Falls

TRAVELING TO OREGON: SJU is scheduled to send 12 Johnnies to the Pacific Northwest this weekend - Carroll, Carry, Erickson, Harder, Kaluza, Long, Malecha, Martinek, McCoy, Molenkamp, Montalvo and Stencel.

WHO WILL BE HERE: The Bennies and Johnnies are scheduled to be joined Saturday morning by Augsburg, Bethany Lutheran, Carleton (women), Crown, Gustavus Adolphus, Hamline, Martin Luther, Division I Minnesota (women), North Central (Minn.), Northwestern (Minn.), St. Catherine, St. Olaf, St. Scholastica and Trinity Bible (N.D.).