Saint John's track and field opens the 2026 outdoor season by hosting the CSB+SJU Optimistic Invitational at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, March 28, in Clemens Stadium. – Live Results

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Field Events
-11:30 a.m.: Discus Throw (W/M~2:00), Hammer Throw (W/M~2:00), High Jump (W/M~1:00), Javelin Throw (M/W~2:00), Long Jump (M/W~1:00), Pole Vault (M/W~2:00), Shot Put (M/W~2:00)
-2:30 p.m.: Triple Jump (M/W)

Track Events
-Noon: Steeplechase (M/W)
-12:30 p.m.: 4x100-Meter Relay (M/W)
-12:40: 1,500 Meters (M/W)
-1:40: 110-Meter Hurdles (M)
-1:50: 100-Meter Hurdles (W)
-2:05: 400-Meter Dash (M/W)
-2:30: 100-Meter Dash (M/W)
-2:55: 800 Meters (M/W)
-3:20: 400-Meter Hurdles (M/W)
-3:45: 200-Meter Dash (M/W)
-4:20: 5,000 Meters (M/W)
-5:05: 4x400-Meter Relay (M/W)
-7:15: 10,000 Meters (M/W)

A LOOK AT THE JOHNNIES: Saint John's junior Cole Stencel (Mapleton, Minn./Maple River) earned All-America honors with an eighth-place finish in the mile run two weeks ago (March 14) at the 2026 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships in Birmingham, Ala. 

Stencel was between ninth and 10th for the race's first five laps before a 28.95-second lap bumped him to seventh. He stayed in seventh with his best lap time – 28.07 – and slipped to eighth in 4:16.00. 

He claimed third in the first of two heats and eighth overall in the previous day's prelim to qualify for the final. 

Stencel is the first Johnnie to earn All-America honors in the event and the 20th overall indoors (20 Johnnies now combine for 26 All-America honors in indoor track and field).

WHO WILL BE HERE: The Bennies and Johnnies are scheduled to be joined Saturday by Concordia-Moorhead, Crown, Gustavus Adolphus, Division II Jamestown (N.D.), Martin Luther, Minnesota-Morris, Northwestern, St. Catherine, St. Scholastica, Division I St. Thomas, Division II Southwest Minnesota State, NAIA Valley City State (N.D.), Wisconsin-River Falls and Wisconsin-Superior.