Saint John's track and field travels to Minneapolis for Division I Minnesota's Gary Wilson Invitational at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 22. – Live Results

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Throws
11:00 a.m.: Hammer (W/M)
2:00 p.m.: Discus (W/M)
3:30: Shot Put (W/M)
5:00: Javelin (W/M)

Jumps
2:30 p.m.: High Jump (W/M), Long Jump (M/W), Pole Vault (W/M)
5:00: Triple Jump (M/W)

Track
9:45 a.m.: 5,000 Meters (M, Open)
10:10: Steeplechase (M, Open)
2:00 p.m.: 110-Metewr Hurdles – Prelims (M)
2:15: 100-Meter Hurdles – Prelims (W)
2:30: 100-Meter Dash – Prelims (M/W)
3:10: Steeplechase (M, Invite)
3:25: 100-Meter Hurdles – Final (W)
3:30: 110-Meter Hurdles – Final (M)
3:35: 4x100-Meter Relay (M/W)
3:45: 800 Meters (M/W)
4:15: 400-Meter Dash (M/W)
4:55: 100-Meter Dash – Final (M/W)
5:05: 400-Meter Hurdles (M/W)
5:35: 1,500 Meters (M/W)
6:15: 200-Meter Dash (M/W)
7:15: Steeplechase (W)
7:30: 4x400-Meter Relay (M/W)
7:50: 5,000 Meters (M, Invite
8:10: 5,000 Meters (W)

A LOOK AT THE JOHNNIES: Saint John's won its 10-team CSB+SJU Invitational last Thursday (April 16) in Clemens Stadium. SJU won six events with 28 top-six performances for 194 points and the meet title, followed by Bethel (175), Division II Southwest Minnesota State (136) and Concordia-Moorhead (88).

The Johnnies also recorded NCAA Division III top-30 marks/times in three events. 

Sophomore Anthony Sletta (St. James, Minn.) took first in the long jump with a personal-best mark of 7.24 meters, which ranks first in the MIAC by a margin of 0.36 meters and is tied for 10th in NCAA Division III. He was also fourth in the triple jump (12.76 meters).

Senior Mitchell Degen (Brainerd, Minn.) won the javelin with a throw of 58.13 meters, his second-best toss of the season. Freshman Holden Dvorak (Princeton, Minn./Spectrum) was third (49.06 meters).

SJU's 4x100-meter relay (Jones, Ferrante, D. Guth, Murnan) crossed the line first with a time of 41.21 seconds, good for first in the MIAC and 12th in Division III.

The 4x400-meter relay (McCoy, Molenkamp, St. Peter, Stencel) took third in 3:29.82, 0:00.72 behind SMSU in second (3:29.10). 

SJU recorded the top-three times in the 800 meters with a photo finish, led by junior Max McCoy (Bennington, Neb./Mount Michael Benedictine) in 1:56.03. Senior Nick St. Peter (Maple Grove, Minn.) followed in second (1:56.10) and junior Cole Stencel (Mapleton, Minn./Maple River) was third (1:56.27)

Senior Jacob Malecha (Lonsdale, Minn./New Prague) won the steeplechase in 9:38.88. Connor Dow finished fourth with a personal-best 11:03.30.

Sophomore Adam Marable (Crystal, Minn./Robbinsdale Armstrong) won the 5,000 meters (16:29.01) and freshman Ian Mills (Glenwood, Minn./Minnewaska Area) was behind him in third (16:55.31).

Sophomore Grady Minnerath (Cold Spring, Minn./Rocori) took second in the shot put with a season-best toss of 16.09 meters. He is third in the MIAC behind a pair of All-Americans and 28th in DIII. He also led SJU in the discus with a sixth-place mark of 43.58 meters.

Freshman Alex Chirhart (St. Cloud, Minn./Rocori) claimed second in the pole vault (4.25 meters) and classmate Aiden Jones (Pierz, Minn.) was third in the 100-meter dash (11.17).

LAST YEAR'S MEET: Kevin Arthur '25 led the way for SJU with a third-place and season-best time of 21.04 seconds in the 200-meter dash at last year's Gary Wilson Invitational.

Stencel finished fourth, first among Division III runners, out of 54 participants in the 1,500 meters (3:53.95), while senior Kole Guth (St. Peter, Minn.) and junior Andrew Withuski (Wahpeton, N.D.) tied for fourth in the pole vault (4.43 meters).

Junior Vincent Kaluza (Cold Spring, Minn./Rocori) and Malecha claimed fifth (9:32.53) and sixth (9:40.97), respectively, in the steeplechase and junior Bangaly Kaba (St. Cloud, Minn./Apollo) was sixth in the triple jump (12.99 meters).

A pair of Johnnies finished eighth in their events, overall, but fared much better among those from Division III. Junior Cooper Smith (Alvarado, Minn./East Grand Forks) was first among Division III competitors in the 400-meter hurdles (55.07), while Zach Schaffer '25 took third in the long jump (6.74 meters).

IN THE MIAC: The Johnnies currently boast 24 top-10 marks/times in the MIAC this season, including five as the conference's leader. 

100-Meter Dash 
3. Kieran Murnan, 10.79 
7. Aiden Jones, 10.92 

200-Meter Dash 
3. Kieran Murnan, 21.82 
8. Derek Guth, 22.19 

800 Meters 
8. Owen Montreuil, 1:55.34 
9. Max McCoy, 1:56.03 
10. Nick St. Peter, 1:56.10 

5,000 Meters 
2. Cole Stencel, 14:26.74 *No. 32 in Division III  

110-Meter Hurdles 
5. Trae Headlee, 15.61 

400-Meter Hurdles 
1. Cooper Smith, 53.27 *No. 18 in Division III 

Steeplechase
2. Jacob Malecha, 9:38.88

4x100-Meter Relay 
1. SJU, 41.21 *No. 21 in Division III

4x400-Meter Relay 
1. SJU, 3:19.65 *No. 44 in Division III 

High Jump 
4. Connor O'Brien, 1.85m 

Pole Vault 
6. Alex Chirhart, 4.38m 
9. Kole Guth, 4.25m 

Long Jump 
1. Anthony Sletta, 7.24m *wind eligible for MIAC but not Division III

Triple Jump
9. Anthony Sletta, 12.76m

Shot Put 
3. Grady Minnerath, 16.09m *No. 33 in Division III 
9. Rylan Turqueza, 14.50m 

Discus 
6. Grady Minnerath, 45.73m 

Javelin 
1. Mitchell Degen, 60.83m *No. 16 in Division III 
5. Bailey Evans, 51.97m 
6. Holden Dvorak, 50.73m