Results 

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Saint John's track & field totaled 10 top-10 performances at Division I Minnesota's Gary Wilson Invitational on Wednesday, April 22. 

The meet started Wednesday morning with a pair of invitational races, in which junior Cole Stencel (Mapleton, Minn./Maple River) won the 1,500 meters with a time of 3:55.66, the fastest in the MIAC this season. Senior Nick St. Peter (Maple Grove, Minn.) was eighth (3:57.83). 

Senior Jacob Malecha (Lonsdale, Minn./New Prague) took seventh in the steeplechase (9:45.56) with the second-fastest Division III time of the meet. 

Later in the day, senior Mitchell Degen (Brainerd, Minn.) set a meet record in the javelin throw, finishing second and first among DIII competitors with a toss of 58.39 meters on his sixth and final attempt. 

Sophomore Grady Minnerath (Cold Spring, Minn./Rocori) was third among DIII throwers with a seventh-place toss of 15.11 in the open shot put. 

Sophomore Adam Marable (Crystal, Minn./Robbinsdale Armstrong) ran in the open heat of the 1,500 meters and finished seventh with a time of 4:18.86.  

Sophomore Anthony Sletta (St. James, Minn.) led Division III participants in the long jump with a mark of 6.99 meters (+4.1 wind) for ninth overall.  

Senior Owen Montreuil (Jordan, Minn.) led SJU in the 800 meters, finishing 14th overall and fifth among Division III competitors, in the 800 meters (1:57.80). 

Sophomore Bailey Evans (Breckenridge, Minn.) claimed 28th in the 100-meter dash with a personal-best time of 10.76 seconds (+2.4 wind). Twenty-three of the 27 sprinters ahead of him had a more favorable wind, including 16 with +5.0 or more. 

The Johnnies compete at Gustavus Adolphus' Drake Alternative on Saturday, April 25, in St. Peter.