Results

ST. PETER, Minn. – Saint John's track and field competed in 10 events on Saturday, April 25, at Gustavus Adolphus' Drake Alternative.

SJU totaled eight top-10 performances, led by senior Kole Guth (St. Peter, Minn.), who finished second in the javelin with a career-best toss of 48.19 meters on his first throw. 

Junior Connor O'Brien (Belle Plaine, Minn.) tied for fifth in the high jump (1.75 meters) and also raced in the 800 meters (2:09.12, 25th). 

Sophomore Anthony Ferrante (Prior Lake, Minn.) crossed the finish line sixth in the 100-meter dash (11.10) – .05 from his collegiate best – to lead a contingent of five Johnnies in the event. 

Sophomore Andy White (Sioux Falls, S.D./O'Gorman) and freshman Jaden Alexander (Minneapolis, Minn./DeLaSalle) both finished in the top 10 of the 200-meter sprint, with White posting a season-best 22.62 for sixth and Alexander right behind in seventh (22.70). Ferrante just missed another top-10 mark with a 22.91 in 11th. 

Senior Tom Kuriscak (Stillwater, Minn./St. Paul Academy) took eighth in the discus with a personal-best heave of 40.56 meters.

Junior Connor Brynteson (Minneapolis, Minn./Robbinsdale Cooper) led SJU in seventh with a toss of 42.78 meters in the hammer throw, followed by junior Rylan Turqueza (Ewa Beach, Hawaii/Radford) in ninth (40.62 meters) and sophomore Jalen Graham (Minneapolis, Minn./Champlin Park) with a personal-best 39.94 for 11th. 

Freshman Sam Ruprecht (Avon, Minn./Holdingford) had the eighth-best shot put of the day, reaching 12.96 meters on his first throw. 

The Johnnies compete at Division I St. Thomas' Joe Sweeney Invitational at 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 29, in St. Paul.