Members of the Saint John's track and field team compete in four different meets this week, beginning with Division I St. Thomas' Joe Sweeney Invitational at 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 29, in St. Paul.

THE SCHEDULE/LIVE COVERAGE
-Wednesday at St. Thomas' Joe Sweeney Invitational: Live Results | Live Video
-Thursday and Friday at the MIAC Decathlon (Carleton): Live Results
-Friday at Hamline's Meet of the Unsaintly: Live Results | Live Video
-Saturday at St. Olaf's Ole Open: N/A

A LOOK AT THE JOHNNIES: Saint John's track & field totaled 10 top-10 performances at Division I Minnesota's Gary Wilson Invitational last Wednesday (April 22) in Minneapolis. 

The meet started in the 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.

Gustavus Adolphus' Drake Alternative 
SJU competed in 10 events on Saturday (April 25) at Gustavus Adolphus' Drake Alternative in St. Peter. The Johnnies 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.

WEDNESDAY'S SCHEDULE OF EVENTS AT UST
Throws
9:00 a.m.: Hammer (M/W) - at the University of Minnesota
3:00 p.m.: Discus (M/W), Javelin (W/M), Shot Put (W/M)

Jumps
3:00 p.m.: High Jump (W/M), Pole Vault (M/W), Triple Jump (M/W)

Track Events
3:00 p.m.
4x100-Meter Relay (W/M)
100-Meter Hurdles (W)
110-Meter Hurdles (M)
400-Meter Dash (W/M)
100-Meter Dash (W/M)
800 Meters (W/M)
Steeplechase (W/M)
400-Meter Hurdles (W/M)
200-Meter Dash (W/M)
1,500 Meters (W/M)
4x400-Meter Relay (W/M)
5,000 Meters – Open (W/M)
5,000 Meters – Invite (W/M)

2026 MIAC DECATHLON
Thursday (April 30)
-Noon: 100-Meter Dash
-~12:45: Long Jump
-~2:15: Shot Put
-~3:45: High Jump
-~6:15: 400-Meter Dash
 
Friday (May 1)
-~10:30 a.m.: 110-Meter Hurdles
-~11:30: Discus Throw
-~1:10 p.m.: Pole Vault
-~5:00: Javelin
-~6:15: 1,500 Meters

MEET OF THE UNSAINTLY: Stencel races at the 1,500 meters at Hamline's Meet of the Unsaintly, which begins at 5 p.m. Friday, May 1, at Klas Field in St. Paul.

SATURDAY'S OLE OPEN
Throws
12:00 p.m.: Discus (M/W), Shot Put (W/M)
3:00 p.m.: Hammer (W/M), Javelin (M/W)

Jumps
12:00 p.m.: Long Jump (W/M), High Jump (M/W)
12:30 p.m.: Pole Vault (W/M)
2:30 p.m.: Triple Jump (W/M)

Track
1:00 p.m.
4x100-Meter Relay
Steeplechase
110-Meter Hurdles
100-Meter Hurdles
1,500 Meters
400-Meter Dash
100-Meter Dash
800 Meters
400-Meter Hurdles
200-Meter Dash
3,000 Meters
4x400-Meter Relay

IN THE MIAC: The Johnnies currently boast 27 top-10 marks/times in the MIAC this season, including four as the conference's leader. 

100-Meter Dash 
5. Bailey Evans, 10.76
6. Kieran Murnan, 10.79 
10. Aiden Jones, 10.92

200-Meter Dash 
4. Kieran Murnan, 21.82 
8. Derek Guth, 22.10 

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

1,500 Meters
1. Cole Stencel, 3:55.66
4. Nick St. Peter, 3:57.83

5,000 Meters 
2. Cole Stencel, 14:26.74 *No. 34 in Division III

110-Meter Hurdles 
5. Trae Headlee, 15.52

400-Meter Hurdles 
1. Cooper Smith, 53.27 *No. 20 in Division III 

Steeplechase
4. Jacob Malecha, 9:38.88

4x100-Meter Relay 
2. SJU, 41.21 *No. 30 in Division III

4x400-Meter Relay 
2. SJU, 3:19.65 

High Jump 
5. 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

Shot Put 
3. Grady Minnerath, 16.09m *No. 37 in Division III
9. Rylan Turqueza, 14.50m 

Discus 
6. Grady Minnerath, 45.73m 

Javelin 
1. Mitchell Degen, 60.83m *No. 21 in Division III
5. Bailey Evans, 51.97m 
6. Holden Dvorak, 50.73m
10. Kole Guth, 48.19m