Results

NORTHFIELD, Minn. – Saint John's track and field competed in its final tune-up for next weekend's conference championships on Saturday, May 2, at St. Olaf's Ole Open.

SJU travels to Northfield for the 2026 MIAC Outdoor Championships next Friday (2 p.m.) and Saturday (noon), May 8-9, at St. Olaf.

Sophomore Grady Minnerath (Cold Spring, Minn./Rocori) led the Johnnies with wins in the shot put (15.80 meters) and discus (46.52 meters). The mark in the discus was the fourth-best throw in the MIAC this season.

Sophomore Jalen Graham (Minneapolis, Minn./Champlin Park) claimed third (13.65 meters) behind Minnerath in the shot put, followed by freshman Laklen Vogel (Cold Spring, Minn./Rocori) in fourth (12.26 meters) and freshman Sam Ruprecht (Avon, Minn./Holdingford) in fifth (11.77 meters). Ruprecht also placed fourth in the discus (40.74 meters).

Junior Lars Molenkamp (Almere, Netherlands/Oostvaarders College) took second in the 1,500 meters with a time of 3:58.26, which was 0:00.24 from first place, and classmate Max McCoy (Bennington, Neb./Mount Michael Benedictine) was fourth (4:02.31).

Juniors Connor Brynteson (Minneapolis, Minn./Robbinsdale Cooper) and Rylan Turqueza (Ewa Beach, Hawaii/Radford) were second (43.58 meters) and third (42.22 meters), respectively, in the hammer throw.

Senior Josh Johnston (Cold Spring, Minn./Rocori) finished second, first among NCAA Division III competitors, in the pole vault (4.28 meters) and freshman Austin Mohr (Alexandria, Minn.) was third (4.13 meters).