Day 1 Results

NORTHFIELD, Minn. – Saint John's track and field leads the 11-team field after day one of the 2026 MIAC Outdoor Championships held Friday, May 8, at St. Olaf.

Field events begin Saturday at noon, followed by competition on the track at 1:30 p.m.

SJU claimed a pair of titles and totaled five All-MIAC (top three) performances on day one.

Junior Cole Stencel (Mapleton, Minn./Maple River) claimed SJU's first title in the 1,500 meters (3:51.31), crossing the line more than two seconds ahead of the second-place competitor. Senior Nick St. Peter (Maple Grove, Minn.) followed in fifth (3:54.48). The conference championship was the Johnnies' first in the event since Chris Erichsen's back-to-back titles in 2006 and 2007.

Senior Mitchell Degen (Brainerd, Minn.) already had the conference title clinched with a distance of 60.14 meters on his fifth throw. He surpassed the entire first flight with his first throw, and set a personal-, facility- and meet-record with a toss of 65.87 meters, which currently ranks seventh in NCAA Division III. It was his second-straight title in the event and the program's fourth over the last five seasons.

Sophomore Anthony Sletta (St. James, Minn.) took second in the long jump with a mark of 6.95 meters on his fourth leap. He was tied with St. Olaf's Max Albertson at 6.92 meters after the first three jumps and passed him with his 6.95, but Albertson went for 7.28 on his sixth and final attempt to claim the MIAC title.

Sophomore Grady Minnerath (Cold Spring, Minn./Rocori) earned his first outdoor All-MIAC honor with a personal-best mark of 48.25 meters in the discus throw for third place.

Freshman Alex Chirhart (St. Cloud, Minn./Rocori) tied for fourth with a height of 4.50 meters in the pole vault. Two other Johnnies - senior Kole Guth (St. Peter, Minn.) and freshman Austin Mohr (Alexandria, Minn.) - finished in the top 10 as well. Guth (seventh) and Mohr (eighth) each cleared 4.30 meters.

SJU's 4x800-meter relay (Montreuil, Molenkamp, McCoy, St. Peter) finished third (7:51.42) behind Bethel and St. Olaf.

Prelims
Junior Cooper Smith (Alvarado, Minn./East Grand Forks) recorded the fastest time – 54.18 seconds – in the 400-meter hurdle prelims. The final is scheduled for 4 p.m. Saturday.

Freshman Aiden Jones (Pierz, Minn.) took second in the 100-meter dash prelims with a personal-best time of 10.60 seconds – 0.11 behind first place - and junior Kieran Murnan (Lakeville, Minn./Holy Angels) was fifth (10.77). The final is scheduled for 3:25 p.m.

Murnan was also third in the 200-meter dash prelims at 21.52 seconds, followed by freshman Derek Guth (St. Peter, Minn.) as the ninth (22.07) and final qualifier. The event's final is scheduled for 4:15 p.m. Saturday.

SJU has two runners in the 800-meter final at 3:40 p.m. Saturday after senior Owen Montreuil (Jordan, Minn.) and junior Max McCoy (Bennington, Neb./Mount Michael Benedictine) were fourth (1:55.94) and fifth (1:56.24), respectively, in Friday's prelims.

Junior Bashir Amoud (St. Paul, Minn./Harding) and freshman Trae Headlee (Billings, Mont./Skyview) qualified for Saturday's final in the 110-meter hurdles at 2:55 p.m. Amoud was fourth (15.02) and Headlee claimed sixth (15.31).