Kevin Arthur (Sr, Champlin Park) and I had an uneventful day of travel on Wednesday to Virginia Beach, VA. Kevin has qualified for the NCAA Indoor National Championships in the 60 meter dash. He is the Johnnies lone qualifier after last week’s last chance meet at UW- La Crosse.
Despite a lack of last chance meet magic, we still had some good performances. Zach Schaffer (SO, Chaska) joined the seven meter/ 23 foot club in long jump with a jump of 7.03 (23-0.5). He has been flirting with that for awhile and it was a relief to finally break the barrier. Our guys in the 800 also performed well. Tommy Allen (Jr, St. Paul Academy) tied his outdoor PR with a time of 1:54.56. Sophomore Nick St. Peter (Maple Grove) ran his first 800 of the year in 1:56.83. I’m excited to see what they can run outdoors.
As we wrap up the indoor season this week, follow along with the live results and video links below. Kevin will run the 60 meter prelims on Friday at 1:15 Central time. Hopefully he will be back on Saturday for the finals at 2:35 Central time.
BTW: Mark your calendars for our outdoor home meets: Thursday, March 28th and Saturday, April 20th.