How does the season go by so fast?
I feel like we just finished the NCAA Indoor National Championships. Yet here we are in mid-April after having hosted several high school meets and competed in a few outdoor meets. And on top of that, we find our little team ranked #8 in the country after a big weekend.
The indoor season wrapped up well with five athletes at the national championships. Three earned second-team All-American awards and our high jumper, Jackson McDowell (Arapahoe CO), finished 2nd with a new school record or 7-0.25! School Record High Jump Video
On to the outdoor season and we just finished a weekend with the team split across four meets. Coaches Maxwell and Tim took the distance runners to Platteville, WI for some 5k’s. The eight runners in Platteville all set 5k pr’s with three dipping under 15:00 minutes. Cole Stencel (SO, Maple River) led the group with a time of 14:52.53. Also in Wisconsin, Coach Joe had the decathletes in Oshkosh. Max Lelwica (SR, Brainerd) scored 6,719 points and is currently ranked third in the country. The pole vaulters followed Coach John to Bethel with the Bennies. Andrew Withuski (SO, Wahpeton) had a breakthrough vault with a PR of 14-11. I took everyone else down to Mankato. The sprinters had a great day as Kevin Arthur (SR, Champlin Park) ran his first 100 of the season and opened with a 10.32. Good enough for third in the country. Freshman Max Reis (Spectrum) ran a prelim time of 10.49 in the 100 and is ranked 13th. Those two combined with Keiran Murnan (SO, Holy Angels) and Matt Hansen (SO, Niwot CO) in the 4x100 for a time of 40.83.
All of those nationally ranked athletes helped push the Johnnies to #8 in the country and you can see the Johnnies at home this week. We will be competing at home on Thursday before the Easter break. It’s a small afternoon meet starting at 3pm. Come check out the team!
Jeremy