Another busy week for the Johnnies. We just returned from a meet at the University of Minnesota on Wednesday night. The guys hit many personal records throughout the evening, but two events really stick out as highlights. Kevin Arthur (SR, Champlin Park) ran his season best of 21.04 in 200. He is currently ranked fourth in the nation. The other big race was Cole Stencel (SO, Mapleton) in the 1500. He jumped in with the big dogs from mostly Division 1 and 2 schools. He ran a smart race, stayed out of trouble, and continually moved up during the race. A strong finish pushed him to a time of 3:53.95!
Coach Maxwell left immediately after the meet tonight to take the 4x800 guys to the Drake Relays. I am teaching class in the morning and then taking the rest of the crew down there as well. Besides the usual relays, we had some athletes qualify in the individual events to compete with mostly Division 1 fields. The schedule of when everyone competes is below with a link to live results.
Another chunk of the team will head to the always-windy Gustavus on Saturday. Many of them are trying to hit their MIAC Championship qualifying mark.
After this weekend, it will be a quick turnaround to compete next Wednesday at Hamline University. We will also be at the MIAC Championship Decathlon on Thursday and Friday. I’m excited to have these guys kickoff the championship season!
Jeremy
Drake Relays
Thursday
-4:44 p.m. – 4x800-Meter Relay (Allen, Montreuil, St. Peter, McCoy
Friday
-1:30 p.m. – High Jump (McDowell)
-2:11 p.m. – 100-Meter Dash Prelims (Arthur, Reis)
Saturday
-1:11 p.m. – 100-Meter Dash Final
-1:50 p.m. – Javelin Throw (Degen)
-3:00 p.m. – 4x100-Meter Relay (Hansen, Arthur, Murnan, Reis)