The Saint John’s track and field team returns to action with the 2010 MIAC Indoor Championships this Thursday through Saturday, March 4-6. The 2010 Championships open with the men's pentathlon at 2 p.m. Thursday, followed track and field events on Friday at 4:30 p.m. and Saturday at 12 p.m. The meet will be held at the Recreation Center on the campus of Carleton College in Northfield.
A LOOK AT THE JOHNNIES: Last season, Saint John’s finished fifth out of 11 teams at the MIAC Indoor Championships. SJU is led by junior thrower Tim Juba (Cottage Grove, Minn./Park), who has provisionally qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships in the weight throw with a toss of 16.82 meters. Other throwers at the top of the MIAC are sophomore Wade Powers (Hawick, Minn./New London-Spicer) and junior Griffin Hayes (Mendota Heights, Minn./St. Thomas Academy), who are sixth (14.61 meters) and eighth (14.19 meters), respectively, in the shot put. Two-time All-MIAC pole-vaulter Andrew Norman (Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove) is fourth with a mark of 4.29 meters. To provisionally qualify, Norman needs to vault at least 4.65 meters. Along with Norman, senior Tyler Etheridge (Eau Claire, Wis./North) is fourth in the 600-meter dash with a time of 1:25.33, while freshman Andrew Million (Lino Lakes, Minn./Totino-Grace) and sophomore Rob Floren (Kenyon, Minn./Kenyon-Wanamingo) are fourth (6.53 meters) and fifth (6.51) in the long jump, respectively. Million is also sixth in the triple jump (13.07 meters), while Etheridge is eighth in the 800 meters (1:58.03). Junior Matt Reeve (Fairmont, Minn.) has the eighth-best time in the 55-meter hurdles (8.12). He claimed fifth place (6.58) at the MIAC Indoor Championships last season.