Results

ARDEN HILLS, Minn. – The Saint John's track and field team opened its 2014 season with 24 top-five finishes, including four wins, at Bethel's Gene Glader Classic on Saturday, Feb. 8, in Arden Hills.

In addition to the Johnnies and host Royals, the men's side included student-athletes from Augsburg, Macalester, Division I Minnesota and Northwestern (Minn.). SJU totaled 45 participants in 15 of the 18 events. The meet was not scored.

Junior Yasin Williams (East Orange, N.J./St. Benedict's Prep) won the 200-meter dash with a time of 23.09 and senior Patrick Means (Minneapolis, Minn./DeLaSalle) finished fifth (23.70).

Junior Jordan Tradewell (Cedar, Minn./St. Francis) crossed the finish line first in the 400 meters (51.53) and sophomore Nick Zurn (Belle Plaine, Minn.) followed in fourth (52.57).

Freshman Travis Spillum (Little Falls, Minn.) tied for first in the high jump with a height of 1.77 meters. Junior Nick Thies (Green Isle, Minn./Sibley East) and freshman Thomas Widmer (New Prague, Minn.) took third and fourth at 1.67 meters. Thies also took third in the 60-meter hurdles (8.68) and Spillum finished fifth in the long jump (6.15 meters), 0.02 behind freshman Joe Koll (Winona, Minn./Cotter) in fourth. Sophomore Anthony Smith (Newark, N.J./St. Benedict's Prep) placed fifth in the 60-meter hurdles (9.23).

Freshman Raymond Twumasi (Coon Rapids, Minn.) won the triple jump with a leap of 12.84 meters, 0.37 ahead of Koll in second.

Junior Chris Mergens (Farmington, Minn./Rosemount) took second in the 600 meters (1:25.20), followed by senior Taylor Nauman (Blaine, Minn./Totino-Grace) and freshman Shane Ringkob (Eagan, Minn./Rosemount) in fourth (1:27.49) and fifth (1:28.51), respectively.

Junior Kyle Rossow (St. Louis Park, Minn./Hopkins) and senior James McLean (Nisswa, Minn./Brainerd) claimed second (2:37.72) and fourth (2:38.37), respectively, in the 1,000 meters, while freshman Maxwell Olson (Warrensburg, Mo.) and sophomore Matt Devery (Bloomington, Minn./Kennedy) went 4-5 in the pole vault.

Freshman Tony Yost (Eden Prairie, Minn.) led five Johnnies in the shot put with a toss of 13.79 meters, which was good for third. Senior Rob Sybrant (Shakopee, Minn.) followed closely in fourth (13.29 meters), while classmate Brian Vargason (Owatonna, Minn.) took fifth in both the shot put (12.99 meters) and weight throw (14.97 meters).

The Johnnies return home to host their alumni and Macalester for an 11:30 a.m. meet next Saturday, Feb. 15, at the Donald McNeely Spectrum in Collegeville.