ResultsNORTHFIELD, Minn. – Saint John's track and field recorded 14 top-three, individual marks at the St. Olaf Qualifier late Friday, Feb. 26, in Northfield.
The meet served as the final tune-up before next week's 2016 MIAC Indoor Championships, hosted by Carleton, in Northfield. The three-day meet begins with the heptathlon on Thursday, March 3, and spills over to the first full day of events at 4 p.m. Friday, March 4. The final day of competition is scheduled for an 11:45 a.m. start on Saturday, March 5.
Senior
Thomas Feichtinger (Omaha, Neb./Mount Michael Benedictine) set a new school record in the 1,000 meters with a time of 2:27.71 to finish second, 0:00.10 behind St. Olaf's Paul Escher. Feichtinger's time broke the record he set last year by two seconds (2:29.24). Escher and Feichtinger are 1-2 in the event in the MIAC this season. Junior
Ryan Bugler (Okinawa, Japan/Kubasaki) claimed third in a time of 2:32.07, which is good for fourth in the conference.
Freshman
Max Martin (Minneapolis, Minn./Wayzata) and sophomore
Mitchell Peck (Alexandria, Minn.) went 1 (8.68)-2 (9.02) in the 60-meter hurdles, while the Johnnies claimed the top three in the 60-meter dash: junior
Evan Clark (7.15; Phoenix, Ariz./Apollo), freshman
Drew Schoenbauer (7.15; New Prague, Minn.) and junior
Ryan Kuester (7.19; Glencoe, Minn./Glencoe-Silver Lake). Kuester also took third in the 200 meters (23.01).
Junior
Raymond Twumasi (Coon Rapids, Minn.) placed second in the triple jump (13.51 meters) and sophomore
Colton Peterson (Cloquet, Minn./South Ridge) followed closely in third with a personal record of 13.33 meters. The duo are second and third, respectively, in the MIAC.
Junior
Travis Spillum (Little Falls, Minn.) improved his season-best mark in the long jump to finish third (6.52 meters) and classmate
Lukas Buehler (Omaha, Neb./Mount Michael Benedictine) finished third with a personal record in the mile run (4:28.12). Junior
Zach Grieves (Le Sueur, Minn./Le Sueur-Henderson) placed third in the 400 meters (52.47).
Junior
Peyton Thiry (Lester Prairie, Minn./Lester Prairie-Holy Trinity) took third in the weight throw with a distance of 16.19 meters, which is good for sixth in the MIAC.
