RESULTS
St. Peter, MN - MLC men's track and field had 20 separate top 10 finishes in their Wednesday afternoon meet at Gustavus. The Knights competed against five other schools including, Bethany, Crown, St. Benedict's, Southwest Minnesota State, and Gustavus. The meet was not scored as a team meet.
Jeremiah Stanton had a standout day for MLC, earning a top-four finish in four different events. The freshman took home first-place in the Long Jump, with a top jump of 6.60 meters, while also getting third in the 400 meter hurdles (59.83). Stanton (second) would join
Seth Veers (first) and
Samuel Malliet (third) in the top three of the 110 meter hurdles. Veers won the event with a time of 17.05, while Stanton and Malliet followed close behind with times of 17.27 and 17.30, respectively. Stanton's fourth place finish in the 100 meter dash, rounded up his all around performance in the meet.
In the middle distance events,
Micah Schibbelhut returned true to form in the 400 meter dash, with a mark of 51.29, giving him a fourth-place finish.
Martin Raasch finished behind him in seventh, with a time of 52.55. MLC also gained a fifth place finish fromÂ
Nathan Pausma in the 800 meter run, as the junior clocked in at 1:59.51.
Long distance runner,
Caleb Lash, had another solid performance in the 1500 meter run, placing fifth in the event with a time of 4:22.04.
Malliet would find more success in the high jump, taking home third in the event (1.85 meters), while
Zach Scheuerlein placed third in the javelin, with a top throw of 40.18 meters.
Veers and Schibbelhut tied for sixth in the Pole Vault with a mark of 3.42 meters each. Veers continued his strong day in the triple jump with a second place finish of 12.48 meters.
Overall, the men found success in nearly all events and were well represented in the running and throwing events.
You can read the full results from the event if you click on the link at the top of the story.
The Knights will look to continue their momentum into the Macalester meet on Saturday, April 29.
