Jeremy Karger-Gatzow
Join us for the start of the 2026 Season!

Dust off those spikes and get ready for the 2026 Alumni Meet! Whether you have been training or not, we would love to see you on Saturday, January 24th. Minimally, come hang out with us to reconnect with old teammates, meet the new team, and hear a few stories from Tim. Here is the link to register: 2026 SJU Alumni Meet Registration

At last year’s alumni meet, we had a great turnout and honored Rocky Schoffman, a legendary masters runner and Johnnie mainstay at our alumni meets. We named the Alumni meet 400 meter race after him. This year, we are dedicating the mile race to David Forster. David graduated from the SJU cross country and track teams in 2011. After college, David continued to run at a high level. In June 2016, David collapsed and passed away suddenly on a training run. For ten years, David’s family has hosted the Finish the Run 5k in David’s honor. We would like to continue to remember David with the “David Forster Alumni Mile.” We will add a specific heat for the alumni or let me know if you are ready to let it rip and want to race the young guys.

The team is finishing up the first week of practice for the 2026 spring semester. It’s been a long holiday break, and I haven’t seen the team in over four weeks. Some of them returned and looked like they had trained diligently. A few of the others may have overestimated the power of youth and assumed they would maintain fitness. Regardless, it’s a long season and I’m excited to get back into the routine. 

We graduated several outstanding athletes from last season’s team. It’s a group we are extremely proud to have coached. Not only did they finish fourth at the NCAA National Championships, but they showed tremendous development throughout their four years at SJU. It will be difficult to replace those guys, but we have a good group of freshmen to work well with our returners. In preparation for our kickoff to the season, I’ll highlight some key returners this week and spotlight some freshmen next week. 

I hope to see you next week.

Jeremy KG

Top Returners

  • Max Reis (SO, Spectrum): 3rd at the National Championships (10.35 sec) in the 100m dash and 4x100m relay. Also finished 9th in the long jump (24ft-0.75in) at NCAA’s. 

  • Kieran Murnan (JR, Holy Angels): second leg of the 4x100m relay at the National Championships. 5th at the MIAC Championships in the 100 (10.74).

  • Cooper Smith (JR, East Grand Forks): 4th at the MIAC Championships in the 400m hurdles in 53.87.

  • Owen Montreuil (SR, Jordan): 6th in the 800m run at the MIAC Championships in 1:53.66

  • Cole Stencel (JR, Maple River): 3rd in the 1500m run at the MIAC Championships. Season best of 3:51.59.

  • Nick St. Peter (SR, Maple Grove): 7th in the 1500m and 8th in the 5k at the MIAC Championships. Season bests of 1:53.01 (800m), 3:54.28 (1500m), and 15:12.38 (5000m).

  • Vincent Kaluza (JR, Rocori): 6th in the 10k run and 8th in the steeple at the MIAC Championships. Season bests of 32:10.77 (10k) and 9:32.53 (steeplechase).

  • Josh Johnston (SR, Rocori): 7th at the MIAC Championships in pole vault and a best of 15ft-0in.

  • Kole Guth (SR, St. Peter): Conference Champion in pole vault and a best of 15ft-0in.

  • Anthony Sletta (SO, St. James): 3rd at the MIAC Championships in long jump and a best of 23ft-0in.

  • Grady Minnerath (SO, Rocori): 8th in both the shot put and discus at the MIAC championships. Season bests of 48ft-1in and 153ft-1in. 

  • Mitchell Degen (SR, Brainerd): Conference champion in the javelin with a best of 197ft-4in. 

  • Bailey Evans (SO, Breckenridge): Freshman record holder in the decathlon with 6005 points. Finished 7th at the MIAC Championships. 


Join us for the start of the 2026 Season!
Jeremy Karger-Gatzow
Nationals!

Nationals!

Another year, another great group of Johnnies finishing their season at the NCAA National Championships. This group is best characterized as classic hard-working, motivated, student-athletes. However, that is where the similarities end. They come from all different backgrounds, levels of success, and may not have participated in track before coming to SJU.

Kevin Arthur (SR, Champlin Park): a lot has been written about Kevin and his time at SJU. Coming from Ghana, Italy, and then to Minnesota, Kevin has made a tremendous impact on our team and me as a coach. We have utilized Kevin’s Covid eligibility and I’ve learned a lot about coaching someone this long. I am most impressed with his ability to stay focused and he continues to improve. Kevin was not a highly recruited athlete and focused more on soccer. His high school personal records of 11.36 in the 100 and 22.90 in the 200 have been shattered: 10.19 in the 100 and 20.68 in the 200. Kevin will compete in the following events this week:

  • 100: prelims at 2:30 on Friday (finals 1:30pm on Saturday)

  • 200: prelims at 5:40pm Thursday (finals 2:40pm on Saturday)

  • 4x100: prelims at 4:15pm Thursday (finals 12:05pm (Saturday)

Max Lelwica (SR, Brainerd): Max is another athlete who has made significant improvement. With him and teammate Anthony Thurk (SR, Waconia), they have helped develop a foundation of decathletes at SJU. Max has been a tremendous leader on the team and set an example of what athletes can accomplish throughout college. 

  • Decathlon: Thursday start time of 10:30am

  • Decathlon: Friday start time of 9am

Jackson McDowell (SR, Arapahoe, CO): while I will say we got lucky with Jackson quitting baseball and joining the track team, it is also a testament to guys enjoying their experience with track and field and encouraging others to try it out. Jackson was willing to try something new and be with his friends after a long time in baseball. We have all been rewarded with some big performances and an amazing school record of 7 feet in high jump. 

  • High jump: 1:00pm Friday

Max Reis (FY, Spectrum): Max had a successful high school career and was state champion in the 100 and 200 for Spectrum. After taking some time off to work, Max has made a big impact on our team in a short time. He tied the indoor school record in the 60 meter dash (6.78) and broke the outdoor school record in the long jump (24-0.75).

  • Long Jump: 1:30pm Thursday

  • 100: prelims at 2:30 on Friday (finals 1:30pm on Saturday)

  • 4x100: prelims at 4:15pm Thursday (finals 12:05pm (Saturday)

The 4x100: rounding out the 4x100 are four guys (two alternates) who have combined for school records, conference championships, and conference records. We have run different combinations of runners the last two years and these guys have unselfishly been willing to help the team. They also have come from different experience levels:

  • Kieran Murnan (SO, Holy Angels): placed at the state meet in high school. Ran a personal record 10.74 in the 100 at the conference meet after coming off a hamstring injury. He didn’t run the 4x100 at the conference meet. 

  • Emanual Popoca (SR, Bloomington): Another runner with big improvements at SJU. He went from running 11.71 and 24.17 in high school to 11.03 and 22.47.

  • Aidan Morey (JR, Omaha, NE) A life-long soccer player, Aidan found his way to track and has been an important part of the sprints squad. He was the leadoff leg at Drake and helped set the school record. 

  • Matt Hansen (SO, Niwot CO): Why not round out the squad with another guy who didn’t do track in high school. He is the kicker on the football team and had fun at a track camp during his freshman year. We are still figuring out Matt’s best event since he has done well in everything we have thrown him in. 

Take some time out of the workday to follow along here: 

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Thanks,

Jeremy

Nationals!
Jeremy Karger-Gatzow
See Johnnies at home TODAY- Thursday, April 17th

How does the season go by so fast?

I feel like we just finished the NCAA Indoor National Championships. Yet here we are in mid-April after having hosted several high school meets and competed in a few outdoor meets. And on top of that, we find our little team ranked #8 in the country after a big weekend. 

The indoor season wrapped up well with five athletes at the national championships. Three earned second-team All-American awards and our high jumper, Jackson McDowell (Arapahoe CO), finished 2nd with a new school record or 7-0.25! School Record High Jump Video

On to the outdoor season and we just finished a weekend with the team split across four meets. Coaches Maxwell and Tim took the distance runners to Platteville, WI for some 5k’s. The eight runners in Platteville all set 5k pr’s with three dipping under 15:00 minutes. Cole Stencel (SO, Maple River) led the group with a time of 14:52.53. Also in Wisconsin, Coach Joe had the decathletes in Oshkosh. Max Lelwica (SR, Brainerd) scored 6,719 points and is currently ranked third in the country. The pole vaulters followed Coach John to Bethel with the Bennies. Andrew Withuski (SO, Wahpeton) had a breakthrough vault with a PR of 14-11. I took everyone else down to Mankato. The sprinters had a great day as Kevin Arthur (SR, Champlin Park) ran his first 100 of the season and opened with a 10.32. Good enough for third in the country. Freshman Max Reis (Spectrum) ran a prelim time of 10.49 in the 100 and is ranked 13th. Those two combined with Keiran Murnan (SO, Holy Angels) and Matt Hansen (SO, Niwot CO) in the 4x100 for a time of 40.83. 

All of those nationally ranked athletes helped push the Johnnies to #8 in the country and you can see the Johnnies at home this week. We will be competing at home on Thursday before the Easter break. It’s a small afternoon meet starting at 3pm. Come check out the team!

Jeremy

Jeremy Karger-Gatzow
A Quick Update from the Airport!

I haven’t had much time for updates as hosting the MIAC Indoor Championship meet kept us busy. Thankfully I am lucky to work alongside some great coaches who really dedicated a lot of time in preparing for this meet. When they were combined with some of the best track officials in Minnesota, I thought we ran a pretty good championship meet. 

We quickly went from the conference meet, to a couple of last chance meets, and now I have some time at the airport. We are on our way to Rochester, NY for the NCAA Indoor National Championship meet. We have five athletes competing this weekend. 

  • Max Reis (FY, Spectrum): 60 meter dash: Friday at 1:00pm

  • Jackson McDowell (SR, Centennial CO): High Jump: Saturday at 11:00am

  • Zach Schaffer (SR, Chaska): Long Jump: Friday at 2:30pm

  • Anthony Thurk (SR, Waconia): Heptathlon: Friday & Saturday

  • Max Lelwica (SR, Brainerd): Heptathlon: Friday & Saturday

The team finished third at the MIAC Indoor Championships. It was a typical meet with highs and lows which set the scene for some drama with our heptathletes. The big highlight was an exciting 30 minutes to end the Friday session. Max Reis ran a big PR in the 60 of 6.78 seconds. He finished second in the race, tied Kevin Arthur’s school record, and qualified for nationals. At the same time, Jackson McDowell was finishing the high jump. He broke the school record for the victory and also qualified for nationals with his jump of 6-11. Shortly after, our distance medley team of Tommy Allen (SR Woodbury), Ryan Conzemius (SR LaCrosse, WI), Lars Molenkamp (SO Netherlands), and Cole Stencel (SO Mapleton) pulled off the upset win over good teams from St. Olaf, Macalester, and Bethel. It was an exciting and loud end to the evening. 

That excitement salvaged a bittersweet start to the day. Our heptathletes had an amazing first day on Thursday. Not only did Anthony Thurk and Max Lelwica lead the competition, but they were also positioned well to qualify for nationals. Unfortunately, this was the heptathlon and disaster struck on day two with Max no-heighting in pole vault. This could have easily derailed both him and Anthony as they were distraught in the moment: best friends, close teammates, and inseparable. Instead, Anthony rallied for the big win and hit his qualifying mark for Nationals. Max was the consummate teammate by staying positive and supporting teammates in all their events. I could not be more proud of these guys. 

Of course, Max bounced back the next week by breaking the 5,000 point barrier to solidify his spot at Nationals and join his teammate at Nationals. His score of 5,063 won the heptathlon at the Wartburg last chance meet. Not to be outdone for dramatics, Zach Schaffer left it to his final jump at the last chance meet in La Crosse to qualify for nationals. He did it in record breaking fashion with a jump 23-7.75 to break Erik Diley’s school record from 2009. 

While this doesn’t include a national qualifier, we did break one more school record at the last chance meet. The Conference champion DMR anchor Cole Stencel drafted a new distance medley team of Nick St. Peter (JR Maple Grove), Wyatt Witschen (SO Monticello), and Owen Montreuil (JR Jordan). They ran 10:04.89 and finished ranked 17th in the country (top 12 relay teams qualify for nationals). 

We haven’t had five athletes qualify for Nationals since 2020. We get started on Friday. Follow along here:

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Jeremy

A Quick Update from the Airport!
Jeremy Karger-Gatzow
2025 Alum Track and Field Meet and Social

You are invited back on Saturday, Jan. 25 for the Alum Track and Field Meet and Social. The meet will begin at 11 a.m. in the McNeely Spectrum at Saint John's University and will conclude approximately by 2 p.m.


https://connect.csbsju.edu/register/?id=be2ac41a-9b57-4907-98df-846b704c0221

We would love to see you there!

Jeremy Karger-Gatzow
Head Coach Track & Field

What's been happening?

coach’s clipboard for 5/19/26

What’s been happening? How about heading to the NCAA Championships!

My last post about the season being chaotic has held true and left little time to keep you all updated. With the last blog about a month ago, we managed to squeeze in quite a few meets. And since I wasn’t busy enough, I decided to host a trail race through the arboretum with nearly 100 runners. 

The coaches went to more meets than the athletes during this period as we needed to split the team a couple of times. The University of Minnesota hosts a great meet, but needs to limit entries with the lack of lights and facility space. That means I took athletes to the UofM on a Wednesday and the rest of the team to Gustavus on a Saturday. Add in a rough year with injuries and it felt like we were barely keeping things together. 

The chaotic April led us to the MIAC Championships. Here are a few of the highlights:

Overall, the team took third behind a well-balanced Bethel team and the St. Olaf distance runners. More importantly, we quickly recovered and had some success at the Last Chance Qualifier to lead us into the NCAA National Championships this week in La Crosse, WI. We qualified four athletes who happen to be the event winners from the MIAC Championships:

  • Bailey Evans competes in the decathlon on Thursday and Friday starting at 10am both days. 

  • Cole Stencel competes in the 1500 on Thursday at 4:50pm. Hopefully finals on Saturday at 1:35. He broke the school record to qualify with a time of 3:47.29. 

  • Cooper Smith runs the 400 hurdles on Thursday at 5:25pm with finals on Saturday at 3:25.

  • Mitchell Degan throws the javelin on Saturday at 11:00am. 

Follow along here:

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Or if you find yourselves in La Crosse this weekend, we’d love to see you!



Chaos in the track schedule

chaos in the track schedule

After a successful outdoor season opener with our home Optimistic Invite, the schedule has been chaotic due to the ever-changing spring weather. We didn’t compete in our second meet as it was moved four days earlier. That was too quick of a turnaround and felt too much like a high school season. 

The next week wasn’t much better. The distance runners snuck in some good 5k’s in Platteville on Thursday with Cole Stencel leading the group with a 14:26. For the rest of the team, our scheduled meet at Mankato for Saturday, April 11th was moved to Sunday and then promptly moved to Monday. As we looked ahead at the weather forecast for our home meet on April 18th, the weather started to look more like February: temps in the 20’s and 30’s with a chance of snow and wind. While on the bus to Mankato, we started making plans to host our meet on the nicest day of the week: Thursday. Everyone scrambled to find officials. Only one of our normal officials was available with the new schedule including timers and starters. We could get by with event officials, but needed a timer desperately. As we considered cancelling the meet or dealing with horrible weather, we heard rumors of a guy in Valley City, ND who had timing equipment. Luckily, he was able to do it, but didn’t have much experience. Worth the risk for nearly 80 degree weather vs. potential snow. Finding a starter proved to be equally difficult as we exhausted all of our usual options. Thankfully, a local high school starter was oddly free as he is at nearly every high school meet we attend. As for all the other officials, Joe officiated javelin, Robin did the shot put, I took care of the rest of the men’s throws, and a number of our athletes helped.  

Did the meet run completely smooth? Of course not. There was significant trouble-shooting throughout the meet, but we had some great weather and the athletes appreciated the effort to make the meet happen. The 10ks finished up at about 10:30pm under the lights. Shot put was a little sketchier as I finished up finals at 9:30pm. We used golf cart headlights to see the toeboard. The throwers had a blast throwing at night and had some big performances with Grady Minnerath finally breaking 16.00 meters (52-6). If anyone wants to donate to add some lights down there, we would try to throw under the lights more often. 

This week, we are at the University of Minnesota on Wednesday and are debating weather for the Drake Relays. Hoping for good weather to help us out. 

Jeremy

Alumni update: As I’m writing this, Joe and I are driving back from Brett Hague’s (2023) wedding. We are glad the meet was moved to give us a little extra time to return. A lot of conference points were in the room with Anthony Thurk (2025), Max Lelwica (2025), and Jaeden Frost (2024). Jaeden missed the photo to go put money in the parking meter. 

Frozen Steeple Pit and a New Trail Race at SJU

FROZEN STEEPLE PIT AND A NEW TRAIL RACE AT SJU

The first outdoor college meet of the year in Minnesota has historically been at St. John’s. Many of you will remember Tim hosting this meet in many different configurations of indoor/outdoor combinations. We have switched to only hosting the meet outdoors and have cancelled it about 50% of the time. Hence the meet name: The Optimistic Invite. 

This year’s version had a chilly start with over an inch of ice covering the steeple pit. This led to the most important question of the day; Is a frozen steeple pit still legal? Thankfully, we cleared the thick ice and runners didn’t need an ice bath post-race. The breezy, cool morning didn’t deter many athletes as 13 teams participated. In fact, I had to turn several teams away throughout the week to keep the meet manageable. 

The day warmed up nicely, and we had some good performances to start the outdoor season. In particular, the javelin throwers stole the show. Led by senior Mitchell Degen (Brainerd) and his new PR of 60.83 meters. We had two other throwers over 50 meters: Bailey Evans (SO, Breckenridge) and Holden Dvorak (FR, Spectrum). 

The sprinters were led by junior Kieran Murnan (Holy Angels). His time of 10.79 was good for the win. Cooper Smith (junior, East Grand Forks) kicked off his season for the hurdlers with a PR in the 400 hurdles of 54.09 and anchored the 4x400 relay to a win with a time of 3:19.65.

This week’s meet was moved from Wednesday to Monday to accommodate potential weather. We only sent a few of the distance runners down to Hamline. The rest of the team trained through the week and will be competing at Mankato on April 11th. 

JKG

BTW: We are hosting a trail race series at St. John’s called the Collegeville Ultra. Runners have their choice of 10 miles, 20 miles, or a 50k. I am in the process of mapping out a 10 mile route through the SJU trails. The race is May 3rd. Join us!

Collegeville Ultra Info

Collegeville Ultra Registration

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Regular Season Wrap-Up

Regular Season Wrap-Up

I have a hard time believing that we are already into championship season. We wrapped up the regular season meets last weekend with a majority of the team at Mankato and a handful of distance runners at the University of Minnesota. The big highlight was another school record for Cole Stencel (JR, Maple River). After breaking the mile record earlier in the year, this time it was in the 3,000 meters. He ran 8:19.52 to shave a few seconds off Jim Gathje’s 1985 run of 8:22.40. 

Besides Cole’s school record, we had some additions to the SJU All-Time list:

  • Kieran Muran (JR, Holy Angels) moved into 5th in the 200 (22.46) and 6th in the 60 (6.95)

  • Aiden Jones (FY, Pierz) broke 7 seconds in the 60 to move into 7th (6.99)

  • Grady Minnerath (SO, Rocori) improved on his shot put standings with a throw of 52-1 and put him in 4th place. 

  • Bashir Ahmoud (JR, Harding) cracked the top ten in the 60 hurdles with a time of 8.51 seconds. 

Entries came out last night for this weekend’s MIAC Indoor Conference Championship at Carleton College. Coach Joe and our five heptathletes will start competition on Thursday at 2:20pm. The rest of the meet will start Friday at 4:00pm with field events and 4:30 for running events. A few things to watch for:

  • After we graduated a good crew of multi’s, this year’s title is up for grabs. Four or five guys are in contention.  

  • The 4x200 will be a competitive race vs. Bethel. 

  • The distance medley relay has always been a good event for us. Four teams have a shot to win this and it should be a close race. 

  • Cole Stencel coming off two school record performances and a near miss in the 1,000. He will be running the mile and the 1,000. 

  • Owen Montreuil (SR, Jordan) in the 600 and the 800. Can he break up the St. Olaf dominance in the 800?

If you can’t make it down to Northfield, live video and results can be found at the MIAC Championships webpage: MIAC Indoor Championships

Jeremy

Pretty Good

Pretty Good

After two more meets, I’ve needed to hand out some “Pretty Good” t-shirts. In our understated midwestern way, we started the tradition of handing out t-shirts that simply say “Pretty Good” when a SJU athlete first cracks into the Johnnie top-ten list. Note: If you’re an alum on the top-ten list, you are welcome to a Pretty Good shirt, too!

The big highlight from last weekend’s meet at the University of Minnesota was an exciting mile. In a loaded heat, Cole Stencel (JR, Maple River) confidently hung out on the rail throughout most of the race. Sitting in fifth place with 200 meters to go, Cole took off and dropped a 28.3 second lap. That move resulted in a win with a time of 4:10.74. That means we’ve got a new SJU team record as well as a UofM meet record. The previous SJU record of 4:11.75 was set in 2003 by John Mathews (‘03). 

A few other additions to the Pretty Good Top-10 lists:

  • 800 Meters

    • Owen Montreuil (SR, Jordan) in 5th with a time of 1:55.07

  • 60 Meters

    • Aiden Jones (FY, Pierz) in 7th with a time of 7.00.

    • Kiran Murnan (JR, Holy Angels) running 7.03 in 9th. 

    • Bailey Evans (SO, Breckenridge) in 11th with a time of 7.04 (He had moved into 9th place after prelims and was bumped down to 11th after finals. We’ll count it!

  • Shot Put

    • Grady Minnerath (SO, Rocori) with a throw of 50-4 for 6th place.

If you don’t have any plans for Valentine’s Day, we’d love to see you at our home meet this weekend. The meet starts at 11:00am. Come see the Johnnies and if we can add anyone else to the All-Time list at our last indoor home meet for the season. We will be down in Mankato the following Friday and then at Carleton College for the MIAC Championships at the end of the month. 

Jeremy


January Highlights

January Highlights

Johnnie track alumni and fans clearly wanted to get out of the house last weekend. Despite the cold temperature, we had a great turnout for our annual alumni meet. Over 40 alumni competed for the Johnnies and dwarfed some of the college teams there. The social was moved to the J-Club room upstairs and guys hung out for quite awhile. I always enjoy starting the season by seeing everyone again. 

A few quick highlights:

  • The first running of the David Forster Mile with twenty alumni competing. 

  • Steve Kimble (1999) hops in the 400m dash to prove to his son that he’s still got it. He may have wagered and lost a burrito on his quest to break 60 seconds. 

  • Alumni who proved they still got it and placed third in the meet: Gavin Rupp (2022) in the weight throw. Daniel Lauer-Schumacher (2007) was third in the 3k. Finally, Alex Crnkovich (2023) held his own in the triple jump. 

  • Battle of the distance runners in the 60 meter dash: Tommy Allen (2024) uses his youthful legs to best teammate Alexei Hensel (2024)

  • Latest entry: Ryan Bromenschenkel (1999) strolls in with vault poles slung over his shoulder and swaggering with confidence as the young guys are warming up. Impressively stays in one piece.

This week, we remain at home for a small meet with Bethel University on Friday evening. Field events start at 4:30pm and running events at 5pm. I can’t guarantee anyone will be running with a giant inflatable lizard as a baton, but it still should be a good time. We’d love to see you back on campus, especially if you couldn’t make it last week. 

Jeremy

BTW- Distance runners will be competing at the U of M on February 7th. We have one more indoor home meet on Saturday, February 14th. No better way to celebrate Valentine's Day than with the Johnnies. 

Join us for the start of the 2026 Season!

Join us for the start of the 2026 Season!

Dust off those spikes and get ready for the 2026 Alumni Meet! Whether you have been training or not, we would love to see you on Saturday, January 24th. Minimally, come hang out with us to reconnect with old teammates, meet the new team, and hear a few stories from Tim. Here is the link to register: 2026 SJU Alumni Meet Registration

At last year’s alumni meet, we had a great turnout and honored Rocky Schoffman, a legendary masters runner and Johnnie mainstay at our alumni meets. We named the Alumni meet 400 meter race after him. This year, we are dedicating the mile race to David Forster. David graduated from the SJU cross country and track teams in 2011. After college, David continued to run at a high level. In June 2016, David collapsed and passed away suddenly on a training run. For ten years, David’s family has hosted the Finish the Run 5k in David’s honor. We would like to continue to remember David with the “David Forster Alumni Mile.” We will add a specific heat for the alumni or let me know if you are ready to let it rip and want to race the young guys.

The team is finishing up the first week of practice for the 2026 spring semester. It’s been a long holiday break, and I haven’t seen the team in over four weeks. Some of them returned and looked like they had trained diligently. A few of the others may have overestimated the power of youth and assumed they would maintain fitness. Regardless, it’s a long season and I’m excited to get back into the routine. 

We graduated several outstanding athletes from last season’s team. It’s a group we are extremely proud to have coached. Not only did they finish fourth at the NCAA National Championships, but they showed tremendous development throughout their four years at SJU. It will be difficult to replace those guys, but we have a good group of freshmen to work well with our returners. In preparation for our kickoff to the season, I’ll highlight some key returners this week and spotlight some freshmen next week. 

I hope to see you next week.

Jeremy KG

Top Returners

  • Max Reis (SO, Spectrum): 3rd at the National Championships (10.35 sec) in the 100m dash and 4x100m relay. Also finished 9th in the long jump (24ft-0.75in) at NCAA’s. 

  • Kieran Murnan (JR, Holy Angels): second leg of the 4x100m relay at the National Championships. 5th at the MIAC Championships in the 100 (10.74).

  • Cooper Smith (JR, East Grand Forks): 4th at the MIAC Championships in the 400m hurdles in 53.87.

  • Owen Montreuil (SR, Jordan): 6th in the 800m run at the MIAC Championships in 1:53.66

  • Cole Stencel (JR, Maple River): 3rd in the 1500m run at the MIAC Championships. Season best of 3:51.59.

  • Nick St. Peter (SR, Maple Grove): 7th in the 1500m and 8th in the 5k at the MIAC Championships. Season bests of 1:53.01 (800m), 3:54.28 (1500m), and 15:12.38 (5000m).

  • Vincent Kaluza (JR, Rocori): 6th in the 10k run and 8th in the steeple at the MIAC Championships. Season bests of 32:10.77 (10k) and 9:32.53 (steeplechase).

  • Josh Johnston (SR, Rocori): 7th at the MIAC Championships in pole vault and a best of 15ft-0in.

  • Kole Guth (SR, St. Peter): Conference Champion in pole vault and a best of 15ft-0in.

  • Anthony Sletta (SO, St. James): 3rd at the MIAC Championships in long jump and a best of 23ft-0in.

  • Grady Minnerath (SO, Rocori): 8th in both the shot put and discus at the MIAC championships. Season bests of 48ft-1in and 153ft-1in. 

  • Mitchell Degen (SR, Brainerd): Conference champion in the javelin with a best of 197ft-4in. 

  • Bailey Evans (SO, Breckenridge): Freshman record holder in the decathlon with 6005 points. Finished 7th at the MIAC Championships. 


Nationals!

Nationals!

Nationals!

Another year, another great group of Johnnies finishing their season at the NCAA National Championships. This group is best characterized as classic hard-working, motivated, student-athletes. However, that is where the similarities end. They come from all different backgrounds, levels of success, and may not have participated in track before coming to SJU.

Kevin Arthur (SR, Champlin Park): a lot has been written about Kevin and his time at SJU. Coming from Ghana, Italy, and then to Minnesota, Kevin has made a tremendous impact on our team and me as a coach. We have utilized Kevin’s Covid eligibility and I’ve learned a lot about coaching someone this long. I am most impressed with his ability to stay focused and he continues to improve. Kevin was not a highly recruited athlete and focused more on soccer. His high school personal records of 11.36 in the 100 and 22.90 in the 200 have been shattered: 10.19 in the 100 and 20.68 in the 200. Kevin will compete in the following events this week:

  • 100: prelims at 2:30 on Friday (finals 1:30pm on Saturday)

  • 200: prelims at 5:40pm Thursday (finals 2:40pm on Saturday)

  • 4x100: prelims at 4:15pm Thursday (finals 12:05pm (Saturday)

Max Lelwica (SR, Brainerd): Max is another athlete who has made significant improvement. With him and teammate Anthony Thurk (SR, Waconia), they have helped develop a foundation of decathletes at SJU. Max has been a tremendous leader on the team and set an example of what athletes can accomplish throughout college. 

  • Decathlon: Thursday start time of 10:30am

  • Decathlon: Friday start time of 9am

Jackson McDowell (SR, Arapahoe, CO): while I will say we got lucky with Jackson quitting baseball and joining the track team, it is also a testament to guys enjoying their experience with track and field and encouraging others to try it out. Jackson was willing to try something new and be with his friends after a long time in baseball. We have all been rewarded with some big performances and an amazing school record of 7 feet in high jump. 

  • High jump: 1:00pm Friday

Max Reis (FY, Spectrum): Max had a successful high school career and was state champion in the 100 and 200 for Spectrum. After taking some time off to work, Max has made a big impact on our team in a short time. He tied the indoor school record in the 60 meter dash (6.78) and broke the outdoor school record in the long jump (24-0.75).

  • Long Jump: 1:30pm Thursday

  • 100: prelims at 2:30 on Friday (finals 1:30pm on Saturday)

  • 4x100: prelims at 4:15pm Thursday (finals 12:05pm (Saturday)

The 4x100: rounding out the 4x100 are four guys (two alternates) who have combined for school records, conference championships, and conference records. We have run different combinations of runners the last two years and these guys have unselfishly been willing to help the team. They also have come from different experience levels:

  • Kieran Murnan (SO, Holy Angels): placed at the state meet in high school. Ran a personal record 10.74 in the 100 at the conference meet after coming off a hamstring injury. He didn’t run the 4x100 at the conference meet. 

  • Emanual Popoca (SR, Bloomington): Another runner with big improvements at SJU. He went from running 11.71 and 24.17 in high school to 11.03 and 22.47.

  • Aidan Morey (JR, Omaha, NE) A life-long soccer player, Aidan found his way to track and has been an important part of the sprints squad. He was the leadoff leg at Drake and helped set the school record. 

  • Matt Hansen (SO, Niwot CO): Why not round out the squad with another guy who didn’t do track in high school. He is the kicker on the football team and had fun at a track camp during his freshman year. We are still figuring out Matt’s best event since he has done well in everything we have thrown him in. 

Take some time out of the workday to follow along here: 

Live Results

Live Stream

Thanks,

Jeremy

HALF A POINT!

We knew this year’s MIAC Conference Championship was going to be close between the Johnnies and Bethel. Both teams have been ranked in the top-ten nationally during the outdoor season. Coaches Maxwell and Tim crunched the numbers before the meet and thought there would be 1-2 points separating us. 

It is hard to believe that it was even closer! Bethel scored 207 points to our 206.5. It was the first time a team scored over 200 points and lost! The bus ride home was a constant discussion of all the ways we could have scored another point. Many of the guys estimated they could have done more, but it is difficult to believe when we had a tremendous amount of personal records set throughout the weekend. Eventually, the discussion evolved into the clear collusion by the other teams to prevent us from winning (sarcasm). The #1 shot putter in the country clearly fouled all three throws in order to sabotage the Johnnies. Bethel picked up three points in that mishap. Similarly, the Ole’s had the top two 5k runners. Their pr’s were over one minute faster than the Bethel runner ranked 19th in the MIAC. Somehow he slithered in front of the Ole runners for a third place finish.

Here is a few of the standout performances: Eight conference champions

  • In his final MIAC Conference Championship, Kevin Arthur (SR, Champlin Park) won the 100 and 200 for the 4th consecutive year. He broke the school record in the 100 with a ridiculous time of 10.19. The previous record 0f 10.22 was set in 2019 by Ryan Miller (‘21).

  • Kevin teamed up with Matt Hanson (SO, Longmont CO), Aidan Morey (JR, Omaha NE) and Max Reis (FY Spectrum) to win the 4x100 in a MIAC Championship record of 40.29.

  • Max Reis wanted his own school record and broke the long jump record in dramatic fashion. He fouled his first two jumps.  Rather than be safe, he jumped 24-0.75 to win the meet and break the school record held by Erik Diley in 2008. In a confident power-move, Max walked away and passed his remaining jumps. He went to focus on  the 100. 

  • High jumper Jackson McDowell (SO, Arapahoe CO) continued his win streak with a jump of 6-9. 

  • Junior Mitchell Degen became our second javelin conference champion from Brainerd. His throw of 191-9 edged out teammate Jackson McDowell by nine inches. 

  • Our pole vaulters had a great meet as well. Kole Guth (JR, St. Peter) led the vaulters with an upset win over the nationally ranked Hamline vaulter. The vault squad finished first, third, sixth, and seventh. 

  • Finally, senior Max Lelwica (Brainerd) started the entire championship season with a big win in the decathlon the week before. 

Thankfully we have little time to be haunted by the score. We are currently in full Last Chance mode. We are hosting a last chance decathlon with one of our guys (Anthony Thurk, SR Waconia) taking a crack at qualifying for Nationals and a freshman going for the SJU freshman record which he just missed by a few points at the conference championship. The rest of the team will drive down to La Crosse to compete.

I’m hoping we still have a little last chance magic to qualify a few more athletes to the national championship!

Jeremy


Catching up for the MIAC Championships

Catching up for the MIAC Championships

The last two weeks have been non-stop action for the Johnnies. We have had four meets in the last two weeks without counting the Drake Relays and the MIAC Decathlon Championships. It calmed down just long enough to finish entries for this weekend’s MIAC Championships. We are predicting a very close meet with Bethel’s track team who are ranked #11 in the country. The Johnnies are currently ranked #14. 

We have had a few big highlights in the last two weeks starting with the Drake Relays. The 4x800 relay team of Owen Montreuil (JR, Jordan), Nick St. Peter (JR, Maple Grove), Max McCoy (SO, Mount Michael, NE) and Tommy Allen (SR, St. Paul Academy) started the Drake weekend by breaking the school record with a time of 7:35.84. We have been eyeing that record for a while as it was one of the oldest school records set in 1971 by Brian Racette, Bill Seidl, Greg Cook, and Chuck Way when they ran 7:38.60. 

The sprinters responded the next morning during a chilly 9:00 am preliminary round in the 4x100 by running 40.68 which was .03 shy of the school record. The team of Aidan Morey (JR, Creighton Prep, NE), Kevin Arthur (SR, Champlin Park), Kieran Murnan (SO, Holy Angels, and Max Reis (FR, Spectrum) were well prepared for the finals the next day in slightly warmer temperatures. They crushed the record with a 40.28! The previous record was set in 2022 with a younger Kevin Arthur joined by Jack Young, Brady Labine, and Ryan Miller. Here’s the video of the new record: 4x100 School Record Video

Moving on to the MIAC Conference Championships, our decathletes earned us a good head start in the competition by placing first, third and seventh. Senior Max Lelwica (Brainerd) scored 6,905 points for the win. His close teammate, Anthony Thurk (SR, Waconia) scored 6,378 points for third place and freshman Bailey Evans (Breckenridge) finished in seventh place with 5,734 points. Coach Joe has done a tremendous job developing the decathletes and so far leads the coaching competition with the group of decathletes ranked #3 in the country. 

MIAC entries are submitted and we are waiting to see who qualifies. This year’s meet is at Macalester on Friday and Saturday this week. Friday’s events start at 2pm with the hammer and long jump. Running events start at 2:30 with a loaded 1500 meter final (the MIAC moved to finals only in the 1500 two years ago). Saturday starts at noon with the javelin and triple jump. We start on the track with the 4x100 final at 1:30pm. If you can’t make it, I have included links below for live streaming and results. 

It looks to be a great weekend and hopefully we will see some of you there!

Jeremy

MIAC Live Stream

MIAC Live Results

Another busy week for the Johnnies

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 

Live Results

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)

See Johnnies at home TODAY- Thursday, April 17th

How does the season go by so fast?

I feel like we just finished the NCAA Indoor National Championships. Yet here we are in mid-April after having hosted several high school meets and competed in a few outdoor meets. And on top of that, we find our little team ranked #8 in the country after a big weekend. 

The indoor season wrapped up well with five athletes at the national championships. Three earned second-team All-American awards and our high jumper, Jackson McDowell (Arapahoe CO), finished 2nd with a new school record or 7-0.25! School Record High Jump Video

On to the outdoor season and we just finished a weekend with the team split across four meets. Coaches Maxwell and Tim took the distance runners to Platteville, WI for some 5k’s. The eight runners in Platteville all set 5k pr’s with three dipping under 15:00 minutes. Cole Stencel (SO, Maple River) led the group with a time of 14:52.53. Also in Wisconsin, Coach Joe had the decathletes in Oshkosh. Max Lelwica (SR, Brainerd) scored 6,719 points and is currently ranked third in the country. The pole vaulters followed Coach John to Bethel with the Bennies. Andrew Withuski (SO, Wahpeton) had a breakthrough vault with a PR of 14-11. I took everyone else down to Mankato. The sprinters had a great day as Kevin Arthur (SR, Champlin Park) ran his first 100 of the season and opened with a 10.32. Good enough for third in the country. Freshman Max Reis (Spectrum) ran a prelim time of 10.49 in the 100 and is ranked 13th. Those two combined with Keiran Murnan (SO, Holy Angels) and Matt Hansen (SO, Niwot CO) in the 4x100 for a time of 40.83. 

All of those nationally ranked athletes helped push the Johnnies to #8 in the country and you can see the Johnnies at home this week. We will be competing at home on Thursday before the Easter break. It’s a small afternoon meet starting at 3pm. Come check out the team!

Jeremy

A Quick Update from the Airport!

A Quick Update from the Airport!

I haven’t had much time for updates as hosting the MIAC Indoor Championship meet kept us busy. Thankfully I am lucky to work alongside some great coaches who really dedicated a lot of time in preparing for this meet. When they were combined with some of the best track officials in Minnesota, I thought we ran a pretty good championship meet. 

We quickly went from the conference meet, to a couple of last chance meets, and now I have some time at the airport. We are on our way to Rochester, NY for the NCAA Indoor National Championship meet. We have five athletes competing this weekend. 

  • Max Reis (FY, Spectrum): 60 meter dash: Friday at 1:00pm

  • Jackson McDowell (SR, Centennial CO): High Jump: Saturday at 11:00am

  • Zach Schaffer (SR, Chaska): Long Jump: Friday at 2:30pm

  • Anthony Thurk (SR, Waconia): Heptathlon: Friday & Saturday

  • Max Lelwica (SR, Brainerd): Heptathlon: Friday & Saturday

The team finished third at the MIAC Indoor Championships. It was a typical meet with highs and lows which set the scene for some drama with our heptathletes. The big highlight was an exciting 30 minutes to end the Friday session. Max Reis ran a big PR in the 60 of 6.78 seconds. He finished second in the race, tied Kevin Arthur’s school record, and qualified for nationals. At the same time, Jackson McDowell was finishing the high jump. He broke the school record for the victory and also qualified for nationals with his jump of 6-11. Shortly after, our distance medley team of Tommy Allen (SR Woodbury), Ryan Conzemius (SR LaCrosse, WI), Lars Molenkamp (SO Netherlands), and Cole Stencel (SO Mapleton) pulled off the upset win over good teams from St. Olaf, Macalester, and Bethel. It was an exciting and loud end to the evening. 

That excitement salvaged a bittersweet start to the day. Our heptathletes had an amazing first day on Thursday. Not only did Anthony Thurk and Max Lelwica lead the competition, but they were also positioned well to qualify for nationals. Unfortunately, this was the heptathlon and disaster struck on day two with Max no-heighting in pole vault. This could have easily derailed both him and Anthony as they were distraught in the moment: best friends, close teammates, and inseparable. Instead, Anthony rallied for the big win and hit his qualifying mark for Nationals. Max was the consummate teammate by staying positive and supporting teammates in all their events. I could not be more proud of these guys. 

Of course, Max bounced back the next week by breaking the 5,000 point barrier to solidify his spot at Nationals and join his teammate at Nationals. His score of 5,063 won the heptathlon at the Wartburg last chance meet. Not to be outdone for dramatics, Zach Schaffer left it to his final jump at the last chance meet in La Crosse to qualify for nationals. He did it in record breaking fashion with a jump 23-7.75 to break Erik Diley’s school record from 2009. 

While this doesn’t include a national qualifier, we did break one more school record at the last chance meet. The Conference champion DMR anchor Cole Stencel drafted a new distance medley team of Nick St. Peter (JR Maple Grove), Wyatt Witschen (SO Monticello), and Owen Montreuil (JR Jordan). They ran 10:04.89 and finished ranked 17th in the country (top 12 relay teams qualify for nationals). 

We haven’t had five athletes qualify for Nationals since 2020. We get started on Friday. Follow along here:

Live Results

Live Video

Thanks

Jeremy

Upcoming MIAC Indoor Conference Championships

The team is rounding into shape just in time for this weekend’s indoor conference championships. We had several pr’s last Friday in Mankato. Nearly every sprinter in the 200 hit a PR after a pep talk from Kevin Arthur. Although that was impressive, the highlight of the meet came in the 1,000. Three Johnnies competed against a handful of Minnesota State runners and a few Gusties. After missing most of the last outdoor season and fall training due to injury, Tommy Allen (SR, Woodbury) ran the race for the first time this season. Owen Montreil (JR, Jordan) and Cole Stencel (SO, Mapleton) tried the race for the first time. Both stepped out of their comfort zones as Owen moved up from the 400/800 and Cole stepped down from the Mile/3k. All raced extremely well and in characteristic Tommy Allen-fashion, he made a big move for the win in 2:32.72 with Cole and Owen following close behind. 

This week, we are hosting the MIAC Indoor Conference Championships. While it is great for the athletes to compete at home, it is also a big workload to prepare for the meet. The coaching staff has been busy preparing the facilities, finding officials, and catering to all the needs of the other coaches and teams. Thankfully we have found some time to coach as well. 

We have several options for you to follow along: 

Thursday, February 27

2:20    Heptathlon Day 1             Men

EST: 2:20 60m, 3:00 LJ, 4:15 SP, 5:30 HJ

Friday, February 28

10:00  Heptathlon Day 2            Men

EST: 10:00 60H, 11:30 PV, 3:00 1000m

FIELD EVENTS

4:00    Long Jump      Men                 Final

4:00    Weight             Women             Final

5:00    Pole Vault         Women             Final

6:30    Long Jump    Women             Final

6:30    High Jump       Men                   Final

6:30    Weight             Men                   Final

TRACK EVENTS

4:30    60 M Hurdles  Men            Prelims

4:45    60 M Hurdles   Women             Prelims

5:00    5000 Meters     Men                  Final

5:20    5000 Meters     Women             Final

5:45    60 Meters          Men                   Prelims

5:55    60 Meters          Women             Prelims

6:05    Mile                  Men                Final

6:25    Mile                  Women           Final

6:50    60 M Hurdles    Women            Final

7:00    60 M Hurdles    Men                   Final

7:05    400 Meters      Men                 Final

7:20    400 Meters       Women            Final

7:35    800 Meters       Men                 Final

7:50    800 Meters       Women             Final

8:05    60 Meters          Men                 Final

8:10    60 Meters          Women            Final

8:15    Distance Medley Men               Final

8:30    Distance Medley Women          Final

Saturday, March 1

FIELD EVENTS

12:00  Triple Jump       Men    Final

12:00  Shot Put            Women Final

12:00  High Jump         Women Final

1:00    Pole Vault          Men    Final

2:30    Triple Jump       Women Final

2:30    Shot Put            Men    Final

TRACK EVENTS

1:00    4 x 200 Relay    Men    Final

1:15    4 x 200 Relay    Women Final

1:30    3000 Meters     Men    Final 1

1:45    3000 Meters     Women Final 1

2:00    600 Meters       Men    Final

2:10    600 Meters       Women Final

2:25    1000 Meters     Men    Final

2:40    1000 Meters     Women Final

2:55    200 Meters       Men    Final

3:10    200 Meters       Women Final

3:25    3000 Meters     Men    Final  2

3:40    3000 Meters     Women Final  2

3:55    4 x 400 Relay    Men    Final

4:10    4 x 400 Relay    Women Final

Coach Joe's Jumpers and Weekend Update

Coach Joe's Jumpers and Weekend Update

Coach Joe’s Jumpers are killing it!

 Each year, the coaching staff has a friendly and sometimes heated competition to see whose event group will have the highest national standing or “squad ranking”. To calculate the ranking, the Coaches’ Association takes a team’s top four athletes in each event and ranks them against all the NCAA Division 3 schools. In some events, the key is having four athletes with a qualifying mark that season. It is much more difficult to have 4 athletes complete a heptathlon over the course of one indoor season compared to the 60m dash. There might be only a handful of schools with four heptathletes but most will have four sprinters. 

Currently, Coach Joe is destroying the rest of us in squad ranking. His heptathletes, long jumpers, and high jumpers are off to a great start this year and those squads are all ranked top-ten in the nation. It helps to have an All-American high jumper in Jackson McDowell (2025, Colorado), but jumpers 2, 3 & 4 are all tied at 6ft-3.5in. That’s a pretty good group! The rest of us coaches have some serious work to do to catch him. 

We have our third home meet of the year this Saturday, February 15th. This is a large meet with thirteen teams joining the Johnnies and Bennies. Many of the teams are coming because we are hosting the indoor conference championships. Saturday’s meet starts at 11:00am and we’d love to see some alumni in the stands. 

After that, the MIAC Indoor Championships begins Thursday, February 27th with the heptathlon. The rest of the meet is Friday, February 28th starting at 4pm and Saturday, March 1st at noon. Sounds like a good group of alumni will be returning for the meet- we hope you join us!

Thanks, 

Jeremy


2025 Alumni Meet Wrap-Up

2025 Alumni Meet Wrap-Up 

Thanks to everyone who attended our annual alumni meet. We had a great showing with many alumni competing and even more showing up to support current and past teammates. 

Saint John’s had a photographer at the meet and took some great photos. Here is a link to some of the photos. Great shots of the current team and of the 4x400’s. The amount of costumes has improved over the last two years. Alumni Meet Photo Album

A few quick highlights of the meet:

  • A couple big second place finishes for the alumni team: 

    • Gavin Rupp (2022) had a good throw in the weight: 50-10.25

    • Shawn Schindler (2022) cleared 13-5 in pole vault. 

  • Jeff Eckstein (2000) carrying the costume load for the group. I appreciate it when someone shows up with a garment bag full of costume options. He also got his money’s worth from the meet by doing the 60, 200, 400, and 4x4. 

  • If anyone was lucky to watch the final heat of the 400, you witnessed 150 meters of doubt and pain by Kevin Arthur (2024). He nearly set a new PR in the 200 during his first lap of the 400. He opened a big lead and then hit the 250 mark. I am not sure how he finished that race. He had many nervous glances over his shoulder during the last 150 trying to fend off a good group of sophomores. Miraculously and just barely, he held on with a fall at the line for the win.

Go Johnnies Challenge 2024!

Go Johnnies Challenge 2024!

Each September we call on the generosity of our alumni and friends to support the cross country and track and field teams. You have surpassed our goals every year which has allowed us to make program updates and fund our operating expenses. With your donations, we have made facility upgrades, installed record boards to document our successful history, outfitted the team with new uniforms, and recently bought equipment to aid in athlete recovery. More commonly, your donations help fund our operating expenses such as bus transportation, post-meet meals, and hotels. Without these donations, we would not be able to attend our minimum required meets due to the increased cost of transportation and food. Don’t worry, we still frequent the Super 8 or Motel 6 on those overnight trips. 

Most importantly, your donations allow us to have a large roster. Having more people on the team is expensive, but it is also vital to the athlete experience. This experience is cultivated by providing everyone an opportunity to develop and compete. We provide this opportunity to everyone from the state champion to the walk-on athlete who is not given a chance elsewhere. All of these athletes contribute to the success of the team whether it is scoring points at the conference meet, taking on a leadership role, or telling a great story between reps. 

My goal is to continue this high level of athlete support, where every athlete is allowed to improve and contribute. Your donations are vital to this athlete experience and the team’s success. Once again, thank you for your support.

Jeremy KG

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