Four Saint John’s University individual athletes and one relay team will compete in this week’s NCAA Division III outdoor national track and field championships in Geneva, Ohio.
The qualifiers for the national field were announced Friday night. The top 22 marks/times in individual events, and the top 16 times in the relays, made the cut.
The national meet begins Thursday and concludes Saturday at the SPIRE Institute track and field complex.
Senior Kevin Arthur will compete in the men’s 100 and 200-meter dash, as well as being part of SJU’s 4×100 relay team. Freshman Matt Reis will also be part of the 4×100, as well as competing in the 100 and long jump.
Senior Max Lelwica will compete in the decathlon and classmate Jackson McDowell will compete in the high jump.
Arthur – who has won MIAC titles in both the 100 and 200 the past four seasons – enters the meet ranked second nationally in the 100 and third in the 200. Reis is ranked 14th nationally in the long jump and 21st in the 100. The 4×100 entered the meet ranked No. 8 nationally.
Lelwica is ranked fourth nationally in the decathlon and McDowell is ranked eighth nationally in the high jump.
The top eight finishers in each event earn first team All-American honors.
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