NORTHFIELD, Minn. – The St. Olaf College men's track and field team won five events at the Tostrud Classic on Friday evening at Tostrud Center in its final preparations for the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Indoor Track & Field Championships.
Ahead of next week's conference meet, St. Olaf won four events on the track and junior
Max Albertson added a first-place finish in the long jump at the unscored meet. Albertson and sophomore
Rik Cumps were both in the top three in the long jump and triple jump.
Sophomore
Austin McInturff posted the top time of the night in the 400-meter dash (51.42), while sophomore
Jakob Eenigenburg did so in the 600-meter run (1:23.39). Eenigenburg led four Oles in the top six in the 600, including sophomore
Aaron Ruesink, who was the runner-up to Eenigenburg in 1:23.91.
St. Olaf had four of the top-five finishers in the 1,000-meter run, led by sophomore
Jackson Bullock's winning time of 2:29.16, which ranks third in the conference this season, fifth on St. Olaf's all-time performers list, and 10th on its all-time performances list. Sophomore
Garrett Seppanen (2:34.27), sophomore
Micah Larsen-Schmidt (2:35.03), and senior
Owen Chamberlin (2:35.10) finished third through fifth, respectively.
Junior
Alex Bjork led a top-four sweep for the Oles in the 3,000-meter run with a winning time of 8:43.77. Junior
Quinn McCabe took second (8:50.27), followed by seniors
Parker Max (8:50.98) and
Jack Deaver (8:53.48) in third and fourth.
In the jumps, Albertson won the long jump with a season-best mark of 6.95 meters (22' 9 ¾"), while Cumps took third (6.69m, 21' 11 ½"). Albertson was the runner-up in the triple jump (13.66m, 43' 9 ¾"), which ranks fourth in the MIAC this season, and Cumps was third (13.39m, 43' 11 ¼").
First year
Tony Ali added a pair of top-four finishes in the sprints, placing third in the 200-meter dash (23.00) and fourth in the 60-meter dash (7.09). Ali's time in the 60 meters put him third on St. Olaf's all-time performers list in the event.
The heptathlon will kick off the three-day MIAC Indoor Track & Field Championships at 2:20 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 26 at Carleton College's Recreation Center.
