Saints distance standouts Calvin Boone (St. Paul, Minn./St. Paul Highland Park HS) and Lars DeWall traveled south to Waverly, Iowa to chase
national qualifying marks against other Midwest talent on Saturday. Boone and DeWall dove into ahighly contested 3000m race at Wartbug College.

DeWall stuck his nose into the front of the field and stayed within striking distance for the 15-lap contest, but he never took the lead until the final inches of the race. DeWall snatched victory from the home team with a blistering final stretch. Winning the race in 8:15.68, DeWall obliterated his own school record and set the standard for the MIAC performance list at this point in the season.

Boone raced to a personal best of his own, and in turn the second fastest time in Saints school history. His time of 8:24.13 was good for fifth overall in the meet and third in the MIAC.
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The majority of the team traveled across the tundra to Grand Forks, North Dakota over the weekend. The UND Open brought teams from multiple divisions together to compete on a state-of-the-art 300m indoor facility.

Junior Captain Noah Kubicek (Owatona, Minn./Owatonna HS) led the way for the westward bound Saints with a school record of his own in the 400m dash. Kubicek's time of 49.38 seconds is the second fastest 400m in the MIAC so far this season. This mark was good for fifth place overall in the meet.

Senior Nathan Neu (Ortonville, Minn./Ortonville HS) ran a personal best time of 2:33.71 to place fifth overall in the 1000m run. This improved Neu's fourth place ranking on the Saints all-time list. Derek Douglas (Escanaba, Mich./Escanaba HS) wasn't far behind with an eleventh-place finish in 2:35.89.

Up Next

The team will take a short break from competition as they move into a two-week training block. They will return to action over the bridge at UWS on February 15 th .


UND Open Results: https://live.herostiming.com/meets/42201