St. Thomas / Alumni / Bethel Meet

2005 - Friday, January 14

Complete Results

Schroeder, Theisen lead Men's Track showing

Sophomores Matt Schroeder and P.J. Theisen had strong field-event performances to lead the Tommie men's indoor track and field team in Friday's non-team scored meet vs. Bethel and some UST alumni athletes.

St. Thomas held out several top athletes yet still won 10 events with Schroeder ruling the pole vault in 15-2 3-4 with an NCAA provisional qualifying mark and Theisen capturing the long jump (22-6 1-2) and triple jump (45-3 1-2).

UST had seven others firsts -- Jarrod Gray won the high jump (6-2); Chris Mattke won the 55 hurdles (8.56); Brock Stepan won the 3,000 (8:57.89); Joe Hoovestol won the 1,500 (4:22.28); Corey Fusco won the 1000 (2:36.08); Bryce Beckman won the 600 (1:26.06); and Jason Schwietz won the 200 (23.48).

St. Thomas competes again in two weeks at the Iowa State Open.

CLASSIC SHOWDOWN --

From an email sent to current St. Thomas recruits...

I wanted to give you a quick update on St. Thomas track and field. First off, thanks to all who stopped by last Friday's alumni meet at St. Thomas. It was nice to see many of you. I enjoyed visiting and answering your questions. Secondly, I want to re-cap for you an example of how special our program really is. The Alumni meet (vs. Bethel College also) is a chance for our alumni to reconnect with old teammates and support the current program. This year our meet was extra ordinary. Four alumni who graduated within the last eight years joined forces to compete against our team in a rare 4x1 lap relay. Both teams arranged their order to match up well with one another...and in true form - the race was neck and neck -- with only 1/100th of a second separating the two teams at the finish. Our alumni won - although a reasonable objection could be made by the current Tommie team ...who may have been infringed by an outstretched arm of alumni Roman Cress -- all in fun of course. As a coach, it was tremendous to watch 7 current and former St. Thomas All-American's race head to head. Relay anchors Roman Cress and Conference MVP Carson Glad - perhaps the two greatest sprinters in conference history - battled around the second turn and dove for the finish...both teams slapping high fives and flashing big smiles when all said and done. I pulled freshman AC Udeaja (Rochester John Marshall) aside and explained the company in which he just ran - a future St. Thomas standout had just joined an elite group of athlete's - past and present. This story illustrates the tremendous pride and tradition of St. Thomas track and field. Our program is not just about running, jumping and throwing -- it's about creating life long friends, doing somthing you love and experiencing tremendous success.

I hope we will include you in a similar story in the future!

Coach Mathre