February 28, 2025
Johnsrud, Schreiner & Goss Key Cobbers On Day 1 of MIAC
A pair of jumpers and a breakout distance standout led Concordia on Day 1 at the MIAC Indoor Championship Meet. Peyton Johnsrud and Tommy Schreiner came away with Top 3 finishes in the high jump and long jump and Brady Goss posted a third-place result in the mile as the trio helped the Cobbers score 30.5 team points.
COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. (2/28/25)---A pair of jumpers and a breakout distance standout led Concordia on Day 1 at the MIAC Indoor Championship Meet.
Peyton Johnsrud and Tommy Schreiner came away with Top 3 finishes in the high jump and long jump and Brady Goss posted a third-place result in the mile as the trio helped the Cobbers score 30.5 team points.
Concordia's team total gets them into the top half of the MIAC standings and 11 events. CC is in fifth place – 9.5 points behind Macalester for the No.4 spot and 10.5 points clear of St. Scholastica.
Johnsrud earned MIAC All-Conference honors by clearing 6-05.50 in the high jump. He earned second place on his third and final attempt, at 6-05.50.
Teammates Peyton Kesseland Anthony Marsh gave CC three athletes in the Top 8 which gave Concordia 12 team points – the top-scoring event on Day 1. Both Kessel and Marsh posted a final height of 6-01.25 but Kessel placed fifth and Marsh was eight due to the number of missed attempts at lesser heights.
Schreiner claimed All-Conference honors in his first collegiate conference meet when he lept to a distance of 22-10.00 in the long jump. He finished third in the event by less than a foot.
Ben Peterson also scored team points in the long jump when he placed eighth with a mark of 21-03.50.
Goss was with the lead pack throughout the entire length of the mile and was edged out by only 1.48 seconds. It took a career-best and season-best time to keep Goss from winning the event. In the end he came through with a time of 4:14.01 which gave him a third-place finish, All-MIAC honors in the event and six valuable team points.
The other Top 10 finishes on Day 1 for CC were turned in by Logan Clark and Trevor Tiongson. Clark recorded a season-best time of 8.75 in the 60-meter hurdles and missed qualifying for the finals in the event by .15 of a second. His prelim time earned him ninth place in the event.
Tiongson crossed the line in the 400 meters in a time of 51.31 which placed him 10th in the race.
Concordia will close out the MIAC Indoor Meet when they compete on Day 2 at St. John's on Saturday, Mar. 1 at 12 p.m.