COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – The Macalester men's track & field team competed at the Saint John's Invitational today. The Scots had two individual winners, junior Reece McKee (Charlotte, Va./Charlottesville) in the 3000m Steeplechase and senior Samuel Vanspriell (St. Paul, Minn./Highland Park) in the 5000m.
 
McKee finished atop the pack with a time of 9:27.99, a new meet record for the 3000m Steeplechase. Sophomore Jordan Galloway (Portland, Ore./Grant) finished seventh in the event with a personal best time of 10:29.12. The Scots finished 1-2 in the 5000m, with Vanspriell taking the top spot in a personal best time of 16:29.48, while first year Gabe Thompson (Wooster, Ohio/Wooster) came in behind him (17:02.21). In the 110m hurdles, sophomore Hamza Mahamud (Eden Prairie, Minn./Eden Prairie) took sixth with a time of 16.97. In the 800m, senior Drew Getty (Colorado Springs, Colo./Cheyenne Mountain) finished sixth with a time of 1:59.20. Juniors Ben Crotteau (Lincoln, Neb./Lincoln Southeast) and Nick Ihrke (Northbrook, Ill./Glenbrook North) took third (4:05.75) and seventh (4:07.74) respectively in the 1500m. In the 4x400m relay the team of Getty, junior Arlo Heitler (Hastings, N.Y./Hastings), sophomore Henry Schonebaum (Faribault, Minn./Faribault), and first year Daniel Wiltse (Missoula, Mont./Hellgate) took second with a time of 3:28.65, while the team of sophomores Thomas Malecha (Faribault, Minn.) and Jay Lebakken (Minneapolis, Minn./Edina), junior Kalid Ali (St. Paul, Minn./Como Park), and first year Makol Chuol (Eldoret, Kenya/A.I.C Ebenezer Academy) took fifth (3:44.19).
 
In the field, junior Riley Hodin (Buffalo, N.Y./Amherst Central) placed third in the triple jump with a mark of 13.50m (44' 3.50"). Senior Justin Veimau (Hillsboro, Ore./Catlin Gabel) finished fifth with a mark of 12.47m (40' 11").
 
Macalester's next meet will be Thursday April 25 and Saturday April 27. The Scots host the Rider/Bolstorff Invitational.

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