DAY 1 RECAP | RESULTS

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Bethel Royals are in 1st place with 81.5 team points after day 1 of the MIAC Indoor Championships. They hold a narrow 2 point lead on St. John's.

The Royals won three events and added three more podium finishes on Saturday. Landen Liu won the 60m dash in a conference record time of 6.76 seconds, which bettered Emmanuel Egbujor's previous record of 6.81. Bethel also earned points from Godsword Simon's 5^th place finish (7.08), and Cameron McConnell's 7^th place finish (7.11).

Jacob Parent and Joel Smith went 1-2 in the 400m dash. Parent led from wire-to-wire to win in a time of 49.17, while Smith timed his kick perfectly to run 49.33, just 0.06 head of 3^rd place. Grant Nelson took 6^th place with a time of 50.12.

Jayson Ekiyor won the 60m hurdles in a time of 8.08 seconds. His preliminary time of 8.06 seconds set the program record and stands as the 3^rd best mark in Division III. Josh Sampson took 3^rd place in a time of 8.22, and David Myres was 5^th with a time of 8.50.

Abe Schlegel finished in 3^rd place for the Royals in the heptathlon. Schlegel scored a personal best 4,280 points in the event, which gave Bethel 6 team points. Micah Smith added 3 more team points, as he finished 6^th overall with a score of 4,039 points.

Bethel earned several more points from the field event crew. Alec Braun tied for 5^th place in the high jump with a clearance of 1.86m / 6'1.25". Simon Swenson added a point in 8^th place with a clearance of 1.81m / 5'11.25". Swenson added 2 points in the long jump with a leap of 6.35m / 20'10". Grant Nelson was 6^th in the long jump with a jump of 6.35m / 20'10" as well. Freshman Adam Hokanson added a point in the weight throw as he tossed a personal best 14.46m / 47'5.25".

At the end of the day, the men's distance medley relay team of Grant Graber, Tony Haack, Tad Stewart, and Luke Peterson took 5^th place with a time of 10:43.27.

The MIAC Indoor Championships will conclude tomorrow at Macalester with field events starting at 10:15 am, and running events starting at 1:00 pm. Follow all the action at the MIAC Championship Page.