LA VERNE, Calif. — Cooper Curtin won the pole vault, and Danny Johnson and Jake MacKinnon added All-Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) honors in the high jump and hammer throw, respectively, to lead Cal Lutheran men's track & field at the SCIAC Championships on Saturday and Sunday. The Kingsmen finished seventh with 30 points. 

After placing third last year, Curtin was a mission to make it to the top of the podium. He did just that as he cleared 4.81 meters. He is currently ninth in the nation with a mark of 4.90. 

Johnson and MacKinnon both placed third in their respective events. Johnson competed in the high jump and placed third as he cleared 1.77 meters for his first All-SCIAC award. MacKinnon also placed third and did so in the hammer. He had a throw of 43.98 meters and picked up his second All-SCIAC honor. 

MacKinnon and the Kingsmen added four more top-10 finishes. MacKinnon placed sixth in the discus and shot put with 37.44m and 13.05m, respectively. The 1600 relay team of Chris Meyer, Johnson, Max Segeberg, and Mateo Handall placed seventh with a time of three minutes and 26.38 seconds. Johnson turned in a second top-10 finish as he placed 10^thin the pole vault with a mark of 3.21m. That mark was a seven-second seasonal best. 

In the finals of distance and field events, the Kingsmen placed top-20, 12 more times. Sebastian Sawyer was 11^th in the 3000m steeplechase (9:55.62), Darrin Parham was 12^th in the triple jump (12.19m), Johnson was 13^th in the long jump (5.98m), Jonathan Aguilar was 14^th in the 10000 run (33:29.06), Parham was 14^th in the long jump (5.84m), Leroy Stoneham Jr. was 14^th in the hammer (35.77m), Moises Velasquez was 14^th in the triple jump (11.34m), Logan Bury was 15^th in the 3000m steeplechase (10:23.73), Stoneham Jr. was 17^th in the triple jump (10.88m), Eric Talbert was 18^th in the 5000 run (15:59.09), Noah Gargano was 19^th in the hammer (31.33m) and Xavier Reynoso was 19^th in the 3000m steeplechase (10:23.73). Stoneham Jr.'s marks in the hammer and triple jump were both personal bests. 

The Kingsmen had many more competitors competing in eight different events. Handall was 14^th in the prelims of the 400 dash (51.98), Meyer was 16^th in the prelims of the 400 dash (52.04m),  Talbert was 18^th in the prelims of the 1500 run (4:12.48), Meyer was 19^th in the prelims of the 200 dash (23.25), Jacob Whitmore was 21^st in the long jump (5.56m), Handall was 23^rd in the prelims of the 200 dash (23.40), Johnson was 23^rd in the prelims of the 100 dash (11.54), Segeberg was 23^rd in the prelims of the 800 run (2:06.19), Velasquez was 23^rd in the long jump (5.51m), Bryan Bugni was 24^th in the long jump (5.21m), Jonathan Aguilar was 25^th in the 5000 run (16:07.07), Matthew Crellin was 27^th in the prelims of the 400 dash (54.60), Gargano was 27^th in the shot put (8.80m), George Gaitanis was 31^st in the prelims of the 1500 run (4:38.02), Bugni was 34^th in the prelims of the 100 dash (12.25), Ian Skrinde was 30^th in the prelims of the 800 run (2:40.41), and Crellin was 37^th in the prelims of the 200 dash (26.26). Aguilar's 10k time was a personal best.

The Kingsmen continue the season with the Occidental Invite on Saturday at 11 a.m. 

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