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Teri Heinzen
Broke school record
in 55 at MIAC
Records fall for Cardinals at MIAC Indoor
Donny Nadeau, SMU Sports Information Office
NORTHFIELD, Minn. — Curt VanAsten (Shiocton, Wis.) got things off on the right foot, and the rest of the Saint Mary’s University track and field teams picked up right where he left off.

VanAsten finished sixth with a school record-setting performance in the pentathlon at the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Indoor Championships Thursday, and, fortunately for SMU coach Shawn McMahon, that was just the beginning.

John Kelly (Rochester, Minn.) broke his own record in the 55, qualifying for the finals with the third-fastest time of the afternoon, stopping the clock in 6.59.  He equaled that mark in the finals en route to his third-place finish.

And that was just the start of the record-setting parade, as Teri Heinzen (Marshfield, Wis.) added a school-record time of 7.42 to place third in the 55, while the men’s distance medley relay team of Peter Borash (Royalton, Minn.), Benton Kodet (Northfield, Minn.), VanAsten and Jake Traxler (Le Center, Minn.) turned in a school-record time of 10:54.38.

Andrew Brueggen (Holmen, Wis.) wasn’t able to contribue to the Cardinals’ record-setting onslaught, but the junior did earn all-conference honors, placing second in the weight throw with a toss of 18.06 meters. Josiah Ryks (Austin, Minn.) placed 12th in the 400 (51.73), while Sara Harstad (Chatfield, Minn.) posted a throw of 14.47 meters to place eighth in the weight throw. Joanna Pace (Miocqua, Wis.) and Rachel Folan (Glen Ellyn, Ill.) each chipped in ninth-place finishes, with Pace placing ninth in the 800 (2:25.15), while Folan was ninth in the mile run (5:28.32).

“It was a good day for us,” said McMahon. “Hopefully we can keep things going (during Saturday’s final day of the conference championships).”

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During the two-day Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships at SMU on May 14-15, five NCAA Division III Outdoor National Championship automatic-qualifying marks were recorded, while 45 NCAA provisional standards were hit and four MIAC Outdoor Championship records were broken.