NORTHFIELD, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University track and field teams close out the indoor portion of their 2013 season on Friday and Saturday, taking part in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Indoor Championships, hosted by St. Olaf.

The MIAC Indoor Championships Field:
Augsburg, Bethel, Carleton, Concordia, Gustavus, Hamline, Macalester, St. Catherine, Saint John's, Saint Benedict, Saint Mary's, St. Olaf, St. Thomas

MIAC Championships Live On The Web:
Men's Live Results | Women's LIve Results | Video Preview | Championships Homepage

MIAC Championships Previews:
Men | Women

Cardinals' Last Action:
The SMU women stole the show for the Cardinals at last Friday's St. laf Qualifier, collecting three second-place efforts in the non-team-scored event. Coco Booker (St. Paul, Minn.) placed second in the shot put, while sister Maya Booker was second in the weight throw and Laura Schommer (Hutchinson, Minn.) added her second in the 200. On the men's side, Bryan Ortman posted a sixth-place leap of 12.02 meters in the triple jump, while Gabe Thiel (Elgin, Minn.) was seventh in the 600 (1:28.28) to pace the Cardinals.

MIAC Championships — A Year Ago:
Men: The St. Thomas men continued its impressive display at the conference meet, cruising to its 28th-straight MIAC Indoor title by a 60-point margin of victory with a final score of 189.5. The Tommies have won the title at each of the 28 indoor conference meets. Hamline was the runner-up again in 2012 with a total of 129.5. Bethel (104.5) edged Gustavus (101) for fourth place, and St. Olaf scored 77.5 to finish fifth. Carleton (69), Saint John's (42.5), Augsburg (31), Concordia (29.5), Macalester (5) and Saint Mary's (0) rounded out the rest of the men's standings | 2012 MIAC Indoor Championships Recap
Women: The UST women claimed their 13th-straight indoor title as well, winning by an even 50 points to cap off another great performance. St. Thomas scored 164 team points to sit atop the women's standings. Carleton had two first-place finishes and took home second place on the women's side with a total of 114. St. Olaf finished third with 97, Bethel as fourth with 85 and Saint Benedict (74) edged Hamline (70) for the final spot in the top five. The rest of the women's standings featured Gustavus (46), Macalester (43.5), Concordia (43), St. Catherine (21.5), Augsburg (13) and Saint Mary's (nine) | 2012 MIAC Indoor Championships Recap

SMU at MIAC Indoor Championships — A Year Ago:
March 2-3, 2012: Cardinal junior Coco Booker (St. Paul, Minn.) uncorked a career-best toss of 42-feet, 7-inches — which, at the time, was a Leonard Center Field House record — on her third of six throws in the shot put and her second-place, all-conference effort highlighted the Cardinals' showing during Saturday's final day of the indoor season-ending conference championships. Aaron Haley (Plainview, Minn.) and John Soucheray (Woodbury, Minn.) chipped in 19th-place efforts to pace the Cardinal men, as Haley finished 19th in the 3,000 (9:03.99), while Soucheray added his 19th in the 1,000 (2:38.50). The SMU men placed 11th, while the Cardinal women were 12th.

Saint Mary's MIAC Indoor Qualifiers:
Men: Peter Borash (Mile, 1,000), Aaron Haley (3,000, 5,000), John Soucheray (3,000, 5,000), Gus Wiggert (Shot Put), Bryan Ortman (Triple Jump), Phil Emmerich (60 Hurdles), Distance Medley Relay (Borash, Jake Traxler, Gabe Thiel, Andrew Merkert)
Women: Coco Booker (Shot Put), Maya Booker (Shot Put, Weight Throw), Abby Osbourne (Weight Throw), Katie Stolz (Mile), Allie Thiel (Mile), Amy Spitzmueller (Mile), Clare Siska (Mile), Josie Moreno (Mile), Sarah Fanning (Long Jump). Laura Schommer (60, 200, 400)