WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University men's and women's track and field teams kick off their 2014 indoor season on Saturday, hosting the SMU Early Birdinal at Gostomski Fieldhouse. Action begins at 3 p.m.

The SMU Early Birdinal Field:
Saint Mary's, Winona State, Viterbo

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Cardinals' Last Action:
Saturday's SMU Early Birdinal is the 2014 indoor season opener for the Cardinals.

Up Next:
The Cardinals are back on the track next Saturday, as SMU travels to River Falls, Wis., to take part in the UW-River Falls Falcon Winter Classic.

Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2014 Men's Roster | 2014 Women's Roster | 2014 Schedule | Record Book
Maya Booker (St. Paul, Minn.) led the Cardinals' charge at the 2013 MIAC Outdoor Championships, uncorking a fifth-place toss of 44.80 meters in the hammer throw. … The Cardinals also boasted three sixth-place and one seventh-place effort at the outdoor season-ending conference championships. Peter Borash (Bowlus, Minn.) — who posted the fastest qualifying time in the 1,500 preliminaries — clocked a time of 4:13.01 to place sixth in the 1,500, while Jake Traxler (Le Center, Minn.) was sixth in the steeplechase (9:56.49) and Bryan Ortman was sixth in the triple jump (12.86 meters). … Katie Stolz (Forest Lake, Minn.) — who clocked a school-record time of 11:47.49 to place fourth in the women's 3,000 steeplechase at the Phil Esten Challenge on April 21 in La Crosse, Wis. — narrowly missed bettering her record-setting mark at the MIAC Outdoor Championships, crossing the finish line in 11:52.56 to finish seventh. … John Soucheray (Woodbury, Minn.) and Coco Booker (St. Paul, Minn.) led the way for the Cardinals at the indoor season-ending MIAC Indoor Championships. Soucheray shattered the school record in the 5,000 — clocking a time of 15:16.97 to place fifth overall — while Booker posted a toss of 12.56 meters to finish fourth in the shot put. … Soucheray shaved nearly 14 seconds off the school's 5,000 meter mark — set earlier in the year by teammate Aaron Haley (Plainview, Minn.). … Haley also had a solid showing in the 5,000 at the MIAC Championships, stopping the clock in 15:32.17 to finish 10th. … The SMU men's distance medley relay team followed Soucheray's record-setting lead, as the foursome of Ryan Winegardner (Northfield, Minn.), Gabe Thiel (Elgin, Minn.), Traxler and Andrew Merkert (St. Paul, Minn.) etched their names in the school record books, posting a time of 10:47.59 to finish eighth overall. It was the fourth straight year the Cardinals' DMR broke the school record — with Traxler a member of all four record-setting relay teams.