COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University track and field teams close out the indoor portion of their 2014 season on Friday and Saturday, taking part in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Indoor Championships, hosted by Saint John's

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:
Live Results: Men * Women * Track Results | Video Preview | Championships Homepage

MIAC Championships Previews:
Men | Women

MIAC Championships — A Year Ago:
Men: Thanks to another dominant performance, St. Thomas maintained its strangle-hold on the MIAC Indoor Track and Field championship. The Tommies continued an unprecedented reign atop of the MIAC Indoor Track and Field standings, recording 204.0 points in cementing their 29th-straight championship. The Tommies' latest championship came via a 90-point win over runner-up St. Olaf and a 116-point margin over the rest of the field. The host Oles rode a great first-day performance to a solid runner-up finish of 114.0. Bethel finished third with 88.0 points and Hamline (74.5) just barely edged Saint John's (73.0) — by less than two points — for fourth place. Concordia (59.0) emerged from a narrow three-team battle for sixth place, with Gustavus (57.5) and Carleton (50.0) finishing seventh and eighth, respectively. Macalester (29.0), Augsburg (26.0) and Saint Mary's (5.0) rounded out the rest of the leader board | Complete Recap
Women: St. Thomas wrapped up its 14th-straight MIAC Indoor Championship by claiming victories in four more individual events (for a total of 10) and won by nearly 100 points with a total score of 180.0. The battle behind UST in the standings was an entertaining one, with five teams all aiming for second place and finishing within 10 points of one another. The host school — St. Olaf - emerged from the five-team fight to finish as the runner-up, edging Saint Benedict, 81.0 to 83.0. Gustavus, Carleton and Bethel all finished within two points of one another, with the Gusties claiming fourth place with a score of 75.0. The Knights were next, joining the top five with 74.0 points, and the Royals finished sixth at 73.0. Concordia (58.0) finished atop another closely-grouped trio, edging Macalester (52.0) and Hamline (51.0) for seventh place. Augsburg was 10th with 45.0 points and Saint Mary's (7.0) and St. Catherine (0.0) rounded out the standings | Complete Recap

SMU at MIAC Indoor Championships — A Year Ago:
March 1-2, 2013: John Soucheray (Woodbury, Minn.) shattered the school record in the 5,000 during the opening day of the two-day Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Indoor Championships, and Coco Booker (St. Paul, Minn.) chipped in a fourth-place effort a day later, uncorking a toss of 12.56 in the shot put | Recap

Saint Mary's MIAC Indoor Qualifiers:
Women: Maya Booker (shot put, weight throw), Abi Osborne (weight throw), Katie Stolz (3,000, 5,000), Laura Schommer (60, 200, 400), Reba Krueger (60, 200, 400), Becca Iten (pole vault)
Men: Bryan Ortman (triple jump, long jump), Zach Palma (long jump), Jacob Hagen Erickson (triple jump, long jump), Tyler Kircher (weight throw), Gus Wiggert (shot put), Phil Emmerich (multi-events), Aaron Haley (3,000, 5,000)