DE PERE, Wis. — The Saint Mary's University track and field teams are back in action on Thursday, as the Cardinals travel to St. Norbert to take part in the St. Norbert Invitational.
 
The St. Norbert Invitational Field:
St. Norbert, Wisconsin Lutheran, MSOE, Ripon, Carroll, Lakeland, Marian, St. Scholastica, Saint Mary's

Cardinals' Last Action:
The Cardinals put together three first-place finishes — led by a school-record showing by Katie Stolz (Forest Lake, Minn.) in the steeplechase — at the Gustavus Lee Krough Invitational last Saturday in St. Peter, Minn. | Recap
 
Cardinals at the St. Norbert Invitational — Their Last Appearance:
Thursday's appearance will be the first-ever for the Cardinals at the St. Norbert Invitational
 
Cardinals Up Next:
The Cardinals are now off until April 26, when SMU hosts its lone outdoor meet of the season — the SMU Cardinal Open — at the SMU Track & Field Complex in Winona, Minn.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2014 Men's Roster | 2014 Women's Roster | 2014 Schedule | Record Book
Katie Stolz (Forest Lake, Minn.) sparked a 1-2 finish in the steeplechase at last Saturday's Gustavus Lee Krough Invitational, breaking her own school record with a winning time of 11:38.10. … Stolz has now broken two school records this season — the junior also set a new school mark in the indoor 5,000 with a time of 18:43.93. … Abi Osborne (Winthrop, Minn.) and Laura Schommer (Hutchinson, Minn.) also recorded first-place efforts at the Lee Krough Invite — Osborne unleashed a toss of 40.40 meters in winning the javelin, while Schommer blew away the field in the 100, winning in 12.96. … Stolz and Osborne own the top performances in the steeplechase and the javelin, respectively, in the MIAC this season. … Clare Siska (Rochester, Minn.) chipped in a second-place time of 11:59.68 in the steeplechase last Saturday. …  Maya Booker (St. Paul, Minn.) placed second in the hammer throw at the Lee Krough with a toss of 48.12 meters and eighth in the shot put (11.21 meters), while Schommer also added a third in the 400 (1:02.16). … Katherine Mockler (Dubuque, Iowa) and Amy Spitzmueller (New Brighton, Minn.) added fourth- and sixth-place efforts in the steeplechase, clocking times of 12:42.30 and 13:05.83, respectively, while Tessa Scanlon (Cologne, Minn.) was sixth in the triple jump (9.39 meters) and Allie Thiel (Burr Ridge, Ill.) was seventh in the 5,000 (19:41.36). … On the men's side last Saturday, Jacob Hagen-Erickson (Austin, Minn.) collected a second-place performance in the triple jump, leaping 12.92 meters, and adding an eighth-place leap of 6.34 meters in the long jump. Alex Zappa placed second in the steeplechase with a time of 10:45.84, while Tyler Kircher (Cashton, Wis.) chipped in a third in the javelin with a throw of 38.25 meters and a fourth in the hammer (45.63). … Bryan Ortman (Chicago, Ill.) was fourth in the triple jump (12.37 meters) and Jovan Newsom (Glendale Heights, Ill.) finished fifth in the 5,000 with a time of 16:17.40. Gus Wiggert (La Crosse, Wis.) notched a seventh in the shot put (12.96 meters) and Andrew Merkert (St. Paul, Minn.) and Jacob Paulson (Elgin, Minn.) finished ninth and 10th, respectively, in the 400 with times of 53.63 and 53.65.