ST. PETER, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University men's and women's track and field teams are back in action on Saturday, traveling to Gustavus to take part in the Lee Krough Invitational.
The Lee Krough Invitational Field:• Gustavus, Bethany Lutheran, Martin Luther, Saint Mary's, St. Kate's, MSU-Mankato, and St. Scholastica
Cardinals' Last Action:• The Cardinals kicked off the 2015 outdoor season on April 3, taking part in the UW-La Crosse Ashton May Invitational in La Crosse, Wis. |
Recap Cardinals At The Lee Krough Invitational—A Year Ago:•
April 12, 2014: Katie Stolz (Forest Lake, Minn.) and
Clare Siska (Rochester, Minn.) put together two of the school's top steeplechase performances in sweeping the top two spots at the Gustavus Lee Krough Invitational in St. Peter, Minn. Stolz broke her own school record in winning the event in a time of 11:38.10, while Siska recorded the third-fastest time in program history to finish second to Stolz in 11:59.68 to pace the Cardinal effort |
Recap Up Next:• The Cardinals are back on the track next Saturday, as Saint Mary's travels to La Crosse, Wis., to take part in the UW-La Crosse Phil Esten Challenge
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Record Book•
Jovan Newsum led the way for the Cardinals at the UW-La Crosse Ashton May Invitational on April 3, placing first in the 5,000 with a time of 15:26.76—more than seven seconds faster than runner-up Blake Anderson of UM-Duluth. …
Ross Kinderman (Onalaska, Wis.) and
Tyler Kircher (Cashton, Wis.) also recorded top-10 finishes for the Cardinals in the season-opening event, as Kinderman posted a leap of 12.65 meters to finish third in the triple jump, while Kircher delivered a toss of 47.45 meters in placing ninth in the hammer throw. … Kinderman also recorded a time of 16.50 in the 110 hurdles and a throw of 36.68 meters in the javelin, while
Morris Dennis (Elk River, Minn.) added times of 21.14 in the 200 and 54.32 in the 400, and
Brandon Krogman (Onalaska, Wis.) chipped in a 2:01.76 in the 800. … the Cardinals are coming off an indoor season in which they broke six school records at the MIAC Indoor Championships. … Kinderman broke his own school record in the 60-meter hurdles, stopping the clock in 8.56 seconds, while
Morris Dennis equaled Kinderman's third-place, all-conference performance in the 400 at the conference championships—also in record-setting fashion—stopping the clock in 50.18, and shattering the seven-year-old mark of 50.83, set by John Kelly in 2008. …
Maria Missurelli (Franklin, Wis. / pole vault, 3.32 meters),
Laura Schommer (Hutchinson, Minn. / 60, 8.08), and
Brandon Krogman (Owatonna, Minn. / 600, 1:25.30) also broke school records at the conference indoor championships. … Krogman, Dennis and Kinderman also teamed with
Tyler Fiebig (Baraboo, Wis.) to rewrite the Cardinal record book with a sixth-place time of 3:29.36 in the 4x400 relay.