SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota men's and women's cross country teams hit the road on Saturday, traveling to Notre Dame to take part in the National Catholic Championships.
 
The National Catholic Championships Field:
• Saint Mary's, Cardinal Stritch, Wheeling Jesuit, St. Anselm, Marquette, Quincy, Niagara, Xavier, Loras, Gannon, Lewis, DePaul, Canisius, Duquesne, Viterbo, Dayton, St. Thomas, Bellarmine, St. Francis (Ind.), Siena Heights, St. Francis (Pa.), Saint Benedict, Fontbonne, St. Joe's (Ind.), Calumet, Thomas More, Aquinas, Mercyhurst, Franciscan, Lourdes, Mount St. Joseph, SLU, Brescia, Walsh, St. Xaiver (Ill.)
 
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The Cardinals' Last Action:
• September 5, 2015 * Winona, Minn.: Allie Thiel (Burr Ridge, Ill.) and Austin O'Hare (Rushford, Minn.) paced the Cardinal women's and men's teams to fourth-place finishes at the season-opening Saint Mary's Alumni Open | Recap
 
The Cardinals at the Notre Dame Catholic Invitational—Their Last Appearance:
• September 17, 2010 * South Bend, Ind.: Both Saint Mary's cross country teams were in action on Friday, as they took part in the Notre Dame Catholic Invite. The men, behind a solid finish from David Feather (27:34), came in 15th out of 25, while the women took 18th out of 25 | Recap
 
The Cardinals Up Next:
• The Cardinals are back in action on Oct. 2, traveling to Eau Claire, Wis., to compete in the UW-Eau Claire Blugold Invitational.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2015 Rosters: Men * Women | 2015 Schedule | 2015 Individual Meet Times
• Both Cardinal teams opened the season with fourth-place finishes at the season-opening Saint Mary's Alumni Open. … Allie Thiel (Burr Ridge, Ill.) posted five-kilometer time of 22:15 to pace the Cardinal women at the Saint Mary's Open, while Austin O'Hare (Rushford, Minn.) paced the Saint Mary's men with a four-mile time of 23:42. … Heidi Ledermann (Mahtomedi, Minn.), running in her first collegiate race, was the second Cardinal across the finish line, clocking a time of 22:25. … Erica Thiel (Burr Ridge, Ill. / 22:41), Alicia Berkenes (Buffalo, Minn. / 23:19), and Emily Ortiz (Albert Lea, Minn.) / 23:32) rounded out the Cardinals' top five at the season-opening Saint Mary's Alumni Open. … Jase Pater (Adrian, Minn.) was right on O'Hare's heels at the Saint Mary's Open, stopping the clock in 23:51. … Brandon Krogman (Owatonna, Minn.) added a 24:07 in the Cardinals' season-opener, followed by Sherman Moga (Shoreview, Minn. / 24:31) and Jovan Newsum (Glendale Heights, Ill. / 24:32). … Newsum—an honorable-mention All-MIAC and All-Region selection—placed 107th at the NCAA Division III National Championships a year ago, posting a school-record 8K time of 25:24. … Newsum—the first male in program history to run in the national championships—broke the school's 8K record in each of his last three races. … The Cardinal men's seventh-place finish at the conference championships last season was the highest in coach Ward Berndt's 10 years at the helm.