By DONNY NADEAU
Saint Mary's Sports Information Director
 
MENOMONIE, Wis. — The Saint Mary's University men's and women's track and field teams return to UW-Stout for the second straight weekend on Saturday, as the Cardinals take part in the Warren Bowlus Invitational.
 
The UW-Stout Warren Bowlus Field:
• UW-Stout, Saint Mary's, St. Scholastica, UW-Superior, UW-Eau Claire, Augsburg, Viterbo, UM-Duluth, Minnesota Running Club
 
GameDay Live On The Web:
• Live Results

Cardinals' Last Action:
• January 20, 2018 * Menomonie, Wis.: The Cardinals recorded 10 Top 5 finishes—including Brandon Krogman's win in the 400—at the UW-Stout Open | Recap
 
Cardinals At UW-Stout Open—A Year Ago:
• January 21, 2017 * Menomonie, Wis.: Molly Sweet (Prescott, Wis.) led the way for the Cardinal women at the UW-Stout Open, placing first in the 3,000 with a time of 11:33.06, while Maria Missurelli (Franklin, Wis.) chipped in a second in the pole vault (3.04 meters), and Becca Dup (Albert Lea, Minn.) and Erika Thiel (Burr Ridge, Ill.) added thirds in the long jump (5.32 meters) and 3,000 (11:42.61). On the men's side, Brandon Krogman (Owatonna, Minn.) recorded a fourth in the 800 (2:01.66), with Jacob Hagen-Erickson (Austin, Minn.) placing fifth in the long jump (5.97 meters) and Austin O'Hare (Rushford, Minn.) posting a fifth in the mile (4:31.11) in the non-team-scored event | Recap
 
Up Next:
• The Cardinals are back on the track next Saturday, traveling to Decorah, Iowa, to take part in the Luther Duel
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2018 Men's Roster | 2018 Women's Roster | 2018 Schedule | Record Book
• The Cardinals recorded 10 Top 5 finishes at last Saturday's UW-Stout Open. … Brandon Krogman (Owatonna, Minn.) led the way for the Cardinals at the UW-Stout Open last Saturday, running the second-fastest 400 in Saint Mary's history, winning the event with a time of 50.56. … Kody Michaels (Stoddard, Wis.) was the top collegian in the 60 meter hurdles at the UW-Stout Open, clocking a time of 8.78, while Kyle Lichttenegger (De Pere, Wis.) finished second in the 200, posting a time of 22.87—another Top 5 all-time performance—and also managed to finish third in the long jump (6.67m) and fourth in the 60-meter dash (7.12). … Other notable men's performances at the UW-Stout Open included: Desmond Steward, who finished fourth in the long jump (6.37); Austin O'Hare (Rushford, Minn.), who finished third in the 800 (2:01.62); and Peyton Lavigne, Matthew Boone (Melrose, Minn.), Jon Meaden (Rosemount, Minn.), and Andy Allemann (Cochrane, Wis.) who teamed to place fifth in the 4x400 meter relay (3:42.31). … On the women's side, Carley Cronen (Kandiyohi, Minn.) ran a great 800, clocking a time of 2:31:31 and earning a fourth-place finish, while Natalie King (Houston, Minn.) managed to place fifth in the weight throw, ending with a distance of 14.78 meters. Alexis Floresca (Romeoville, Ill.) also performed well at her first meet in a Cardinal uniform, winning her heat of the 60 meter prelims with a Top 5 all-time mark of 8.25. … The Cardinal men recorded 21 Top 3 finishes—including a first-place triple by Kyle Lichttenegger (De Pere, Wis.)—while the Saint Mary's women put together six Top 5 efforts at the season-opening Saint Mary's Early Birdinal at the Gostomski Fieldhouse. … Lichttenegger's 6.84-meter leap in the long jump and Krogman's 2:44.10 in the 1,000 at the Saint Mary's Early Birdinal on Jan. 13 were both school records. … Becca Dup (Albert Lea, Minn.) and David Kemper (Woodbury, Minn.) each competed in their first-ever NCAA Division III Outdoor National Championships in 2017, with Dup placing 17th in the triple jump, while Kemper was 12th in the pole vault. … Dup is also the reigning MIAC Indoor and Outdoor long jump champion.