By DONNY NADEAU
Saint Mary's Sports Information Director
 
A quick-hit, by-the-numbers look at the 2019 Saint Mary's University of Minnesota track and field teams.

Head coach: 
• Niels Anderson (6th season)
 
A Year Ago: 
• Men: MIAC Indoor—8^th • MIAC Outdoor—9^th
• Women: MIAC Indoor—10^th • MIAC Outdoor—9^th
 
Athletes to Watch:
• Becca Dup (Sr., Albert Lea, Minn. | All-American in triple jump in 2018, placing sixth at the NCAA Outdoor National Championships. … Also Qualified for the 2018 Outdoor National Championships in the long jump, placing 11^th, while finishing ninth in the triple jump at the 2018 Indoor National Championships. … 2018 MIAC Outstanding Women's Field Athlete … 2018 conference champion in indoor long and triple jumps, and outdoor champion in the triple jump … 2018 USTFCCCA All-Region in both long and triple jumps during indoor and outdoor seasons).
• Desmond Steward (Sr., Bayside, Wis. | 2017 All-MIAC First Team in triple jump both indoors and outdoors)
• Kyle Lichttenegger (Jr., De Pere, Wis. | 2017 USTFCCCA All-Region in 100 …)
 • David Kemper (Sr., Woodbury, Minn. | Qualified for the NCAA Division III Outdoor National Championships in 2017, placing 12th in the pole vault … USTFCCCA All-Region honors during the 2017 outdoor season… School record-holder in outdoor pole vault (4.87m).

By The Numbers:
• 6: The Cardinals closed out the 2018 season boasting six conference champions. Becca Dup (Albert Lea, Minn.) and Brandon Krogman (Owatonna, Minn.) each claimed a pair of indoor conference titles — Dup's in the long and triple jumps, and Krogman's in the 600 and 800 — at the MIAC Indoor Championships, while Dup (triple jump), Krogman (800), and Maria Missurelli (Franklin, Wis. / pole vault) took home individual titles at the MIAC Outdoor Championships.
• 6: Becca Dup (Albert Lea, Minn.) became the Cardinals' first All-American since 2007, placing sixth in the triple jump at the NCAA Division III Outdoor National Championships with a leap of 11.79m. Dup also finished 11^th at the NCAA Outdoor long jump, and ninth at the NCAA Indoor triple jump.
• 9: Saint Mary's owned nine USTFCCCA All-Region performances in 2018. Becca Dup (Albert Lea, Minn. / long jump, triple jump), Maria Missurelli (Franklin, Wis. / pole vault), Desmond Steward (Bayside, Wis. / triple jump), and Brandon Krogman (Owatonna, Minn. / 800) all earned USTFCCCA Indoor All-Region honors, while Dup (long jump, triple jump), Missurelli (pole vault), and Austin O'Hare (Rushford, Minn. / steeplechase) all earned USTFCCCA All-Region honors during the outdoor season.
• 19: During the outdoor season, the Cardinal women recorded 13 top-five all-time performances — including four school records, while the Saint Mary's men posted six top-five efforts and one school record.
• 29: The Saint Mary's men finished with 17 top-five all-time performances during the indoor season — including five school records — with the women adding 12 top-fives and four new school marks.

Did You Know?:
• Becca Dup (Albert Lea, Minn.) — who posted a school-record leap of 11.80m at the UW-La Crosse Last Chance Meet on May 17 to qualify for the outdoor national championships — became the first Cardinal since Amanda Weinmann and Ashley Luehmann in 2007 to earn All-American status. 

Off The Track:
• Austin O'Hare (Rushford, Minn.), Brandon Krogman (Owatonna, Minn.), and Maria Missurelli (Franklin, Wis.) picked up two MIAC academic honors — in both indoor and outdoor track and field — and were joined by Ben Borash (Bowlus, Minn.) during the indoor season.