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 hit the road on Saturday, heading to UW-Stout's Sports & Fitness Center to take part in the UW-Stout Open.
 
The UW-Stout Open Field:
• UW-Stout, Saint Mary's, UW-River Falls, UW-La Crosse, Crown, Carleton, Saint Mary's, Winona State (women only), St. Catherine (women' only)
 
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Cardinals' Last Action:
• January 18, 2020 * Gostomski Fieldhouse * Winona, Minn.: The Cardinals recorded seven first-place finishes — and posted 23 Top 3 performances — at the non-team-scored, season-opening Cardinal Early Birdinal | Recap
 
Cardinals At UW-Stout Open — A Year Ago:
• January 19, 2019 * Sports & Fitness Center * Menomonie, Wis.: Kyle Lichttenegger (De Pere, Wis.) led the way for the Cardinal men, winning the high jump with a leap of 1.83 meters, while Rachel Ohde (Chetek, Wis.) delivered a second-place mark of 1.63 meters in the high jump to pace the Saint Mary's women at the UW-Stout Open | Recap
 
Up Next:
• The Cardinals are back on the track next Saturday, as Saint Mary's travels to Menomonie, Wis., to take part in the UW-Stout Open.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2020 Men's Roster | 2020 Women's Roster | 2020 Schedule | Record Book
• The Cardinals recorded seven first-place finishes — and posted 23 Top 3 performances — at the non-team-scored, season-opening Cardinal Early Birdinal last Saturday. … Kyle Lichttenegger (De Pere, Wis. / 55, 6.62), Christian Beamer (Two Harbors, Minn. / triple jump, 12.74m), Tyler Amy (Chatfield, Minn. / shot put, 12.79m), Jake Hogan (La Crescent, Minn. / 400, 52.50), Jon Meaden (Rosemount, Minn. / mile, 4:44.96), and Coleton Strupp (Holmen, Wis. / pole vault (3.80m) all took home first-place honors for the Cardinal men, while Sydney Klausler (Lakeville, Minn.) chipped in a first in the long jump (5.32m) for the Saint Mary's women. … Lichttenegger equaled the school record in the 55 prelims at the Cardinal Early Birdinal, clocking a time 6.59. … The Saint Mary's men finished with 20 top-five all-time performances in 2019 — including 9 school records — with the women adding 10 top-five all-time performances in 2019. … The Cardinals boasted a school-record seven NCAA Division III Outdoor National Championship qualifiers in 2019 — including returning high jumpers Beamer and Rachel Ohde (Chetek, Wis.), and three members of the 4x100 relay team — Matt Boone (Mindoro, Wis.), Noah Anderson (St. Paul, Minn.), and Lichttenegger. … The Cardinals collected four All-MIAC performances at the 2019 regular season-ending MIAC Outdoor Championships — including three from Lichttenegger. Lichttenegger finished second in the 200 (22.00) and third in the long jump (6.99 meters), while joining Boone, Anderson, and Desmond Steward (Bayside, Wis.) to finish second in the 4x100 relay (41.94). … Lichttenegger holds the outdoor long jump school record at 6.99 meters. … Indoors, the Cardinals posted four Top 3, All-MIAC performances at last season's MIAC Championships — led by Ohde, who cleared 1.65 meters on her first attempt en route to an All-MIAC second-place finish in the high jump.