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, taking part in the Warren Bowlus Invitational
 
The UW-Stout Warren Bowlus Invitational Field:
• UW-Stout, Saint Mary's, UW-Superior, UW-Eau Claire, Viterbo, St. Scholastica, UM-Duluth
 
GameDay Live On The Web:
• Live Results
 
Cardinals' Last Action:
• January 25, 2020 * Sports & Fitness Center * Menomonie, Wis.: Kyle Lichttenegger (De Pere, Wis.) broke the school record in the long jump, and the Cardinals posted 11 Top 10 finishes at the UW-Stout Open | Recap
 
Cardinals At UW-Stout Warren Bowlus Invitational — A Year Ago:
• January 26, 2019 * Sports & Fitness Center * Menomonie, Wis.: Desmond Steward (Bayside, Wis.) led the way for the Cardinal men, collecting the teams' lone first-place finish with a leap of 13.79 meters in the triple jump, Rachel Ohde (Chetek, Wis.) continued to excel in the high jump for the Saint Mary's women, clearing 1.57 meters to place second overall | Recap
 
Up Next:
• The Cardinals are back on the track next Saturday, as Saint Mary's travels to Decorah, Iowa, to take part in the Luther Dual
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2020 Men's Roster | 2020 Women's Roster | 2020 Schedule | Record Book
• Kyle Lichttenegger (De Pere, Wis.) — who equaled the school record in the prelims of the 55 at the season-opening Cardinal Early Birdinal on Jan. 18 — broke the school mark in the long jump at the UW-Stout open last weekend, posting a jump of 7.32 meters. … Lichttenegger's effort at the UW-Stout Open earned the senior his first MIAC Field Athlete of the Week honor. … Rachel Ohde (Chetek, Wis.) led the way for the Cardinal women at the UW-Stout Open, placing third in the high jump (1.58m). … The Cardinals posted 11 Top 10 performances at the UW-Stout Open last weekend. … 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. … Lichttenegger (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. … 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 Ohde, 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.