By DONNY NADEAU
Saint Mary's Sports Information Director
 
NORTHFIELD, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University men's and women's track and field teams are back on the track on Saturday, as the Cardinals head to Carleton to take part in the Meet of the Hearts.
 
The Carleton Meet of the Hearts Field:
• Bethany Lutheran, Carleton, Crown, Augsburg, Hamline, Gustavus, Luther, Macalester, St. Catherine, Saint Mary's
 
GameDay Live on the Web:
• Live Results
 
Cardinals' Last Action:
• February 8, 2020 * Decorah, Iowa: The Cardinal teams combined for two school records, 10 first-place finishes and 25 Top 5 performances en route to a pair of second-place team showings at the Luther Invitational | Recap
 
Cardinals At Meet of the Hearts — Their Last Appearance:
• Saturday will mark the first time the Cardinals have competed at Carleton's Meet of the Hearts.
 
Up Next:
• The Cardinals return to action next Friday, heading to the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minn., for the U of M Snowshoe Open.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2020 Men's Roster | 2020 Women's Roster | 2020 Schedule | Record Book
• The Cardinals combined for two school records, 10 first-place finishes and 25 Top 5 performances at last Saturday's Luther Invitational. … Kyle Lichttenegger (De Pere, Wis.) and Christian Beamer (Two Harbors, Minn.) led the way for the Cardinal men — accounting for both school records and four of the team's six first-place showings. Lichttenegger broke his own school record in the 55, clocking a winning time of 6.57, while adding a first-place leap of 6.71 meters in the long jump. Beamer, meanwhile, cleared a school-record 2.02 meters to win the high jump, and delivered a winning jump of 12.28 meters to take home the triple jump crown. … Lichttenegger has now equaled or broken three school records this indoor season. Along with his school mark in the 55 at the Luther Invitational on Feb. 8, the senior equaled the then-school record in the prelims of the 55 at the season-opening Cardinal Early Birdinal on Jan. 18 and broke the school mark in the long jump at the UW-Stout Open on Jan. 25, posting a jump of 7.32 meters. … Lichttenegger's 7.32 effort in the long jump — which earned him his first MIAC Field Athlete of the Week honor — is currently the fourth-longest jump in NCAA Division III this season. … The Cardinals recorded a pair of first-place finishes and posted 13 Top 10 finishes at the Warren Bowlus Invitational on Feb. 1. … Rachel Ohde (Chetek, Wis.) and Sydney Klausler (Lakeville, Minn.) led the Cardinals' charge at the Warren Bowlus Invitational on Feb. 1, picking up first-place finishes in the high jump and long jump, respectively. Ohde cleared 1.58 meters en route to her high jump win, while Klausler uncorked a leap of 5.22m to win the long jump. … The Cardinals posted 11 Top 10 performances at the UW-Stout Open on Jan. 25. … The Cardinals recorded seven first-place finishes and 23 Top 3 efforts — at the non-team-scored, season-opening Cardinal Early Birdinal on Jan. 18. … 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.