By DONNY NADEAU
Saint Mary's Sports Information Director
 
COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University track and field teams close out the indoor portion of their 2020 season this weekend, taking part in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Indoor Championships, hosted by Saint John's.
 
The MIAC Indoor Championships Field:
• Augsburg, Bethel, Carleton, Concordia, Gustavus, Hamline, Macalester, St. Catherine, Saint John's, Saint Benedict, Saint Mary's, St. Olaf, St. Thomas
 
GameDay Live On The Web:
• Live Results * Live Video | Meet Schedule | Championships Homepage 
Men's Preview | Women's Preview 
 
MIAC Admission:
• General Admission ($10); Students with ID ($2); Children 5-under (Free)
*MIAC passes accepted
 
MIAC Indoor Championships — A Year Ago:
February 21-23, 2019 | St. Olaf College * Northfield, Minn.
• Men: St. Thomas scored 185 points to remain the only program in MIAC history to ever to win the conference meet. UST has now won 35 men's track and field MIAC titles. Carleton finished second in the men's standings with 105.5 points, followed closely by Saint John's in third with 103. Bethel had 98 points to finish in fourth place, with Gustavus in fifth with 68 and Hamline and Concordia tied for sixth with 53.5 points. St. Olaf finished in eighth-place with 50 points, followed by Saint Mary's with 33, Macalester with 27.5, and Augsburg with three points | Men's Recap * Championships Homepage
 
• Women: St. Thomas scored 197 points to lead the women's team standings and wrap up the program's 20th straight indoor conference title. Hamline placed second with 113.5 points, followed by Carleton in third with 72.5 Bethel was right behind the Knights in fourth with 71, while Gustavus placed fifth with 59.5 points. St. Olaf logged 58 points for sixth-place, one point ahead of Concordia. Saint Benedict finished eighth with 51.5 points, followed by St. Catherine in ninth with 36 points. Macalester was next in the standings with 32 points, followed by Saint Mary's with 19, and Augsburg with 13 | Women's Recap * Championships Homepage
 
Saint Mary's at MIAC Outdoor Championships—A Year Ago:
• Day 1: Christian Beamer shattered the school record in the high jump, clearing 1.96 meters to win the event and help the Cardinals sophomore to a 10th-place finish after the first four events of the seven event heptathlon | Recap
• Day 2: Desmond Steward (Bayside, Wis.) earned All-MIAC honors in the long jump, uncorking a leap of 6.69 meters to place third behind St. Thomas' Conor White (7.21m) and Nicolas Spann (7.06m).  Fueled by Steward's third-place showing — and a fourth-place effort by Kyle Lichttenegger (De Pere, Wis.) in the 60 — the Cardinal men are sitting ninth in the team standings. The Saint Mary's women, meanwhile, are holding down the 12th spot after Day 1 — thanks in part to the efforts of freshman Sydney Klausler (Lakeville, Minn.) | Recap
• Day 3: Rachel Ohde (Chetek, Wis.) cleared 1.65 meters on her first attempt en route to an All-MIAC second-place finish. And the Cardinal sophomore wasn't the only one bringing home All-MIAC honors, as Desmond Steward (Bayside, Wis.) claimed his second third-place finish of the championships with a leap of 14.07 meters in the triple jump, and David Kemper (Woodbury, Minn.) — competing in his final indoor conference championships — equaled that third-place effort in the pole vault with a mark of 4.32 meters | Recap
 
Saint Mary's MIAC Indoor Qualifiers:
• Men: Ben Borash (DMR), Jordan Malikowski (DMR), Jon Meaden (mile, DMR), Jacob Hogan (400, DMR, 4x400), Noah Anderson (4x200, 4x400), Matt Boone (60, 200, 4x200, 4x400), Jackson Garrett (400, 4x200, 4x400), Kyle Lichttenegger (60, 200, LJ, 4x200), Tyler Amy (Shot Put), Frankie Bakalars (Weight), Christian Beamer (HJ, TJ), Sean Curran (Weight), Jake Homan (Shot Put), Garrett McLaughlin (LJ), Anthony Pasquesi (LJ), Matthew Stack (PV), Coleton Strupp (PV), Thomas Walker (LJ, TJ)
• Women: Danielle Franke (5K, DMR), Anna Swanson (600, DMR, 4x400), Hannah Crowe (4x200, DMR, 4x400), Madison Weis (4x400, DMR), Alica Schurrer (4x200, 4x400), Sydney Klausler (LJ, 60, 200, 4x200), Nathalie Freire (PV), Rachel Ohde (HJ), Bailey Joens (Multi, HJ), Alexis Jordan (60, 4x200)
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2020 Men's Roster | 2020 Women's Roster | 2020 Schedule | Record Book
• Kyle Lichttenegger (De Pere, Wis.) enters the MIAC Indoor Championships having equaled or broken seven school records already this season. … Lichttenegger broke the school mark in both the 60 (6.89) and 200 (22.19) at last Friday's Minnesota State-Mankato Maverick Invitational. His 6.89 in the 60 has him sitting eighth in the nation, while his 22.19 in the 200 is the 10th-fastest in the country this season. … Lichttenegger has also broken the school's record in the 55 (three times), the 200 (twice), and the long jump. … Lichttenegger's school-record leap of 7.32 meters in the long jump at the UW-Stout Open on Jan. 25 is currently the fourth-longest jump in NCAA Division III this season. … Christian Beamer (Two Harbors, Minn.) has also set a new school record this season — clearing 2.02 meters in the high jump at the Luther Invitational on Feb. 8 — while the men's 4x400 relay team of Noah Anderson (St. Paul, Minn.), Jackson (West Linn, Ore.), Jake Hogan (La Crescent, Minn.), and Matt Boone (Mindoro, Minn.) shattered the previous school mark by three seconds with a time of 3:26.09 at last Friday's Maverick Invitational. … The Cardinals broke three school records and delivered 12 Top 10 performances at the Minnesota State-Mankato Maverick Open last Friday. … The Cardinals combined for two school records, 10 first-place finishes and 25 Top 5 performances at the Luther Invitational on Feb. 8. … The Cardinals recorded a pair of first-place finishes and posted 13 Top 10 finishes at the Warren Bowlus Invitational on Feb. 1. … 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 — Boone, Anderson, 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.