By DONNY NADEAU
Saint Mary's Sports Information Director
 
DECORAH, Iowa — After spending back-to-back weekends at UW-Stout, the Saint Mary's University men's and women's track and field teams head south this Saturday, traveling to Luther to take part in the Luther Invitational.
 
The Luther Dual Field:
• Luther, Saint Mary's, Iowa State Running Club, Iowa Wesleyan
 
GameDay Live on the Web:
• Live Results
 
Cardinals' Last Action:
• February 1, 2020 * Menomonie, Wis.: The Cardinals recorded a pair of first-place finishes and posted 13 Top 10 finishes at the Warren Bowlus Invitational — their second appearance at UW-Stout in as many weeks | Recap
 
Cardinals At Luther Dual — A Year Ago:
• February 2, 2019 * Decorah, Iowa: The Cardinals collected 15 Top 5 finishes — including one meet record — at the non-team-scored Luther Alumni Meet. Rachel Ohde (Chetek, Wis.) led the way for the Cardinals, winning the women's high jump with a meet-record 1.62 meters. Ohde's effort was one of six first-place efforts on the afternoon for Saint Mary's | Recap
 
Up Next:
• The Cardinals are back on the road on Saturday, heading to Northfield, Minn., to take part in Carleton's Meet of the Hearts.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2020 Men's Roster | 2020 Women's Roster | 2020 Schedule | Record Book
• The Cardinals recorded a pair of first-place finishes and posted 13 Top 10 finishes at the Warren Bowlus Invitational last Saturday. … Rachel Ohde (Chetek, Wis.) and Sydney Klausler (Lakeville, Minn.) led the Cardinals' charge at the Warren Bowlus Invitational last weekend, 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. … 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 on Jan. 25, posting a jump of 7.32 meters. … Lichttenegger's effort at the UW-Stout Open on Jan. 25 earned the senior his first MIAC Field Athlete of the Week honor. … The Cardinals posted 11 Top 10 performances at the UW-Stout Open on Jan. 25. … The Cardinals recorded seven first-place finishes — and posted 23 Top 3 performances — at the non-team-scored, season-opening Cardinal Early Birdinal on Jan. 18. … 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.