SUPERIOR, Wis. — The Saint Mary's University track and field teams kicked off their 2022 indoor season on Saturday, and several Cardinals appeared to already be in midseason form.
 
The Cardinals recorded 17 Top 5 finishes at the UW-Superior Twin Ports Open — including first-place showings by Caroline Gearin (Osceola, Wis.), Sydney Klausler (Lakeville, Minn.), and Quinn Steinbrecher (Holmen, Wis.).
 
Gearin cleared 3.19 meters in captured the individual title in the pole vault, while Klausler delivered a 5.05-meter leap in winning the long jump, and Steinbrecher recorded a time of 9:45:09 to win the 3000.
 
Nathalie Freire chipped in one of SMU's three second-place efforts, stopping the clock in 8.64 in the 60, while Garrett Jackson (West Linn, Ore.) ran a 1:29.27 to place second in the men's 600 and Gearin added a 1:47.35 second-place time in the women's 600.
 
Klausler (200, 28.10), Emmarie Byom (La Crescent, Minn. / 10.37, 60 hurdles), Frankie Bakalars (La Crosse, Wis. / weight throw, 14.92m) and Oliver Adamson (Rochester, Minn. / 7.43, 60) added third-place efforts.
 
Other Top 5 showings by the Cardinals included: Adamson (fourth, 200, 24.20), Boyum (fourth, pole vault, 2.59m), Lilly Maul (Madelia, Minn. / fourth, 60, 8.91; fourth, long jump, 4.32m), Anna Becker (Cannon Falls, Minn. / fifth, 60, 9.18), Coleton Strupp (Holmen, Wis. / fifth, 60, 7.50), and Samantha Kubes (New Prague, Minn. / fifth, weight throw, 13.58).
 
The Cardinals are right back in action next Saturday, heading to Northfield, Minn., to take part in the St. Olaf Quadrangular.