• LAST TIME OUT: Sydney Klausler (Lakeville, Minn.) and Garret Jackson (West Linn, Ore.) each recorded first-place performances, as the Cardinals closed out the afternoon with 21 Top 5 finishes at the non-team-scored UW-River Falls Winter Classic last Saturday.
• LEADING THE CHARGE: Klausler had a very busy afternoon for the Cardinal women — who had nine Top 5 showings — as the senior won the 60 in a time of 8.29, while added four-place efforts in both the 200 (27.74) and the long jump (4.99 meters). Jackson, meanwhile, accounted for two of the SMU men’s 12 Top 5 performances, stopping the clock in 23.12 to win the 200, while adding a 51.86 for a fourth-place showing in the 400.
• OTHER TOP PERFORMANCES: Emily Kern (Buffalo, Minn.) delivered a second-place time of 5:44.22 in the mile and Samantha Kubes (New Prague, Minn.) posted a second in the shot put (11.39m) and a third in the weight throw (13.87) for the SMU women, who also got fourths from Nathalie Freire (Bloomington, Minn. / pole vault, 3.12m) and Morgan Wallendal (Fond du Lac, Wis. / shot put, 10.60m), and a fifth from Emmarie Byom (La Crescent, Minn. / pole vault, 2.37m). … Quinn Steinbrecher (Holmen, Wis.) and Aiden Gatz (Elburn, Ill.) each recorded seconds for the SMU men — Steinbrecher in the mile (4:49.44) and Gatz in the pole vault (4.52m) — with Isaiah Brindamour (Hinckley Minn. / 800, 2:04.16), Coleton Strupp (Holmen, Wis. / pole vault, 4.37m), and Sean Curran (Appleton, Wis. / weight throw, 16.20m) all chipping in third-place performances.
• ST. OLAF QUAD: The Cardinals picked up first-place efforts from both Kubes and Jackson and added six other Top 2 performances at the non-team-scored St. Olaf Quadrangular on Jan. 28. Kubes collected one of the teams’ two first-place finishes with a toss of 14.21 meters to win the women’s weight throw, while Jackson stopped the clock in 52.70 to win the men’s 400.
• TWIN PORTS OPEN: The Cardinals recorded 17 Top 5 finishes at the UW-Superior Twin Ports Open on — including first-place showings by Caroline Gearin (Osceola, Wis.), Klausler, and Steinbrecher. Gearin cleared 3.19 meters in capturing the individual title in the pole vault at last Saturday’s Twin Ports Open, 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.
• ALL-AMERICAN: Anna Swanson (Osceola, Wis.) earned her first collegiate All-American honor at the NCAA Division III Outdoor National Championships on May 27, placing second in the javelin. Swanson’s school-record toss of 46.65 meters was the top spot in the championships until the very last throw of the competition.
• NCAA QUALIFIERS: The men’s 4x100 relay team of Kyle Lichttenegger, Noah Anderson, Matt Boone, and Garrett Jackson placed 10th at the NCAA Outdoor National Championships on May 27, clocking a time of 41.49.
• MIAC CHAMPS: Saint Mary’s boasted five MIAC Outdoor individual champions in 2021 — Lichttenegger in the long jump, Swanson in the javelin, Caroline Gearin in the pole vault, Rachel Ohde in the high jump, and Sydney Klausler in the long jump. … The men’s 4x100 relay team of Lichttenegger, Anderson, Boone, and Jackson were also crowned outdoor conference champions.
• ALL REGION: Twelve Cardinals were named USTFCCCA All-Region — awarded to individuals with times/marks among the Top 5 in the region and relay teams in the Top 3. Lichttenegger led the way for the Cardinals, earning All-Region honors in the 100, long jump and 4 x 100 relay, where he was joined by Boone, Anderson, and Jackson. … On the women’s side, Swanson, Klausler, Gearin, Rachel Ohd
