WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's track and field teams hosted their first — and only outdoor meet on Saturday — and the Cardinals savored the opportunity to strut their stuff in front of the home crowd.
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And nobody strutted their stuff better than Antonio Cisewski (Custer, Wis.) and
Morgan Wallendal (Fond du Lac, Wis.), as the duo collected first-place finishes to highlight 20 Top 10 performances for the Cardinals.
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Cisewski delivered a mark of 6.54 meters en route to his title in the long jump, while Wallendal uncorked a toss of 37.96 meters to win the discus.
Caroline Gearin (Osceola, Wis.) and
Samantha Kubes (New Prague, Minn.), meanwhile, added second-place efforts in both the pole vault (3.35m) and shot put (11.57m), respectively.
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And the men's 4x400 relay team of Garrett Jackson (West Linn, Ore.), Brady Johnson (Elburn, Ill.), Chris Bulwa (Glenview, Ill.), and Oliver Adamson (Rochester, Minn.) added a second first-place performance, stopping the clock in 3:22.47
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Chris Bulwa (Glenview, Ill.) chipped in a third-place showing for the Cardinal men, clocking a time of 22.15 in the 200, while Johnson delivered a fourth in the triple jump with a mark of 12.48 meters.
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Along with his effort in the 4x400, Adamson added a seventh in the 100 (11.48) and Granton Schneider (Moorhead, Minn.) stopped the clock in 4:13.21 to place seventh in the 1,500, while Casen Fritz (Minnesota City, Minn. / hammer, 42.91m), Ben Kritsberg (Rosemount, Minn. / 100, 11.57) and Jackson (200, 22.85) chipped in eighth-place performances.
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Second-place efforts in the shot put and pole vault were just the start for Kubes and Gearin, who added a third in the hammer (47.46m) and fourth in the 200 (27.28), respectively, while
Morgan Wallendal (Fond du Lac, Wis.) chipped in a fourth in the shot put (11.44m).
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Other top 10 performances from the SMU women included:
Anna Becker (Cannon Falls, Minn. / seventh, hammer, 40.53m),
Caeli McMahon (Holmen, Wis. / eighth, 1,500, 5:24.77), Wallendal (ninth, hammer, 36.98m), and
Samantha Munson (Plain City, Utah / 10th, 13.65).
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Gearin and McMahon also teamed with
Abbie Meyer (Sauk Centre, Minn.) and
Megan Frosch (Oconomowoc, Wis.) to posted a sixth-place time of 4:31.36 in the 4x400 relay.
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The Cardinals are back in action next Saturday, heading to La Crosse, Wis., to take part in the UW-La Crosse Phil Esten Challenge.
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