Meet Results |
Photo GalleryWINONA, Minn. — They only get one chance to impress the home fans—and the Saint Mary's University of Minnesota track and field teams certainly made the most of that opportunity Saturday afternoon at the Saint Mary's Open.
The Cardinals—sparked by
Bryan Ortman's (Chicago, Ill.) second-place effort in the triple jump— recorded 14 Top 10 finishes in their only home meet of the season.
Ortman turned in his best performance of the season, uncorking a leap of 12.75 meters to place second in the triple jump, while
Ross Kinderman (Onalaska, Wis.) added a third in the long jump (6.69 meters) and a fourth in the 110 hurdles (15.44), and
Laura Schommer (Hutchinson, Minn.) tallied a third in the 200 (26.13).
Tyler Kircher (Cashton, Wis.) finished fifth in the hammer throw with a toss of 48.68 meters in the home meet of his collegiate career, with Ortman and
Jacob Hagen-Erickson (Austin, Minn.) chipping in sixth-place efforts in the long jump with identical 6.31-meter performances.
The Cardinals swept the sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-place spots in the triple jump, as
Ryan Buchmeier (St. Paul, Minn.),
Gordy Paulman (DeForest, Wis.), and
Phil Emmerich (Mondovi, Wis.) notched leaps of 11.23, 11.11, and 10.84, respectively.
Aaron Haley (Plainview, Minn.) chipped in a sixth in the 5,000 (16:12.81) and Emmerich also added a seventh in the javelin (44.81 meters).
Maria Missurelli (Franklin, Wis.) and
Mary Hayes (Chicago, Ill.) also got into the Top 10 act, placing eighth in the pole vault (3.22) and 10th in the 1,500 (5:41.52).
The Cardinals are back on the track on Wednesday, taking part in both the Concordia University Twilight (men) and UST Tommie Twilight (women) in St. Paul, Minn.
