By DONNY NADEAU
Saint Mary's Sports Information Director
 
WINONA, Minn. — The post-season parade continues for the Saint Mary's University of Minnesota track and field teams.
 
On Sunday, the Cardinals' Becca Dup (Albert Lea, Minn.) officially earned her invitational to the NCAA Division III Indoor National Championships. The junior will be making her second national championships appearance—having taken part in the NCAA outdoor event a year ago—competing in Saturday's triple jump in Birmingham, Ala.
 
And on Monday, Dup—along with three of her Cardinal teammates—were among those named All-Region for the indoor track and field season by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
 
The top-five individuals in each event from each region earned All-Region distinction, in addition to each of the members of the region's top-three relays teams. The regions used for this award—Atlantic, Central, Great Lakes, Mideast, Midwest, New England, South/Southeast and West—match those used during the cross country season.
 
Dup was named All-Region in both the long jump (5.53m) and triple jump (11.74m)—two events that she won during the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Indoor Championships earlier this month—while Maria Missurelli (Franklin, Wis.) also collected All-Region honors after equaling her school record in the pole vault with a second-place, All-MIAC leap of 3.45m.
 
On the men's side, MIAC Indoor 800 champion Brandon Krogman (Owatonna, Minn.) and All-MIAC First-Team triple jumper Desmond Steward (Bayside, Wis.) each collected USTFCCCA accolades—Krogman clocked a season-best 800 time of 1:54.64 at the conference championships, while Steward uncorked an all-region triple jump leap of 13.86m at the St. Thomas Showcase on Feb. 9.
 
A total of 772 honors were handed out to men's athletes, while 781 awards were bestowed to athletes from women's programs.
 
There were two men's teams with 20 or more honorees: Christopher Newport and North Central (Ill.). The Captains earned 23 mentions, while the Cardinals took home a gender-leading 26. Four women's programs nabbed 20 or more mentions, led by George Fox with 24. SUNY Geneseo had the second-most honors for a women's program with 22, while Emory and Johns Hopkins each had 20.