Nationals Bound! 💫 22 athletes and 4 coaches are on their way to Marion, IN for the NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships, May 21-23. The Spires have athletes qualified in 10 different events: 100m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 3kSC, 5k, 10k, 4x1, 4x4, and 4x8.
Huge congratulations to senior Gretchen Raney for being named the Track Athlete of the Meet at last weekend’s KCAC outdoor T&F Championships, scoring a total of 29.5 points for the Spires, leading them to a runner-up finish as a team!
🥈 100m
🥈 200m
🥇 400m
🥉 4x100m
🥈 4x400m
Great weekend at the KT Woodman Classic in Wichita! 3 school records and 2 NQ performances.
-Carly Holadia
800m - 2:13.84 (SR,NQ)
-Jordyn Miller-Knuckles
100m Hurdles - 14.48 (SR)
High Jump - 1.60m (ties SR)
4x100m Relay - 47.37 (NQ)
Crabtree, Cooper, Miller-Knuckles, Raney
The Spires hit 2 NQ times and set 1 new school record this weekend between the WashU Distance Carnival in St. Louis, MO and the ESU Relays in Emporia, KS!
Josie Tyrrell
5,000m – 17:14.60 NQ💫
Jordyn Miller-Knuckles
100mH – 14.67 SR🥇
Gretchen Raney
100m – 11.84 NQ💫
Hurdle Queens 💫 Two of the oldest school records on our board went down this weekend on our home track at the Spire Team Challenge.
Jordyn Miller-Knuckles
14.80 - 100mH
Hope Crabtree
64.05 - 400mH
Both records were previously set by Kaylyn Williams in 2015.
💫 USM at USA’s 🇺🇲 Good luck to Spire alum and current grad asst. coach Corey Lyons as he competes at the @usatf Indoor Championships in New York City this weekend! A 10x NAIA All-American for USM, Corey will be competing in the 1st round of the 400m on Saturday at 5:08pm ET.
All-Conference 💫 Highlighting our top-3 placers from this past weekend’s KCAC Indoor Track & Field Championships. The ladies brought home 25 conference medals on their way to a championship 3-peat! The guys brought home 18 conference medals on their way to a 3rd place finish.
🏆 KCAC CHAMPIONS🏆
The University of Saint Mary Women’s Indoor Track & Field team brings home the KCAC Championship. The Spires scored an impressive 198.50 points to claim triumph and will now prepare for NAIA Nationals starting February 27th in Gainesville, Florida.
#𝗥𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀┃#𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆𝗨
Tuned-Up! 💫 In the final indoor meet of the regular season, the Spires are getting dialed-in for championship season! 2 new school records, 3 national qualifying performances, and numerous PR’s and SB’s were set at the Bearcat Invite in Maryville, MO this past weekend.
Special Delivery! 💫 Rings for last year’s KCAC Championships have arrived and they’re looking 🤩. During the 2023-24 school year, the women accomplished their 2nd straight conference Triple Crown: winning XC, ITF, and OTF, while the men took home conference titles in XC and OTF.
The Spires will be a split squad today between day 2 of the Washburn Open in Topeka, KS and the Fred Beile Invite at Doane University in Crete, NE.
Washburn results:
https://t.co/YI0a6hX0Wj
Doane results:
https://t.co/Jr5SyHiqWw
Ladies open up the season in the top-25! Ranked #17 in the first National Ratings of the season! Big weekend coming up in Topeka at the Washburn Open. #gospires💫 #trackandfield
Gettin’ back to it! 💫 The Spires hit the track, ring, and runway for the first time this semester at the NWMSU Coach Alsup Invite. They did more than just shake the rust off…breaking 1 School Record and hitting 6 National Qualifying marks! #gospires#trackandfield