ST. PAUL, Minn. – The St. Olaf College men's and women's track and field teams are set to compete at the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Friday and Saturday at Hamline University.
St. Olaf will be one of 11 men's teams and 12 women's teams at the two-day meet held Friday and Saturday, May 10-11 at Klas Field in St. Paul. On Friday, field events will begin at 2 p.m. and track events start at 2:30 p.m. Events will begin at noon on Saturday.
Live video and
live results will be available for those unable to attend.
Per MIAC policy, tickets will be sold for the MIAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships and all ticket sales will be conducted online through
HomeTown Ticketing. Ticket prices are $12 for adults and $2 for youth (ages 6-18) through college students. Children aged five and under and MIAC pass holders will be admitted for free.
St. Olaf's teams are both coming off runner-up finishes at the MIAC Outdoor Championships last year, with the men's team doing so for the second season in a row and the women's team moving up one spot from its third-place showing in 2022. The Ole women were ranked first in the conference in this week's U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) TFRI, while the men came in third.
On the men's side, St. Olaf carries nine top-two seeds into the meet, led by senior
Will Kelly, who is the top seed in both the 3,000-meter steeplechase (8:52.99) and the 5,000-meter run (14:20.34). Kelly is the reigning conference champion in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and was the runner-up in the event in 2022. The Oles have five of the top-seven seeds in the steeplechase, including sophomore
Ignatius Fitzgerald (2nd, 9:00.16) and senior
Anders Cote (3rd, 9:23.69), who slot in right behind Kelly. Cote earned All-MIAC honors in the event with a third-place performance last season.
Senior
David Lynn owns the top seed in the 10,000-meter run (30:03.38), while junior
Andrew Skemp is second (30:08.43) and is a two-time All-MIAC performer in the event (2nd in 2023, 3rd in 2022). Sophomore
Kevin Turlington is the No. 2 seed in the 5,000-meter run (14:28.03) behind Kelly, while sophomore
Lance Nemecek is the No. 3 seed in the 800-meter run (1:54.48). First year
Max Albertson also holds the No. 3 seed in the long jump (6.73m) after finishing fourth indoors in the event.
On the women's side, St. Olaf has four top-three seeds entering the meet, led by first year
Mara Larson, who holds the joint-highest clearance in the conference in the high jump (1.60m). Sophomore
Isabel Wyatt is the No. 3 seed in the 800-meter run (2:13.00) as one of three Oles with a top-three seed on the track. Junior
Alison Bode is seeded third in the 10,000-meter run (35:34.19) and has finished in the top four in the event in each of the last two seasons. Sophomore
Grace Moeller is the No. 3 seed in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (11:31.20) and was fourth in the event last year.
