Full Results

NORTHFIELD, Minn. – After an impressive first two days of competition at the MIAC Indoor Track and Field Championships, the College of Saint Benedict track and field team wrapped up the meet with a MIAC record and three more times or marks in the top 10 in program history Saturday.
 
As a team, the Bennies finished in fourth at the 10-team meet in Northfield. CSB scored 94 points to finish just 10 points behind St. Olaf, which took fourth with 104.50. Bethel won the first team title in program history, and also became just the third women's track and field program in MIAC history to win an indoor track and field title with 134.5 points.
 
Sophomore Fiona Smith won her second MIAC title of the meet and third of the school year Saturday as she beat Carleton's Clara Mayfield by two seconds in the 3,000-meter run. Smith's time of 9:34.60 marked a three-second personal best and school record, and also broke the MIAC record – which had stood since 1987- by 12 seconds. That time is also third-best in Division III this season.
 
Senior Tracy Renier took seventh in the 3K in 10:27.26 – a personal-best time and the fifth-best time in CSB history. Bridget Tetmeyer took 12^th in 10:35.49 and Elise Yeager was 24^th in 10:57.46. 
 
First year pole vaulter Molly Vaughan also continued her climb up CSB's top-10 list as she took fourth in the event to earn All-MIAC Honorable Mention with a vault of 3.32 meters – a personal-best of nine centimeters and the seventh-best mark in program history. Caitlin Salfer took ninth with a vault of 3.02 meters and Olivia Hoff was 12^th with a mark of 2.87 meters.
 
Dacoda Speidel, Tiana Johnson, Kate Gallagher and Mirijana Ganley teamed up to earn All-MIAC Honorable Mention in the 800-meter relay. The foursome finished third in 1:46.15. Johnson also earned All-MIAC Honorable Mention thanks to a fourth-place finish in the 200 in 26.25 seconds. Speidel was 8^th (26.98), Gallagher 11^th (27.31), Ganley 14^th (27.90) and Hailey Johnson took 18^th in 28.32 seconds.
 
Kalli Smith took ninth in the 600 in 1:42.93 and Sidela Nyuga was 13^th in 1:43.40. Stephanie Pickthorn just missed scoring in the triple jump as she took ninth with a mark of 10.22 meters, and Danielle Anderson finished 15^th with a mark of 9.77 meters. Nora Doyle led the Bennies in the 1,000-meter run, finishing 17^th in 3:14.69. Natalie Lieser was 20^th in 3:21.09 and Alex Cook took 21^st in 3:26.00.
 
Haley Joos was the top finisher in the shot put for Saint Benedict, taking 10^th with a toss of 11.65 meters. Maggie Beckmann took 15^th with a mark of 10.55 meters and Kendall Bechtold was 19^th with a toss of 9.88 meters. The 1,600-meter relay team of Laura Mitch, Tiana Johnson, Hailey Johnson and Nyuga took 10^th in 4:20.83.
 
The MIAC Championships wrap up the indoor season for the most of the Bennie squad. Smith will compete at the Division III Indoor National Championships in the 3,000 and 5,000-meter runs. The Bennies kick off the outdoor season March 5 at the Trinity Invite in Texas.