COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. — After a strong team performance in the season opening meet, the College of Saint Benedict track and field team will again be home to host the CSB/SJU Invitational Friday, Jan. 30 at The Donald McNeely Spectrum.   

Meet Preview
The invitational will feature teams from Saint Benedict, Bethel, St. Cloud State and Northwestern, with competition beginning at 4:30 p.m. Field events will open the meet, followed by track events at 5 p.m.

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Schedule
Field Events
4:30 p.m. — Long jump
4:30 p.m. — Pole vault
4:30 p.m. — High jump
4:30 p.m. — Shot put
4:30 p.m. — Weight throw
6:00 p.m. — Triple jump

Track Events
5:00 p.m. — 60-meter hurdles prelims
5:15 p.m. — 60-meter dash prelims
5:30 p.m. — Mile
5:45 p.m. — 400 meters
6:00 p.m. — 60-meter hurdles finals
6:10 p.m. — 60-meter dash finals
6:20 p.m. — 600 meters
6:30 p.m. — 800 meters
6:40 p.m. — 1,000 meters
6:50 p.m. — 200 meters
7:10 p.m. — 3,000 meters
7:40 p.m. — 1,600-meter relay

Season Preview
The Bennies, directed by veteran head coach Robin Balder-Lanoue, opened the 2026 indoor season with a dominant performance, winning 11 events, recording 26 top-three finishes and scoring 256 team points to outdistance the field. St. Scholastica finished second with 72 points, followed by UW-Superior with 51. Friday's meet marks the second consecutive home competition for CSB.

First-year Juslene Chea (St. Michael, Minn.) made an immediate impact in her collegiate debut, winning the 60-meter hurdles in 9.13 — the second-fastest time in program history and a mark that currently ranks 35th in NCAA Division III. Chea also captured the triple jump title with a leap of 10.60 meters (34-09.50). Junior Chloe Ostrem (Mendota Heights, Minn.) finished second in the hurdles, while junior Anya Adelgren (St. Paul, Minn.) placed fourth.

Senior Lauren Berg (Bemidji, Minn.) continued her decorated career by earning her 22nd career victory with a win in the 400 meters. She led a sweep of the top three spots in the event alongside first-year Taylor Dean (Hutchinson, Minn.) and first-year Macy Piechowski (Winona, Minn.).

In the field events, senior Jaylyn Ahlberg (Shoreview, Minn.) won the pole vault by clearing 3.26 meters (10-08.25), while junior Drea Terwedo (LeSueur, Minn.) claimed the high jump title at 1.54 meters (5-00.50). Junior Sabriya Farquharson (Nassau, Bahamas) opened the season with a victory in the long jump at 5.08 meters (16-08.00).

The throws group was led by sophomore Allison Banse (Mankato, Minn.), who won the shot put, and junior Christian Smith, who added top-three finishes in both the shot put and weight throw.

On the track, sophomore Anna Gries (Minneapolis, Minn.) won the 60-meter dash, while sophomore Allee Feldman (Buffalo, Minn.) and first-year Tiffany Dean (Hutchinson, Minn.) posted a 1–2 finish in the 200 meters. First-year Daphne Grobstein (Golden Valley, Minn.) earned her first collegiate victory in the 800 meters, and senior Mary Kenney (South Saint Paul, Minn.) captured her fourth career win in the 3,000 meters.