That WINNING feeling! 💫🏆🏆 Spire sweep for the 4th year in a row at the KCAC Track & Field Championships last night! The women their 4th straight title with a whopping 220 points, completing back-to-back KCAC Triple Crown's. The men won their 5th straight title with 179 points!

ALL-AMERICAN 💫 Senior Luis Perez capped off a stellar career with a 6th place finish in the 1500m at the NAIA T&F Championships, running 3:48.33, a new school record! From nearby Liberty North HS in Missouri, Perez earned a total of 6 All-American honors during his time at USM.

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.

Record breaking weekend at the Concordia Twilight meet in Seward, NE. Keely Barnard broke her own record in the Javelin with 40.02m. Nolan Norberto broke the Shot Put school record, throwing 15.75m. Luis Perez dropped a second off his own record, running 1:50.80 in the 800m.

Coming out of nearby West Platte high school with PR’s of 12.81, 27.92, and 1:07.22 – Gretchen is now the owner of every sprinting event school record at USM, dropping her personal bests down to 11.68, 24.35, and 56.58 during her four year career as a Spire.

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

Gretchen Raney of @USM_Athletics and Delaney Miller of @EvangelValor Earn KCAC Women's Outdoor Track & Field Weekly Honors, presented by @EQUITYBANK! #KCACotf #LetsBuildEquity #LetsBuildLeaders https://t.co/O8OpGSaOb9 @NAIA

The Distance squad had themselves a weekend in California! 6 National Standards were hit and 2 School Records were broken at the Bryan Clay Invitational, hosted by Azusa Pacific University. #gospires #trackandfield

Carly Holadia of @USM_Athletics and Maddy Wolf of @kwucoyotes Earn KCAC Women's Outdoor Track & Field Weekly Honors, presented by @EQUITYBANK! #KCACotf #LetsBuildEquity #LetsBuildLeaders https://t.co/DRSvLNaGVI @NAIA

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

Gretchen Raney of @USM_Athletics and Aaliyah Ramirez of @FriendsFalcons Earn KCAC Women's Outdoor Track & Field Weekly Honors, presented by @EQUITYBANK! #KCACotf #LetsBuildEquity #LetsBuildLeaders https://t.co/gbWaRtTJ9S @NAIA

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💫

Josie Tyrell of @USM_Athletics and Delaney Miller of @EvangelValor Earn KCAC Women's Outdoor Track & Field Weekly Honors, presented by @EQUITYBANK! #KCACotf #LetsBuildEquity #LetsBuildLeaders https://t.co/ngUMSEDNY2 @NAIA

Spire Men’s & Women's teams both currently sit at #5 in the @USTFCCCA Program of the Year standings!

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.

Three national champions. 🥇🥇🥇 Three top-three-finishes. 🥈🥈🥉 A lot of All-Americans. 🏅x11 The NAIA Championships came and went over the weekend, and Kansas programs shined from start to finish, notching 17 All-American performances in total. @SaintMaryXCTF was the

SPIRE NATION!!! YOU SHOWED UP AND THEY SHOWED OUT! 🏆🐉🏀 #𝗥𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀┃#𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆𝗨

💫 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.

Day 1 of the 2025 KCAC Indoor Track & Field Championships will begin at 2:30 PM CST! #KCACitf Championship Page: https://t.co/kf0uZYltkb Tickets: https://t.co/jqzwEJK2Wv Live Results: https://t.co/Zkgq6O27iD Live Streams: https://t.co/jxgwqGjLER @NAIA @Omaha_Sport