Brookings, S.D. – The Marian men's track and field team completed their run at the NAIA Indoor Track and Field National Championships on Saturday evening, earning nine NAIA All-American honors to close out the weekend. Maksims Sincukovs, Drew Thornton, Jacob Netral, Christian Rios, and the 4x400m relay team highlighted the final day as each earned All-American honors.

Marian finished the NAIA Championships in sixth place in the NAIA.

Maksims Sincukovs was the first podium finish for the Knights as he placed fifth with a time of 1:19.85. Sincukovs posted a new school record with his time in the event. In his final race of the indoor season, Drew Thornton finished fourth in the 800m finals. Thornton clocked a time of 1:52.32 to claim his second career individual All-American honor in the event, and second overall of the week.

Also earning NAIA All-American honors were Jacob Netral and Christian Rios in the shot put. Netral led Marian in the shot put, throwing 16.69m and posting his best throw on his final throw of the day to help him place fourth and earn the All-American honor. Rios saw his best throw of the day in the finals as he threw 16.39m to place sixth and claim his first All-American honor of his career.

The 4x400m relay team finished off the final day strong, as they earned All-American honors. Marian's group of Matthew Riehle, Maksim Sincukovs, Eli Givens, and Olivier Lifrange clocked a time of 3:16.21 in the finals to finish in fifth place and garner NAIA All-American status.

Competing for Marian in the triple jump was Chase Maxey and Eli Felton, with Maxey posting the team's top finish in 24th place. Maxey hit 13.67m in his first jump, granting him the top-25 spot. Felton finished right behind his teammate as he claimed 25th with a jump of 13.62m.

Marian will begin their outdoor season later this month as they move into the next part of the season.

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