INDIANAPOLIS - The Marian men's track and field team hosted their first home event of the season Thursday at St. Vincent Field and the Eco Lab, hosting the Marian Knight Open. Christian Rios led the Knights efforts with three NAIA A Standards, as the field events headlined Marian's efforts.

Christian Rios stole the show in the throwing pits on Thursday, claiming three victories and three NAIA A Standards as he led the throwers. Rios began his day with a school record in the hammer, hitting an A standard with a 64.03m effort, and followed with a 16.81m mark to hit an A Standard in the shot put. Rios finished his day with an A Standard victory in the discus. 

Joining Rios with NAIA A Standard distances in the throws were Isaiah Tipping who finished second in the discus and hammer with A standard distances, while Jacob Netral finished third in the discus and second in the shot put, with an A mark in both events. Tipping finished third in the shot put, adding a B Standard distance with his bronze efforts.

Also hitting an NAIA A Standard was Brenden Endres, who cleared 4.80m in the pole vault to qualify for the NAIA National Championships. 

Marian won seven different races, and ended the day with victories in 11 events. Eli Givens won the 200m and finished runner-up in the 400m behind Matthew Riehle, and Mason Piatt finished first in the 800m. Jeremiah Brown won the 100m and Gus Martinez took first in the 110m hurdles, while Marian won both the 4x100m and 4x400m relays. 

100m: Jeremiah Brown (1st, 10.96), Olivier Lifrange (3rd), Manny Manneh (4th), Connor Maple (5th), Eric Materna (12th), Richard Dube (14th), Michael Runions (33rd)
200m: Eli Givens (1st, 22.18), Maple (2nd), Materna (3rd), Dude (4th), Gideon Brimmage (6th), Brown (8th), Amarion Sanders (18th), Brendan Oleksak (20th), Howard Hendricks (31st)
400m: Matthew Riehle (1st, 49.08), Givens (2nd), Tristan Trevino (4th), Everett Carlisle (5th), Hendricks (8th), Micah Williams (9th), Alex Chavarria (18th)
800m: Mason Piatt (1st, 1:56.09), Owen Pittman (2nd), Benjamin Moster (3rd), Alex Mundt (5th),  Daniel Camacho (7th), Chavarria (12th)
1500m: Alex Cuevas (7th), Thomas Richards (10th), Lucas Steward (27th), Kenneth Hammell (30th), Mitchell Hayward (34th)
5000m: Clark Chustz (2nd), Robert Lohman (5th), Adam Heitz (8th), Aaron Broderick (9th)
4x100m Relay: 1st place (41.97), 4th place
4x 400m Relay: 1st place (3:19.97), 2nd place, 5th place, 6th place
110m Hurdles: Gus Martinez (1st, 15.66), Emory McClellan (2nd), Caleb Carter (3rd)
400m Hurdles: Martinez (2nd), Carter (3rd), McClellan (4th), Runions (7th), Gregory Hueston (13th)
Race Walk: Emory McClellan (4th)
High Jump: Van Lian (6th), Felipe Mentz (8th), AJ Wrenn (10th)
Long Jump: Armani Glass (2nd), Amarion Sanders (7th), Cameron Parsley (12th), Van Lian (17th), Jeremiah Brown (22nd), Caden Wildey (29th)
Pole Vault: Brenden Endres (1st, 4.80m, NAIA A Standard), Evan Haag (3rd), Brennan La Belle (7th), Felipe Mentz (9th)
Triple Jump: Lian (2nd), Glass (3rd), Oleksak (4th), Qujuan Cannon (7th), Parsley (14th), Jordan Pohl (14th)
Hammer: Christian Rios (1st, 64.03m, NAIA A Standard, School Record), Isaiah Tipping (2nd, NAIA A Standard), Markevious Keys (5th), Ayden Brown (15th), Jacob Netral (21st)
Shot Put: Rios (1st, 16.81m, NAIA A Standard), Netral (2nd, NAIA A Standard), Tipping (3rd, NAIA B Standard), Steely Munoz (10th), Keys (25th), Kevaughn Dawn (25th)
Discus: Rios (1st, 52.63m NAIA A Standard), Tipping (2nd, NAIA A Standard), Netral (3rd, NAIA A Standard), Marco Keys (15th), Munoz (17th), Brown (21st)

Marian will be on the road next weekend, sending members of the lineup to the University of Tennessee on Friday and Saturday.

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