Upland, Ind. - The Marian men's track & field team kicked off the Indoor Crossroads League Championship. After an action packed day Marian took the lead in the Men's team scores with a score of 112 points. Indiana Wesleyan is currently in second with 60 and Spring Arbor rounded out the top three with 19 points.

The Knights had multiple NAIA A Standards hit including Jeremiah Brown in the 60m prelims, Christian Rios in the weight throw, and the DMR. Marian also had a few NAIA B Standards hit including Will Osafo in the 60m prelims, Eric Materna, Richard Dube, and Benjamin Riehle in the 600m, the 4x800m relay, and Markevious Keys in the weight throw. Brown also broke the Crossroads League Indoor Championship record with his 6.68 performance.


60m Prelims: Jeremiah Brown (1st, 6.68, NAIA A STANDARD), Will Osafo (3rd, 6.83, NAIA B STANDARD) Ricardo Mateo (4th, 6.84), Jonathon Phillips (12th, 6.98)
600m: Eric Materna (1st, 1:20.83, NAIA B STANDARD) Richard Dube (2nd, 1:21.43, NAIA B STANDARD), Benjamin Riehle (3rd, 1:21.56, NAIA B STANDARD), Raif Miller (4th, 1:22.98)
5000m: Clark Chustz (2nd, 15:18.12), Nick Frank (6th, 15:45.73), Adam Heitz (8th, 16:02.24),
60m Hurdles Prelims: Micah Williams (5th, 8.62), Caleb Carter (T7, 8.73), Gustavo Martinez (13th, 8.94)
4x800m Relay: Rick Williams, Everett Carlisle, Owen Pittman, Andrew McDade (2nd, 7:48.12, NAIA B STANDARD)
DMR: Charles Leedke, Michael Hunter, Mason Piatt, Tristian Trevino (1st, 10:06.04, NAIA A STANDARD)
Pole Vault: Brenden Endres (5th, 4.60m), Aidan Hudspith (6th, 4.60m), Jake Grangier (7th, 4.60m)
Long Jump: Armani Glass (1st, 6.92m), Marko Brajovic (2nd, 6.80m), Michael Starks (6th, 6.38m)
Weight Throw: Christian Rios (1st, 19.02m, NAIA A STANDARD), Markevious Keys (2nd, 17.65m NAIA B STANDARD), Brady Betustak (4th, 14.66m)
Heptathlon (1st half): Gustavo Martinez (2nd, 2535pts.), Felipe Mentz (3rd, 2479 pts.), Brendan Oleksak (4th, 2339 pts.)

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