Terre Haute, Ind. - The Marian track and field team placed second on Saturday at Indiana State's Pacesetter Invite, turning in strong performances throughout the action on Saturday. Marian recorded three automatic qualifying marks on Saturday, and over the weekend turned in five provisional marks.

Tristan Trevino headlined the efforts on the track, winning the 800m and 1500m races. Trevino scored an NAIA A standard with his 1500m time, while his 800m effort was good for a B standard. Charles Leedke finished behind Trevino in a near second place in the 1500m, hitting a B standard time with his efforts. Eric Materna clocked a B standard 21.19 seconds in the 200m, and on Friday at IU-East's Racewalking Event, Owen Myers recorded an NAIA B standard time. 

In the field, Christian Rios headlined Marian, placing top-five in the hammer, shot put, and discus events. Rios hit A standard marks with his throws in the discus and hammer, while recording a B standard distance in the shot put, qualifying for all three events on Saturday.

Marian had several podium finishes throughout the weekend, as they scored 188 points in the meet, trailing only the host school Indiana State on the team leaderboard.

100m: Eric Materna (2nd, 10.69), Olivier Lifrange (4th, 10.71), Ricardo Mateo (6th, 10.76), Robert Nabieu (10.88), Richard Dube (11.03)
200m: Materna (3rd, 21.19, NAIA B Standard), Johnathon Phillips (5th, 21.38), Lifrange (6th, 21.44), Dube (21.93), Tre Jones (22.30)
400m: Eli Givens (3rd, 48.48), Raif Miller (4th, 48.91), Tristan Powell (49.93), Michael Hunter (50.04), Gideon Brimmage (51.14), Amarion Sanders (52.04)
800m: Tristan Trevino (1st, 1:51.38, NAIA B Standard), Rick Williams (34d, 1:53.78), Benjamin Riehle (4th, 1:54.45), Charles Leedke (6th, 1:54.94), Owen Pittman (1:56.50), Mason Piatt (1:57.25)
1500m: Trevino (1st, 3:48.99, NAIA A Standard), Leedke (2nd, 3:50.56, NAIA B Standard), Pittman (3rd, 3:53.17), Gus Martinez (5:24.22)
5000m: Clark Chustz (2nd, 15:15.37), Adam Heitz (8th, 15:43.04)
110m Hurdles: Caleb Carter (10th, 15.77), Martinez (15.85), Felipe Mentz (15.97)
400m Hurdles: Carter (4th, 56.24), Gregory Hueston (6th, 56.70), Emory McClellan (58.01)
3000m Steeplechase: Nick Frank (2nd, 9:40.25), Lucas Steward (9th, 10:15.50)
4x100m relay: 3rd, 41.84 - Armani Glass, Givens, Jones, Brimmage
4x400m relay: 2nd, 3:17.19 - Powell, Riehle, Miller, Givens | 6th, 3:23.10 - Piatt, Everett Carlisle, Brimmage, Williams
High Jump: Victor Dailey (2nd, 2.03m), Gunner Kovach (4th, 1.99m)
Pole Vault: Brenden Endres (3rd, 4.75m), Peyton Doty - no height
Long Jump: Armani Glass (2nd, 7.20m), Nabieu (6.73m), Marko Brajovic (6.72m), Mentz (6.55m), Van Lian (6.10m)
Triple Jump: Lian (2nd, 13.39m), Jordan Pohl (4th, 13.21m)
Shot Put: Christian Rios (3rd, 16.25m, NAIA B Standard), Javian Jones (14.58m), Markevious Keys (13.95m)
Discus: Rios (4th, 52.06m, NAIA A Standard), Keys (41.42m)
Hammer: Rios (3rd, 60.05m, NAIA A Standard), Keys (7th, 50.25m), 
Javelin: Nic Novotny (48.68m), Martinez (36.85m), Hueston (26.60m), Doty (20.29m)

5000m Racewalk (Friday at IU-East): Owen Myers (3rd, 24:41.10, NAIA B Standard)

Marian will split the squad next weekend, sending athletes to both Wabash College and the University of Mississippi.

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