Mankato, Minn. --- The Minnesota State University Maverick men's track and field program officially opened its 2021 season with an 88-29 win in a home dual, the Chuck Petersen Open, against NSIC opponent Concordia-St. Paul.

In the Dual the Mavericks had a first-place finisher in 12 of the 14 events.

In the 60m hurdles, Justus Adams finished first with a time of 8.27. Nicholas Sharma finished first in the 60m dash with a time of 7.03 in the finals and a 7.01 in the qualifying round.

Tanner Maier finished first in the one mile run with a time of 4:24.93 while Carter Nesvold finished first in the 400m dash with a time of 49.77.

In the 1000m run Ben Schmied finished first with a time of 2:37.53 while the Mavericks took the top six spots in the 200m dash with Abel Christiansen finishing first with a time of 23.21.

Minnesota State wrapped up the track events with a win in the 4x400m relay and a time of 3:32.56.

In the high jump Deveyonn Brown recorded a 2.05m (6'8.75") jump to win the event and achieve a national provisional mark, tying for the sixth best jump in DII this season. Carson Dittel finished first in the pole vault with a top clear of 4.55m (14'11").

Caleb Kath finished first in the long jump with a top mark of 7.00m (22'11.75") while Stephen Ayobamidele finished first in the triple jump with a mark of 13.33m (43'9").

In the throws, Bedale Naba finished first in the shot put with a top throw of 16.13m (52'11") While Nicholas Hudson recorded provisional qualifying, and career best, weight throw of 18.23m (59'9.75") which currently ranks 16^th best in DII.

The Mavericks return to action Saturday, Jan. 30^th with a home event, the Mark Schuck Dual against the Winona State Warriors with events scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m.