The Minnesota State University men's indoor track & field returned to action after a break of over a month by downing the University of Minnesota Duluth 282-117.5 in the inaugural Bearson/Gathje Classic held in Myers Field House on the campus of MSU.

Junior James Gilbert was a double-event winner, by taking first in the 60-meter dash in a time of 7.10, and capturing the title in the long jump with a leap of 7.60 m (24' 11.25").

The 60-meter hurdles had as close of a finish as humanly possible as Maverick juniors Renald Pierre and Abel Christiansen took the top two spots separated by only one one-thousandth of a second, with Pierre edging Christiansen by a time of 8.225 to 8.226.

MSU runners dominated the field in the 200-meter dash by finishing first through fifth, with senior Kenry Atubel leading the way by clocking in at 22.02.  Minnesota State collectively also took the top five spots in the 400-meter dash, paced by freshman Qai Hussey's winning time of 50.37. 

Senior Ben Schmied brought home a first-place finish in the mile with a time of 4:18.61.   In the lone relay of the competition, the Maverick 4x400 squad of redshirt freshman Maquanet Collins, junior Tanner Maier, sophomore Carter Owen, and Schmied took the title with a time of 3:32.13

Junior Carter Aguilera paced the field in the weight throw with an effort of 17.29 m (58' 8.75"), as Minnesota State took the top three spots in the event.  Mavericks took the top four spots in the high jump, led by sophomore Aiden Buendorf's mark of 2.01 m (6' 7").  In the pole vault, junior Carson Dittel bested the field by clearing a height of 4.90 m (16' 0.75").

The Mavericks will travel to Iowa City, Iowa, for their next competition when they take part in the two-day Larry Wieczorek Invitational on Friday and Saturday, January 20^th and 21^st.