Mankato, Minn. --- The #23 Minnesota State Men's Indoor Track & Field team kept its home winning streak alive with a dominating performance in the Mark Schuck Multi & Open, notching 243 points to take first place, making it three wins in three home meets this season.
 
The shot put competition featured the return of former Maverick National Champion and All-American, and current Minnesota Viking, Chris Reed, as well as his Vikings teammate C.J. Hamm.  Reed, who still holds four MSU throwing records between indoor and outdoor combined, picked right up where he left off his Maverick career a decade ago by besting the field with a mark of 17.06 m (55' 11.75), while his Viking teammate Hamm came on strong late to pick up a third-place mark at 15.93 m (52' 3.25").  Maverick junior Tommy Kucera finished sixth in the event with a mark of 15.39 m (50' 6").
 
Junior Carson Dittel turned in arguably the most dominating performance on the day with his winning effort in the pole vault.  Not only did Dittel clear a career-best 5.16 m (16' 11"), but he moved into a tie for second-place on the MSU all-time list.  In addition, Dittel improved his mark in the national rankings, now standing fifth.
 
Dittel was far from the only Maverick to perform well in the pole vault, as sophomores Alex Berg and Jedidah Hansen both cleared 4.50 m (14' 9") to finish second and third, respectively.  Sophomore Austin Frank (4.20 m; 13' 9.25") took seventh place.
 
Senior Tanner Maier broke the meet record in addition to a setting personal best in the mile by completing the race in 4:08.41.  Maier also moved up to fourth in the program record book, as well as posting the 17^th-best time in NCAA Division II this year while earning a provisional qualifying time.
 
Sophomore Aiden Buendorf turned in a career-best effort in the Jeff DeCock Memorial High Jump competition with a winning effort of 2.10 m (6' 10.75').  Buendorf moved into a tie for 11^th on the MSU all-time list in the event, and is now tied for 13^th in the nation with his provisionally qualifying height.  Joining Buendorf in earning team points for the Mavericks was sophomore Slade Heald in third (2.05 m; 6' 8.75'), moving him into a tile for 24^th nationally and hitting a provisionally qualifying height.  Freshman Jory Peters and sophomore Jacob Ziebarth cleared 1.90 m (6' 2.75") in the high jump to take fifth and sixth, respectively. 
 
The weight throw competition was captured by MSU junior Carter Aguilera and his season-best mark of 18.37 m (60' 3.25").   Aguilera moved into 25^th place nationally with his provisional qualifying toss.  Sophomore Thomas Spoehr finished seventh in the event with a mark of 16.79 m (55' 1").
 
In the 1000-meter run, sophomore Adam Bohm claimed another individual time for the Mavericks with his winning mark of 2:33.85.  Fellow sophomore Carter Owen checked in at seventh-place as well (2:36.60).
 
MSU sprinters swept the top four spots in the 60-meter dash, led by event champion junior Armando Colome's season-best winning time of 6.85, which is also a provisionally qualifying time that ties for 31sth nationally.  Redshirt freshman Trey Vaval was runner up with a time of 6.89 in his collegiate track & field debut, while sophomore Steven Marks (6.91) and senior Rashion Walker (6.97) were third and fourth, respectively.  Also earning team points for Minnesota State in the event was senior Eddie Blackwell in sixth (7.08).
 
The sprinters kept up the dominating performance in the 200-meter dash as freshman Qai Hussey led the charge of five Mavericks scoring team points by besting the field with his time of 22.17, edging teammate Walker who took second in 22.19.  Sophomore Marvin Dure brought home a fourth-place finish (22.54), with sophomore Junior Pontes Da Veiga and senior JeremiAH Revere taking sixth and eighth, respectively.
 
Freshman Camden Combs brought home a second-place finish in the long jump, marking at 6.76 m (22' 2.25"), with senior Reese Shannon also earned team points for MSU in the event with his leap of 6.30 m (20' 8") being good for ninth.  In the 400-meter dash, Revere had runner-up honors with a time of 51.25
 
A pair of Maverick freshmen placed in the 800 meter run, with Maquanet Collins taking third (2:00.08) and Caden Speikers finishing eighth (2:02.00).  In the heptathlon, freshman Braxton Stewart turned in a solid performance in his college debut in the event, taking seventh with 4403 points.  Stewart's total stands as the 14^th-best heptathlon mark in Minnesota State history.
 
A trio of Mavericks claimed top six finishes in the finals of the 60-meter hurdles, led by junior Abel Christiansen earning runner-up honors with a time of 8:10.  Fellow junior Renald Pierre was right behind Christiansen in third place (8.14) – moving up to 11^th on the MSU all-time list with the effort in addition to ranking 26^th nationally with his provisionally qualifying mark – with senior Justus Adams finishing sixth in the event (8.44).
 
The triple jump treated Minnesota State well with three finishers in the top six, with sophomore Lorenzo Jones leading the way in third (14.13 m; 46' 4.25").  Freshmen Anthony Borom (13.92 m; 45' 8") and Camden Combs (13.78 m; 45' 2.50") took fifth and sixth, respectively.
 
MSU's 4x400 relay team of Bohm, Owen, Collins, and Speikers brought home a seventh-place finish (3:34.26).
 
The Mavericks return to action on Saturday, February 4^th, when they host the Ted Nelson Classic beginning at 10:00 a.m. in Myers Field House on the campus of Minnesota State.
 

Place	Team	Points
1	MINNESOTA STATE	243
2	Wayne State	99
3t	Augustana	73
3t	Concordia-St. Paul	73
5	Sioux Falls	68
6	Carleton	59
7	Waldorf	42
8	Dakota State	38
9	Southwest Minnesota State	26
10	Hamline	10
11t	Bethany Lutheran	8
11t	Fleigle's Flyers	8
13	Ragnarok AC	5
14	Black Hills State	2