The University of Mary Marauders

This week's NDPF Male Athlete of the Week is Aleix Garbajosa. Garbajosa was one of the standouts from UMary track & field's first road meet of the indoor season Saturday at South Dakota State University's Jim Emmerich Alumni Invite. The Marauders 4x400 relay team raced for an NCAA DII National qualifying time of 3:17.29. The quartet featured Garbajosa, Jorge Paulson, Akil Howell, and Raheem Taitt-Best. Apart from the strong finish in the 4x400, Garbajosa also broke the school record in the 800-meter run. He finished 6th in the 800 with a time of 1:52.98 and missed the NCAA qualifying standard by .25 seconds. The old mark was 1:53.49 by Teegan Olson in 2018. Garbajosa is a freshman mid-distance runner from Spain.