FARGO, ND – The 14^th-ranked University of Mary women's track and field team completed its two-day stay in Fargo for the Bison Open, placing fourth in the meet. There were two NCAA qualifying marks and five top-five finishes across the board.

Junior Laila Cleare was the standout performer for the Marauders at the Bison Open, setting the school record in the 60m dash. After starting with an NCAA qualifying time of 7.54 in the prelims, Cleare cut her time to 7.43 in the finals, placing second by a hair. The previous school record was 7.45 seconds, set by current assistant coach Arianna Passeri last year.

Cleare is now 12^th in the nation and 1^st in the Northern Sun in the 60m dash. She also competed in the 200m dash and had an NCAA qualifying mark of 24.82. As a result, Cleare moved up to 31^st in the nation in the event.

Freshman Amber Rosemeier had the best finish in her collegiate career, placing second in the 600m dash. Rosemeier passed the finish line at 1:37.10, just 0.14 seconds off the leader.

A pair of distance runners placed top 5 in the 1000m run. Freshman Ellyn Engels ran in the event for the first time in her career and placed second with a time of 3:08.56. Two spots behind her was senior Rachael Neu at 3:12.72.

Full results from the Bison Open can be found here with the final team standings as follows:

North Dakota State University – 328
University of Manitoba – 77
University of Regina – 50
University of Mary – 44
Minot State University – 35
Dickinson State University – 33
University of North Dakota – 31
Concordia College – 17
Bismarck State College – 10
Bemidji State University – 9
Valley City State University – 8
Minnesota State University – Moorhead – 6
St. Cloud State University – 4
University of Jamestown – 1

Up next for the Marauders will be the SDSU Indoor Classic in South Dakota on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 14 and 15. After that, UMary concludes the indoor regular season with the Marauders Tune-Up on Feb. 22.

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