BILLINGS, MT – The University of Mary men's track and field team made it two wins in a row to start the outdoor season with a victory at the Yellowjacket Open in Montana. There were a total of seven events won by Marauders athletes with Raheem Taitt-Best claiming victories in two of them.

Taitt-Best got things started in the 200m dash with a 20.81 to top the leaderboard. He was followed by Xavier Ifill (20.95), and All-American Jorgen Paulson (20.97). All three times are NCAA qualifying times with Taitt-Best's currently sitting fourth in the nation.

His time in the 400m dash was 47.28, which was the best of the day and an NCAA qualifying mark. Xavier Ifill was in second with a 48.02.

Paulson won the 100m dash with a PR of 10.58, his third victory of the outdoor season in three separate events. Following Paulson in second was Michael Cartwright at 10.67 and Izaak Kudrna in third at 10.87. Cartwright and Kudrna also had personal bests in the event.

Osiel Cano won the 400m hurdles with a PR of 53.97. The senior was followed by Berkley Munnings (54.17) and Emanuel Latawiec (56.85) in second and third, respectively. Munnings and Latawiec both set new PRs with their marks.

The 4x400m relay team of Osiel Cano, Izaak Kudrna, Osvaldo Cano, and Raheem Taitt-Best won with a 3:22.18.

In the field events, Hayden Von Wald won the long jump with a 7.24m leap. Sean Erickson won the discus with a PR of 48.94m, his second straight victory of the outdoor season in the event.

The full results from the Yellowjacket Open can be found here with the final team results below:

University of Mary: 171
Dickinson State University: 111
Montana State University – Billings: 108
Montana Tech University: 71
University of Providence: 58
Rocky Mountain University: 20
Dawson Community College: 10

Tomorrow, a group of distance runners will be in Pueblo, CO, for the Chuck Hearing Invitational. The Marauders return home next weekend for the Al Bortke Open on Apr. 5.

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