INDIANAPOLIS – The St. Mary-of-the-Woods men's and women's track & field teams competed on Thursday (March 28) in the Marian Knights Open against a slew of regional teams including those that compete at the NCAA Division II level.

Javian Edwards won the men's triple jump with a mark of 14.41 meters which is a NAIA "B" Standard (47-3.5). Luke Frey was fifth in the same event with a mark of 12.74 meters (41-9.75).

Xavier Rahe was third in the 400 meters with a school record time of 50.05 while Jazaiah Douglas was seventh in 52.30 and Christian Woodard finished 10^th with a time of 52.90 seconds. In the distance, Thomas Chapman finished sixth in the 5,000 meters with a time of 15:55.39.

The 4 x 100 meter relay team of Djibrille Salako, Xavier Rahe, Luke Frey and Ahmad Benford set a school record and finished second in the event with a time of 43.59 seconds.

The 4 x 400 relay team of Jazaiah Douglas, Christian Woodard, Jaryn Patterson and Xavier Rahe also set a school record and was third in a time of 3:28.0. The 4 x 800 relay team of Alec Smith, Evan Adams, Zachary Weir and Braeden Heaton was second with a time of 9:26.66.

In the field, Javian Edwards was fourth in the long jump with a mark of 6.74 meters (22-1.5) while Luke Frey was sixth with 6.45 meters (21-2).

The SMWC Track & Field teams travel to the Wabash College Huntsman Family Invitational on Saturday, April 6.