FARGO, N.D. – The North Dakota State men’s track & field team won its 13th straight conference title on the final day of the Summit League Outdoor Championships Saturday at the Terrence Dahl and Donna Beres Track Complex on campus.
The Bison men have now won 14 of the 15 outdoor team trophies since joining The Summit League in 2008. NDSU totaled 239 points, beating second-place South Dakota State (205) and third-place South Dakota (159).
NDSU’s Trevor Otterdahl won the discus on Saturday for his third event title of the meet, and he became the first men’s athlete in league history to be named the Outdoor Championships Field MVP in back-to-back seasons.
Jacob Levin won the 400m dash, 200m dash, and ran on NDSU’s title-winning 4x400m relay to earn Championships Track MVP honors. He clocked a lifetime-best 46.61 in the 400m to stand at No. 3 on the NDSU all-time list.
Senior Jacob Rodin brought home the 800m title in a school record, meet record, and facility record of 1:47.58.
Josh Knutson placed second in the 400m hurdles in 52.24 – a personal-best that ranks third in school history.
Cullen Curl was the runner-up in 47.73 in the 400m dash, as the Bison men took a 1-2-5 finish behind Levin. Isaac Huntington was fifth in 48.66.
Knutson, Curl, Levin and Rodin ran away with the Summit League 4x400m title in 3:10.80.
Dante White placed second in the 100m dash in 10.48.
Zach Johnson took third in the 5,000m in 14:30.07 to lead a 3-5-6-8 finish by the Bison men. Jacob Knodle was fifth, Hunter Klimek placed sixth, and Jake Arason came in eighth.
Freshman Jarod White took third in the pole vault, clearing 16-10.25 (5.14m) to tie his outdoor PR.
Brock Johnsen (14.56) and Logan Mathieu (14.57) placed third and fourth in the 110m hurdles.
The NDSU men finished 4-5-6 in the discus behind Otterdahl’s title with Cam Landis fourth, Levi Rockey fifth, and Clayton Hannula sixth.
Keiser Freetly took fifth in the 800m in a career-best 1:51.27.
Mathieu, Johnsen, Huntington and Dante White finished fifth in the 4x100m relay in 41.26.
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