Bison Men Rewrite Record Books at Nebraska Saturday

Saturday, April 9

Lincoln, Neb.

9 a.m.

North Dakota State

Husker Spring Invite

Bison Men Rewrite Record Books at Nebraska Saturday

4/9/2016 8:34:00 PM | Men's Track and Field

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LINCOLN, Neb. – The North Dakota State men's track & field team broke school records in three of the four throwing events at Saturday's Husker Spring Invite, and in the fourth event, the Bison men posted a mark that ranks No. 2 in school history.

It certainly was a day for the record books.

NDSU saw its school records extended in the javelin, shot put and discus – all by the existing record holders. Junior Matti Mortimore added 10 feet to the javelin record, throwing 248-8 (75.79m) to win the event. Mortimore's toss broke the Nebraska facility record, and it ranks him sixth in the NCAA this year.

Bison junior Alex Renner extended his NDSU shot put all-time best for the second straight week, posting a mark of 61-07.00 (18.77m) for the win. Renner moved up to No. 15 on the NCAA performance list in the event.

Sophomore Payton Otterdahl threw 179-3 (54.63m) in the discus, tacking another three and a half feet onto the NDSU record he set at the Stanford Invitational one week ago. He also entered the national top-50 in the event this season.

In the hammer throw – the only throwing event in which the NDSU men didn't set a school record on Saturday – junior Conrad Schwarzkopf posted a career-best of 202-4 (61.68m) to take first place and move up to No. 2 in school history. Schwarzkopf also notched an outdoor personal-best of 57-04.25 (17.48m) in the shot put to rank fourth all-time at NDSU.

NDSU also showed off its tremendous depth in the throws, with the success spanning much further than the records at the top of the results sheet. The Bison men claimed four of the top six finishers in the shot put, hammer throw and javelin.

Senior Quinn Baumann threw a lifetime-best 220-11 (67.34m) in the javelin, ranking him sixth in NDSU history. Senior Brandt Berghuis placed fourth in the shot put and hammer, and junior Brian Blasey took fifth in the discus with a season-best 162-9 (49.62m).

NDSU senior Colin Paarmann had a new outdoor personal-best of 47-06.25 (14.48m) in the triple jump for a runner-up finish. Sophomore Matt Bedard clocked a season-best 53.16 for second place in the 400m hurdles.

Jonah Warwick clocked a new personal-best of 48.49 in the 400m dash for third place – a time that ranks him third in The Summit League. Jacob Richter, a Bison freshman and the reigning North Dakota high school state champion for Bismarck Century HS, ran a season-best 49.13 in the 400m.

Redshirt freshman Camron Roehl placed fourth in the 1500m in a PR of 4:01.35. Matt Jennings took eighth in the 800m in an outdoor personal-best of 1:54.37, and freshman Byrne Curl placed ninth in 1:55.17.

Freshman Karter Gorney finished seventh in the 100m dash in 10.92 seconds and took ninth in the 200m in a season-best 21.86.