
Photo by: Jacob Reiner
NDSU Men Open Weekend of Competition in Bay Area
4/1/2022 10:30:00 PM | Men's Track and Field
STANFORD, Calif. – The North Dakota State men's track & field team opened a weekend of competition at the Stanford Invitational on Friday, Apr. 1.
Kristoffer Thomsen won the discus, recording the second-best mark of his career at 171-5 (52.26m). Trevor Otterdahl took second place with a throw of 165-10 (50.55m).
Payton Smith is now the ninth-fastest in NDSU history in the 3000m steeplechase after running a personal-best 9:06.14 at Stanford on Friday.
Trent Davis took fourth in the 110m hurdles (14.26) and ninth in the 400m hurdles (54.45).
NDSU senior Cody Roder registered an outdoor personal-best of 47.77 to lead the Bison men in the 400m dash, taking seventh place. Jacob Rodin placed 10th in a personal-best 48.20, and Adrian Harris was 11th in 48.23.
Dante White took ninth in the long jump, leaping 23-03.25 (7.09m), and also ran 10.77 in the 100m dash for 13th place.
Sophomore Jake Arason clocked a significant personal-best time of 9:16.21 in the 3000m steeplechase.
Josh Darwin cleared 6-06.75 (2.00m) in the high jump at Stanford.
At the Mike Fanelli Track Classic hosted by San Francisco State, NDSU's Zach Johnson clocked 14:54.38 in the 5,000m.
The Bison will compete at both meets again on Saturday, as well as the USD Early Bird meet in Vermillion, S.D.
Kristoffer Thomsen won the discus, recording the second-best mark of his career at 171-5 (52.26m). Trevor Otterdahl took second place with a throw of 165-10 (50.55m).
Payton Smith is now the ninth-fastest in NDSU history in the 3000m steeplechase after running a personal-best 9:06.14 at Stanford on Friday.
Trent Davis took fourth in the 110m hurdles (14.26) and ninth in the 400m hurdles (54.45).
NDSU senior Cody Roder registered an outdoor personal-best of 47.77 to lead the Bison men in the 400m dash, taking seventh place. Jacob Rodin placed 10th in a personal-best 48.20, and Adrian Harris was 11th in 48.23.
Dante White took ninth in the long jump, leaping 23-03.25 (7.09m), and also ran 10.77 in the 100m dash for 13th place.
Sophomore Jake Arason clocked a significant personal-best time of 9:16.21 in the 3000m steeplechase.
Josh Darwin cleared 6-06.75 (2.00m) in the high jump at Stanford.
At the Mike Fanelli Track Classic hosted by San Francisco State, NDSU's Zach Johnson clocked 14:54.38 in the 5,000m.
The Bison will compete at both meets again on Saturday, as well as the USD Early Bird meet in Vermillion, S.D.
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