STANFORD, Calif. – The North Dakota State men's track & field team capped its competition at the Stanford Invitational with one of the fastest 4x400m relays in school history on Saturday.
 
Jacob Levin, Adrian Harris, Jacob Rodin, and Cody Roder won the 4x400m relay at Stanford in 3:09.78, making them the fifth-fastest 4x4 squad in school history.
 
NDSU seniors Kristoffer Thomsen and Trevor Otterdahl finished 1-2 in the shot put, with Thomsen throwing 61-05.50 (18.73m) for the win and Otterdahl at 60-06.50 (18.45m).
 
Otterdahl was also the top collegian in the hammer throw at the Stanford Invitational, throwing 209-5 (63.84m).
 
Rodin (1:50.86) and Josh Samyn (1:52.08) led the Bison men in the 800m. Alex Brosseau (21.73) and Levin (21.76) were the top Bison in the 200m dash at Stanford.
 
At the Mike Fanelli Track Classic hosted by San Francisco State University, Bison sophomore Dante White ran 10.79 to win the 100m dash. The NDSU men won the 4x100m relay with the team of Logan Mathieu, Brosseau, White, and Robert Douglas clocking 41.66.
 
Josh Knutson took second in the 400m hurdles, running 53.66. Bison freshman Brock Johnsen took second place in the 110m hurdles in 14.97, and fellow freshman Mathieu was third in 15.01.
 
At the USD Early Bird meet in Vermillion, S.D., Clayton Hannula won the shot put, throwing a big personal-best of 58-08.75 (17.90m). He is now No. 11 in NDSU history for the outdoor shot put.
 
NDSU sophomore Matt Kraft claimed the javelin title at South Dakota, throwing a personal-best 202-6 (61.72m). Levi Rockey was the runner-up in the shot put with an outdoor PR of 55-11.25 (17.05m).
 
Bison freshman Kaden Pastian threw a discus personal-best of 170-10 (52.07m) for third place, and he now ranks ninth all-time at NDSU.
 
NDSU's Jacob Van Dusseldorp and Jens Christensen both cleared 15-01.75 (4.62m) in the pole vault at South Dakota.